VP RECORDS featured in KITH & VAULT by VANS “Love Thy Community” series
VP RECORDS featured in KITH & VAULT by VANS “Love Thy Community” series. VP Records is deeply honored to have been featured in the latest installment of “Love Thy [...]
“Miss Pat” Chin, Gives Invigorating Interview at Island Space as Part of Distinguished Lecture Series
“Miss Pat” Chin, Gives Invigorating Interview at Island SPACE as Part of Distinguished Lecture Series. On Thursday, September 28th, Island SPACE welcomed Patricia “Miss Pat” for an insightful interview as [...]
Reels & Riddims Celebrating Caribbean Artists in Music and Film
Reels & Riddims Celebrating Caribbean Artists in Music and Film. On June 16, amid Caribbean American Heritage Month, the “Reels & Riddim” event brought together members of the Caribbean diaspora [...]
PBS Features Miss Pat in new series
PBS Features Miss Pat in new series. Patricia ‘Miss Pat’ Chin, the co-founder of VP Records, has been featured on the PBS show Between Black and White: Asian Americans [...]
The V&P Foundation Enhances Healthcare in Jamaica by Donating Oxygen Concentrators to the Ministry of Health and Wellness
The V&P Foundation Enhances Healthcare in Jamaica by Donating Oxygen Concentrators to the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The V and P Foundation, established by Patricia 'Miss Pat' Chin, has [...]
The Godmother of Reggae by Chris Kwok
In this glorious month of May "Hidden Voices" celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage by highlighting the contributions by creative souls from that community. by Chris Kwok Pat Chin's [...]
Presidential Medal for Miss Pat; Shaggy honoured by Brown University
Patricia 'Miss Pat' Chin, co-founder and president of VP Records, was honoured in June with the first Presidential Medal from York University. Patricia 'Miss Pat' Chin, co-founder and president of VP Records, [...]
Miss Pat Receives Pioneer Award For Support of Caribbean Athletics
On Sunday (April 16th), Patricia ‘Miss Pat’ Chin, the matriarch of VP Records, received the Pioneer Award at Team Jamaica Bickle’s Labor of Love luncheon gala for her ardent and continued support of [...]
Miss Pat: An Iconic Record
By Ilvea Lezama Descended from an East Indian father and a Chinese mother, Dorothy Patricia Williams was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on September 20, 1937. “I am Chinese but Jamaican first; my parents [...]
PATRICIA ‘MISS PAT’ CHIN INTERVIEWED AT YORK COLLEGE IN QUEENS, NY
York College President Berenecea J. Eanes and Foundation chair Ana Rua invited friends, supporters and special guests to an evening with Patricia ‘Miss Pat’ Chin to hear a reading from her book ‘Miss [...]
GoodHeart | VP Records awards scholarships to two Alpha Institute students
The Vincent & Patricia Chin Family Foundation donated scholarships to two students. The Vincent & Patricia Chin Family Foundation donated scholarships to two students, Teain Henry and Ashane Robertson, who both successfully [...]
Miss Pat’s ‘My Reggae Music Journey’ launched in Jamaica
“I am a born Jamaican ... I love my country so much that even when I am in America, my mind is back home in Jamaica. Reggae music, my community and culture [...]
Rude Girl Rocks: Meet the 83-year-old reggae matriarch who brought Jamaican music to the world
A documentary and memoir chart the unlikely story of how a former ice cream shop in Kingston came to define Jamaican music. Kevin E G Perry charts talks to the [...]
VP Records Pat Chin Receives York College Presidential Medal
York College presents its first Presidential Medal to Patricia ‘Miss Pat’ Chin O.D., VP Records co-founder. The medal was bestowed upon ‘Miss Pat’ on June 2nd at the Guy Brewer [...]
Miss Pat of VP Records receives York College’s first Presidential Medal of Honour
Patricia ‘Miss Pat’ C UBS stadium in Long Island, New York, beaming hin, co-founder and president of VP Records, dressed in academic regalia, graciously accepted York College’s Presidential Medal Last Thursday, [...]
VP Records’ Miss Pat Receives York College’s First-Ever Presidential Medal
There’s no doubt that Patricia ‘Miss Pat’ Chin, co-founder, and president of VP Records, has played an influential role in helping Jamaica’s unique music reach the global stage. Miss Pat immeasurable contribution to [...]
Jamaican Pat Chin Awarded First York College Presidential Medal
Patricia “Miss Pat” Chin, the co-founder and president of VP Records, a pioneer in the reggae music industry, and an example of immigrant success is the recipient of the first Presidential Medal [...]
The godmother of reggae on Island Origins Magazine
Meet the godmother of reggae, Patricia “MISS PAT” Chin of VP Records Standing at around 4 feet 11 inches, 84-year-old Patricia Chin at first presents as an unassuming figure. In reality, [...]
Miss Pat Chin and the Legacy of a Reggae Dynasty on “High Times”
by STEPHEN LADDIN on hightimes.com, June, 15, 2021 Patricia Chin is grateful for spring. When we connect by phone, Miss Pat—as she’s known professionally_is peacefully enjoying a bright and sunny New [...]
Queens Public Library 125th Anniversary Celebration Featuring VP Records co-founder Miss Pat Chin!
On Friday, June 11, 2021, at 11A.M., join the Queens Public Library’s President and CEO Dennis M. Walcott, and VP Records Co-founder Patricia ‘Miss Pat’ Chin for a zoom conversation on life, community, [...]
Patricia ‘Miss Pat’ Chin presents Sean Paul with best Caribbean Entertainer Award!
At the recently held 39th Annual IRAWMA Awards in Kingston, Jamaica, Patricia, ‘Miss Pat’ Chin Presented Reggae and Dancehall entertainer Sean Paul with the Best Caribbean Entertainer Award. Watch the full broadcast: [...]
The 4-Foot-11 Grandma Who Rules Reggae
Patricia Chin and VP Records has been behind a thousand Jamaican hits—from the Wailers to Sean Paul and beyond. Written by Patricia Meschino on thedailybeast.com The elegantly attired, 4-foot-11-inch [...]
All Hail Reggae’s First Lady
As a new book profiling Miss Pat’s trailblazing career is released, Clare Considine meets the 83-year-old music mogul. By Clare Considine at TheStack.world It’s 1961 in downtown Kingston, Jamaica. Inside [...]
Clare Considine meets the 83-year-old music mogul at The Stack World
All Hail Reggae’s First Lady. Written by Clare Considine at thestack.world It’s 1961 in downtown Kingston, Jamaica. Inside the disused Charlie Moo’s restaurant on 17 North Parade, an eight-by-ten [...]
Miss Pat is talking to Noah Schaffer about her “Reggae Music Journey”
Miss Pat, reggae’s Chinese-Jamaican matriarch, reflects on a life in riddim. by Noah Schaffer on artsfuse.org, April 3, 2021 Jamaican popular music has evolved considerably since the ska sounds [...]
In Conversation with Flood Magazine
The keeper of the castle that is Jamaican music, Patricia Chin tells the story of her life’s work with “Miss Pat: My Reggae Music Journey.” by AD AMOROSI on floodmagazine.com, [...]
The Women Essential To Reggae And Dancehall
Patricia Chin: The Woman Running The Largest Independent Dancehall And Reggae Label. Written by JESSICA LIPSKY at GRAMMYS Reggae singer Tanto Metro and VP founder Patricia Chin in 2004. Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty [...]
The Story of Reggae Legend Miss Pat at WNYC
All Of It with Alison Stewart is a live daily conversation about culture and the culture in and around New York City. Who knew the leading global reggae label has [...]
Interview by Kevin E G Perry at Independent
Rude Girl Rocks: Meet the 83-year-old reggae matriarch who brought Jamaican music to the world. A documentary and memoir chart the unlikely story of how a former ice cream shop [...]
Interview at FLAUNT by Nate Rynaski
Miss Pat. A Conversation with the Reggae Legend on her Music Journey Flaunt caught up with Miss Pat to talk about the V&P Foundation, her book, the importance of family [...]
Miss Pat in conversation with Catalina Maria Johnson
In association with Time Out New York. Thursday, March 18, 2021 Miss Pat (Patricia Chin), founder of VP Records, will be in conversation with Catalina Maria Johnson in celebration of Miss Pat’s [...]
Reggae Power Patricia Chin Celebrates Black History Month
Miss Pat Chin – My Reggae music journey. A seminal autobiography of her music journey through the evolution of reggae music and beyond… Written by Aubrey Campbell/Contributor on Jamaica Gleaner [...]
Miss Pat featured in Irie Magazine
Featured in Irie Magazine issue March 8, 2021 It would be an understatement to say that reggae matriarch Patricia ‘Miss Pat’ Chin has seen and accomplished a great deal in [...]
Pat Chin shares musical journey
by Howard Campbell, Observer senior writer A common perception in Jamaican music is that for anyone to be successful, they have to literally follow the sound. However, that has never [...]
The story of pioneering reggae record shop and label owner Patricia “Miss Pat” Chin
Inspiring sounds from Jamaica to NYC. Written by Written by Lazlo Rugoff on thevinylfactory.com A new autobiography telling the story of pioneering record shop, studio, and label owner Patricia [...]
VP Matriarch Pat Chin Marks 85th Birthday, Provides Scholarships To Two Students
Today, VP Records’ co-founder Patricia ‘Miss Pat’ Chin is celebrating her 85th birthday. Her contribution to the longevity of ska, rocksteady, dub and reggae is undoubtable—but so is her spirit of altruism. [...]
How the Chinese-Jamaican Community Influenced the Development of Classic Reggae
By Jared Proudfoot · August 13, 2020 Jamaican music as we know it today—from mento to ska, rocksteady, reggae, dancehall, and dub—has been well documented. But within those genres, there was a small [...]