Queen Ifrica
Artist. Roots, dancehall
- Active
- 1995-present
- Also known as
- Ventrice Morgan, Fyah Muma
Queen Ifrica is a singer and deejay of Tony Rebel's Flames camp, a Rasta voice of social commentary and the daughter of the ska pioneer Derrick Morgan.
By the Gleaner's account she was born in Spanish Town and raised by her grandmother in a strong Rasta community in St. Mary, estranged from her father for years until they reunited after a Sumfest show; Reggaeville places her in the hills above Montego Bay, raised by her mother and stepfather. She began to surface in 1995, after Garnett Silk's sunset, with a song she had written about him, and won a talent contest at Club Inferno in Montego Bay; singing Silk's songs at a Montego Bay tribute show in 1998 was, she says, the defining moment, and from that year Tony Rebel brought her into Flames.
"Randy" and "Boxers and Stockings" became radio staples, and "Below the Waist" and "Daddy" took on hard personal subjects. Her debut album, Montego Bay (2009), produced by Tony Rebel for VP, carried "Daddy," "Lioness on the Rise" and "Streets Are Bloody." Climb followed on VP in 2017.
Erik Magni described "a petite singer with a huge voice." She calls herself "a social worker who uses music as a tool," and says the energy "comes across strong, sometimes to our benefit sometimes not."
Last updated November 5, 2026
Connections
- Derrick Morgan (parent)
- Tony Rebel (producer)
Notes
- Andre Jebbinson, "Ska Father, Reggae Daughter," Jamaica Gleaner, May 21, 2006, https://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060521/ent/ent3.html. "Queen Ifrica," biography, Reggaeville, accessed October 21, 2026, https://www.reggaeville.com/artist-details/queen-ifrica/about/.
- Jebbinson, "Ska Father, Reggae Daughter." "Queen Ifrica," biography.
- Jebbinson, "Ska Father, Reggae Daughter." "Queen Ifrica," biography, on Club Inferno.
- "Queen Ifrica," biography. "Queen Ifrica - Montego Bay," Discogs, accessed October 21, 2026, https://www.discogs.com/release/2346662, which lists Ventrice Morgan among the executive producers.
- Angus Taylor, "Interview: Queen Ifrica in Kingston," United Reggae, February 12, 2017, https://unitedreggae.com/articles/n2173/021217/interview-queen-ifrica-in-kingston, published before the album's March release.
- Erik Magni, "Interview: Queen Ifrica," United Reggae, October 15, 2011, https://unitedreggae.com/articles/n735/101511/interview-queen-ifrica.
- Taylor, "Interview: Queen Ifrica in Kingston."
