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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. On Thursday, September 28th, Island SPACE welcomed Patricia  “Miss Pat” for an insightful interview as [...]

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.   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 and P Foundation, established by Patricia 'Miss Pat' Chin, has [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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, [...]

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: [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]