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{{Short description|New York-based reggae label}}
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'''Clappers''' '''Records''' was a record label formed by Lister Hewan-Lowe,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=George |first1=Nelson |last2=Fergusson |first2=Isaac |date=May 1983 |title=Jamming In Jamaica: Reggae music has helped rekindle Jamaica's soft economy and sparked interest among American entrepreneurs |work=Black Enterprise |pages=62}}</ref> a former staff member at [[Island Records]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lichtman |first=Irv |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sAsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Lister+Hewan-Lowe&pg=PA132 |title=Billboard |date=1995-02-04 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |pages=132 |language=en}}</ref>
The label released music by artists including Adisa Andwele,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Best |first=Curwen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ebOh2_lIfVYC&dq=Clappers+Records&pg=PA108 |title=The Popular Music and Entertainment Culture of Barbados: Pathways to Digital Culture |date=2012-03-15 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7750-4 |language=en}}</ref> [[Yabby You]], [[General Plow]], [[Jah Malla]], [[Nicodemus]] and [[Jack Ruby (record producer)|Jack Ruby]].
The Clappers label also released the first political [[hiphop]] song in 1980 with Brother D's ''How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise'' 12".▼
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090709013028/http%3A//lister.ultrakohl.com/ Official site]
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[[Category:American record labels]]
[[Category:Reggae record labels]]
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