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Mikey Spice
Person · male · Jamaica · Kingston · born 1965
Jamaican musician
Timeline
1960s
Biography
Biography
Michael Theophilus Johnson (born 21 July 1965), better known as Mikey Spice, is a Jamaican reggae singer. Mikey Spice has released conscious roots reggae, lovers rock, R&B and Dubplate with a number of artists and producers, amongst them Tony Rebel, Firehouse Crew, Marcia Griffiths, Saxon Studio International, Frankie Paul, Peckings Records, Hawkeye Records,Luciano (Jamaican singer), and many more.
Biography
Spice sang in his father's church from age seven and learned to play guitar, bass, drums, trumpet, piano, saxophone, flute, and harp as a youngster. Spice began a career as a reggae musician in 1985. One of his best-known singles was a cover of Barry White's "Practice What You Preach".
Singles & EPs
Tony Rebel / Mikey Spice - Who You Are / Acting Like Strangers ((12") Roof International, 1992)
Apache Scratchie / Mikey Spice - Me No Powder / You Caught Me ((12") Roof International, 1992
You Make Me ((12") Big Ship, 1993)
I'll Be There ((12") Juggling Records, 1994
Mikey Spice & Luciano - Let's Work It Out ((12") Big Ship, 1994)
Cheat On Me ((7") Black Scorpio, 1994)
Never Say Goodbye ((12") Big Ship,1994)
Practice What You Preach (RAS Records, 1995)
When Your Lonely (Digital-B, 1995)
Smokey Joe / Mikey Spice - Smokin Hornz ((12", MP) No Smoking Records, Big Ship,1995)
Born Again (Digital-B, 1995)
Brotherman ((12") Juggling Records, 1995)
Twiggy & Mickey Spice - Let's Groove ((7") Digital-B, 1995)
I Wanna Know ((7") Digital-B, 1995)
Give It All Up ((7") Big Yard Music Group, 1995)
Mikey Spice / Marcia Griffiths - If Only You Know (Penthouse Records, 1996)
Shaggy / Mikey Spice - Shake Your Boody (Big Yard Music Group, 1996)
Jah Never Fail I ((12") Saxon Records, 1996)
Mikey Spice Featuring Shaggy / Red Fox / Private P / Big Yard Crew - Shake Your Boody / Wicked Alfred / Woman You Look Good ((12") Greensleeves Records, 1996)
Frankie Paul / Mikey Spice - One Last Memory ((12") Digital Eclipse, 1996)
Karen Smith, Mikey Spice, The Taxi Gang - Make It Easy, Easy Yourself ((7") Taxi, 1997)
Give It Up ((7") Penthouse Records, 1998)
Yes Mi Friend ("Duppy Conqueror") ((7") Big Ship, 2000)
Albums
Happiness (Ras Records, 1995)
Born Again (VP Records, 1996)
Close the Door (LP on Charm Records, 1996, CD on Jet Star Records 1998)
So Much Things To Say (Jet Star Records, 1996)
All About You (Ras, 1996)
Jah Lifted Me (VP, 1997)
Reggae Max (Jet Star Records, 1997)
Mikey Spice VS Garnet Silk : Toe 2 Toe (CD on Jet Star Records, 1998)
Harder Than Before (VP, 2000)
It's All About Time (Jet Star Records, Firehouse, 2000)
Love By You (2 LP on Teflon Records, 2003)
My Way (Charm Records, LP 2003, CD 2007)
Mikey Spice (Artists Only! 2003)
Walk A Mile (VP Records, 2008)
Love By You (CD on Ajang Music Production, 2008)
I Really Love You (Black Scorpio Records, 2012)
I Am I Said (Joe Fraser Records, 2014)
Compilations
Garnett Silk / Mikey Spice - Toe 2 Toe (LP on Charm Records, 1997)
Spice Rack (Who Dun It Records, 1998)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 1 | 0.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
MusicBrainz enrichment for this artist is still pending. Release groups appear here once it runs.
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Mikey Spice head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 1 | 0.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16196274seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikey_Spicebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikey_Spice
Why this artist is in the database
- List of reggae musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: comechatwidmi · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q16196274 · MusicBrainz: cea2d669-dda1-433c-9184-a820a8898b63
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