About Kaboom
Our Story
Kaboom Magazine is a digital magazine that highlights Jamaican music culture.
music culture. We provide exclusive content including; interviews, news, photography, and event coverage.
Our aim is to propel the Jamaican culture on a global basis.
Our motto is "The Voice Of The Ghetto".
Meet the Team
Guy Gillboa
Founder & Editor-In - Chief
An entrepreneur and businessman who founded the brand. Over a decade of experience in mass media and social media management with a great passion for Jamaican culture and music in particular. Kaboom is something that captivated me a couple of years ago and has greatly influenced my life. this magazine is a kind of life project for me, a project that gives you the opportunity to be exposed to this magical world.
Fada A-Mar
Fada
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Rickayla McNeil
Marketing Director
Rickayla McNeil, the founder of Riphotography, a promising and well rounded individual. Always at her best when it comes to interacting professionally and engaging with clients. She’s always ready to try new ideas and always working to please her clients. She enjoys nature, traveling and that’s where her passion for photography grew.
Jamar Cleary
Video Director & Photographer
Jamar Cleary, the brainchild of Clear Editz Studios, specializes in travel, lifestyle and event photography. He has showcased memorable moments from events such as Reggae Sumfest, Jamaica Rum Festival, Guinness Sounds of Greatness and Best Weekend Ever. This feat has earned him recognition from icons like Beenie Man, Bounty Killer and Cham. While at Yaad Boiiz Films, he has shot videos for several music stalwarts including Vybz Kartel, Tommy Lee Sparta, Munga Honorable and Teejay. Additionally, he contributed to the production of the award-winning Caribbeanfilm Joseph in 2020. As a result of these experiences, he is currently pursuing his Bachelor’s in Film Production at the University of the West Indies. Among his present projects is his Youtube series The Reasoning Jamaica, which interviews major and upcoming players in the entertainment industry.
Romaine “Luigi Society” Brown
Marketing Advisor
Romaine “Luigi Society” Brown (born May 1st, 1984) has established himself in Jamaica as an elite event promoter for events such as Daybreak (both locally & internationally), Allure, Cross Di Wataz, Image, Hennessy V; and have since channeled that success into music production. His education started out at Wolmers Preparatory School (1988-1995), and graduated to Wolmers Boys High School (1995-2002). He went on to complete an Information Technology degree at Infoserv Institute of Technology (2002) and completed his degree in Production Operations Management at the University of Technology (2003-2007). In the early part of his career in 2011, “Luigi Society” has been doing work with Munga Honorable and Benzly Hype, both of which have played integral roles in his development. He went on to produce joint ventures with both artists, Including songs co produced with Benzy Hyyype such as Benzly's own song Quivering and Munga's song "Mr Flip Rhymes. He also co-produced songs for and with Munga Honorable. His business relationship grew with Munga Honorable over the years and he eventually got the role of manager for the artist. In 2018, he released the Morning Bliss Riddim which featured a prominent artist lineup including; Munga Honorable, Versatile aka Versi, Jah Vinci, Noah Powa, Demarco, Chino McGregor & ZJ Liquid. He went on to produced numerous singles with Munga Honorable such as “Colors”, “Fabiloso” & “Flowww”. In 2020, the Luigi Society brand became a more recognized label with his release of Dane Ray’s single “Ray Gad”. He began to garner attention both locally and internationally with his release of his most successful project, the “Sikario Riddim” featuring the likes of Popcaan, Munga Honorable, Teejay, Wasp, Dane Ray, Ratigan, Kyodi, Deyes, Natural Flamez, Frahcess One and Thesarus. As the Luigi Society label became more popular, he expanded with numerous projects both local and international with Gage, Ce’cile, Potential Kidd, Renigad, Bay-C from TOK, as well as European acts such as Kalibwoy and Fyahbwoy from Holland and Spain respectively. As he continues to build his label catalogue; Luigi has been in studio working on upcoming new material with Charly Blacks, D’Yani, Mr. Lexx, Junior Kelly, Richie Loop, Tubulence, Lutan Fyah as well as super Latin group SFDK out of Spain, Shaak Daddy from Chile and Basshall CEO Kybba.
Cavaughn 'Ace' Edwards
Photographer
Cavaughn A. Edwards more popularly as Ace Pixel with continued love for creating pleasing content and capturing spectacular moments. With his background in sports, he treats content creation the same, whereas Ace seeks to have fun and enjoyment while producing quality content. Additionally, he is a roboticist by profession and is a teacher in that field. holds a certificate in architecture and Bachelors of arts in theology. Ac describes himself as a "Very friendly and easy to get along with kind of a person. I pride myself on being genuine with a keen interest in personal growth and professionalism. Welcome then to a little about me".While trying to find her footing in a new space she learned many life skills and lessons that she is always eager to share in a bid to help others who have similar encounters. When she is not documenting her experiences navigating these 20 somethings, she spends her time like any average young girl – working, watching Netflix, shopping for unnecessary household items and trying to keep it all together. Writing has become not only her passion but her career and she is always happy to contribute on all things entertainment and lifestyle. She has done several features on many of the top local entertainers and members of the entertainment fraternity and has built up a reputation of credibility and accuracy at all times.
Kymani Brown
Photographer
Kymani Brown, is the face of ‘Kyrosmoke’ as well as a lead photographer for Kaboom Magazine. As a photographer he seeks to capture moments that will last for a lifetime. Photography has always been an innate skill that he had expressed. But it was high school, when his friends at the time needed a photographer and videographer for their music they were producing. We was assumed that rule with just an iPhone, grown a lot since then and have made waves taking images for Stalk Ashley, Skeng, Jahvillani, Aidonia, Protoje & Jesse Royal. Now he is intending to boarded his scopes into Cinematography where he hope can starting producing videos on behalf of kaboom.
Sade Carthy
Writer
A 21 year old with a dream to be her own boss, Sade Carthy is the founder of Sade the Professional Freelance Services and is also a Content Writer for Kaboom Magazine. Working with clients locally and internationally, Sade is a fun, engaging individual who gets the job done. She enjoys interacting with others and being of help wherever she can. With a rough start and being unable to find a passion , she tried many activities which she became skillful in. However, being enrolled in the University of Technology, she pursued her love for Communications exposing her to multiple opportunities to profit from her skills. Branding herself a jack of all trades, Sade aims to better her skills daily as she strives to execute her vision of providing more opportunities to the youth of Jamaica.
Tejano Taylor
Photographer
Tejano Taylor is a talented young photographer who is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree at the University of the West Indies, Mona. With a passion for capturing the world around him through the lens of his camera, he is quickly establishing himself as an up-and-coming artist in the world of photography.