Believe Music Publishing Partners with UK’s Jack Russell Music

Believe Music Publishing, part of global artist development company Believe, has entered a long-term partnership with United Kingdom-based independent publisher Jack Russell Music.

Under the agreement, Believe Music Publishing will administer the Jack Russell Music catalogue and provide sync services and creative development to the company’s existing and newly signed writers.

Catalogue and sampling legacy

Founded by Clare Ram in 2007, Jack Russell Music represents artists and writers including Vybz Kartel, Sly Dunbar, Brooklyn, Funk Essentials, Michael Oliviere and numerous producers in the reggae and dancehall market, alongside acts spanning rock, folk, world music and pop.

Among its most sampled works is 20th Century Steel Band’s “Heaven And Hell Is On Earth”, released in 1975 and sampled 93 times. The track appears on Jennifer Lopez’s “Jenny From The Block”, Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl”, and recordings by Black Eyed Peas, Mos Def and Grandmaster Flash. Major Lazer’s “Pon De Floor” featuring Vybz Kartel was sampled in Beyoncé’s “Run The World (Girls)” and tracks by Trey Songz and Snoop Lion.

Jack Russell Music published the song “Where Love Lives”, the Alison Limerick 1990s dance anthem written by Lars ‘Lati’ Kronlund, which soundtracked the 2025 John Lewis Christmas advertisement.

Recent activity

Soca artist Denise “Saucy” Belfon’s “Work (Put Yuh Back In It)” was sampled by Drake on his album Maid Of Honour. Vybz Kartel appears as a featured artist on Chris Brown’s album Brown on the track “F#ck N Party”. A mash-up of Mavado’s “When U Feel Lonely” and Ryan Leslie’s “Addiction” by djcassuk, titled “addicted to you”, was released in mid-June and has surpassed 1 million streams on Spotify alone.

Other recent releases drawing from the Jack Russell Music catalogue include Cutty Ranks’ “Black List”, Protoje’s “The Art Of Acceptance”, Protoje & Jesse Royal’s “Something I Said”, Vincent Davies’ “Vindication”, and Hector Lewis’ “Cosmic Roots”.

Works from the catalogue also featured on several Grammy-nominated and award-winning projects this year, including Lila Iké’s Treasure Self Love, Vybz Kartel’s Heart & Soul and Viking, Keznamdi’s Blxxd & Fyah, Mortimer’s From Within, and Masicka’s Her Name Is Love.

Executive comment

Clare Ram of Jack Russell Music said: “This partnership strengthens our company’s ability to ensure its catalogue is accurately represented and efficiently administered worldwide while we continue to expand our roster, grow our catalogue and uncover more opportunities for our songwriters through creative development.”

Believe Music Publishing’s VP of Publishing Peter McCamley said: “Reggae and dancehall have always punched above their weight culturally, and what we’re seeing right now is a real moment for the genre on the global stage. The sampling culture around these catalogues is as vibrant as ever, and we’re genuinely excited about what we can unlock in that space, bringing Believe Music Publishing’s global sync expertise and creative reach to a catalogue that has already proven its power to resonate across generations and genres. Clare has spent nearly two decades building something truly special with Jack Russell Music, and we can’t wait to see what we can achieve together.”