Wayne Jobson

Born and raised in Jamaica, Wayne received a Master of Laws in Entertainment Law from Kings College in London and went on to forge an illustrious career in music, film and radio.

As an artist himself, Wayne was spotted by Clive Davis' Arista Records and with his band, “NATIVE”, who went on to record albums for RCA, A&M and MCA Records. “NATIVE” opened shows for Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and David Bowie

As both writer and producer of the Peter Tosh movie “RED X”, Wayne was awarded with a nomination for a Canadian Academy Award and produced VH1 “Behind the Music” episodes on Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.
Wayne helped put together the music for the most successful Jamaican film of all time, Disney’s “COOL RUNNINGS”.

He also helped Adam Sandler reggae soundtrack for his '50 First Dates' movie which went gold and was #1 on Billboard soundtrack charts.
Wayne helped Irving Azoff put together and is featured in the Netflix Bob Marley documentary Who Shot the Sheriff which was nominated for an Emmy.

As Producer of GWEN STEFANI and NO DOUBT's multiplatinum album 'ROCK STEADY', Wayne’s singles 'HEY BABY' and 'UNDERNEATH IT ALL' both went to #1 in America and won him two Grammys.
Wayne has recorded, produced, written or remixed: Keith Richards of “The Rolling Stones”, Jimmy Cliff, Ziggy Marley, John Oates (Hall and Oates), Toots and the Maytals, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett, Chrissie Hyde (The Pretenders), Paris Hilton, Garth Brooks, Shaggy, Bush, Jason Mraz, Magic, Sugar Ray, Donovan, Boy George and Culture Club

Diving into the world of radio, Wayne was both producer and DJ at the #1 modern rock station in the world, KROQ 106.7 FM in Los Angeles, on which he had the #1 reggae show in America for seven years.
“Native” Wayne was Program Director at XM Satellite Radio and helped Jimmy Buffett launch his Radio Margaritaville.

Wayne was producer and DJ at modern rock powerhouse Indie 103.1 Radio in Los Angeles which Rolling Stone magazine voted 'The Best Station in America’.

Wayne produced with Zak Starkey (Ringo Starr/The Who) the Toots and the Maytals ‘Got to be Tough’ album on BMG which won the Reggae Grammy in 2021, Wayne worked on UB40s Unprecedented Universal album and produced a song with UB40 and Idris Elba.

Wayne is currently producing the upcoming Disney film Cool Runnings 2 the follow up to the smash hit Cool Runnings, and is helping to produce the soundtrack.