Jada Kingdom reimagines Damian Marley’s Still Searching in new video

Jada Kingdom has turned Damian Marley’s Still Searching into something bigger than a new visual. The official music video, tied to her EP Just A Girl In A Money Man’s World, lands as a deliberate nod to a song that already carried family history, reggae memory, and a built-in argument about identity.

Damian Marley’s version first arrived in 2001 on Halfway Tree, with Yami Bolo and Stephen Marley alongside him, and it was itself a sequel and reworking of Searching, also known as So Much Bubble. That matters because Jada is not just borrowing a familiar title. She is stepping into a track with roots in early-2000s reggae and using it to make a different kind of statement, one centered on confidence, femininity, and control. What she preserves is the weight of the original idea, the emotional pull of searching and self-definition. What she modernizes is the point of view, shifting the song from inherited lineage into her own present-tense authority.

That move fits the broader shape of Jada Kingdom’s recent run. Just A Girl In A Money Man’s World was announced for release on January 21, 2026, and later coverage of New Religion described it as a four-track project featuring Foggieraw. Taken together, the releases show an artist moving between intimacy, desire, reflection, and hard-edged self-possession without losing the core of her voice. The new video is not a side note to that arc. It is part of the same positioning, a way of showing that Jada can work inside reggae history without sounding trapped by it.

The momentum has not stayed in the studio. Jada recently appeared at Barbados Reggae Weekend after being brought out by Popcaan, and the 2026 edition ran from April 24 to April 26 in Bridgetown-area venues. Organizers said the festival has become a key fixture on Barbados’ entertainment calendar in just three years, which gives her appearance extra visibility in a scene that still rewards live proof as much as digital buzz.

Her next major stop is already booked. City Splash 2026 is set for May 25 at Brockwell Park in London, and listings place Jada Kingdom on a bill with Beres Hammond, Aidonia, Elephant Man, Gyptian, Queen Ifrica, The Congos, Lutan Fyah, and Juls. That kind of pairing says as much as the video does. Jada Kingdom is not only reworking a classic, she is making a case that her name belongs in the same long conversation.