O'NIEL CLARKE, PRESIDENT OF CHECKMATE RECORDS, HAS BEEN IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY SINCE 1975. HE MADE HIS START IN MUSIC AS AN ARTIST HIMSELF.CLARKE PRODUCED AND RECORDED HITS, SUCH AS, FRESH AGONY, LOVE ON A TWO WAY STREET, NO PEACE IN THIS TIME, PLAN YOUR FAMILY, AND MANY MORE. HE STARTED HIS OWN RECORDS LABEL IN 1978, TO HIGHLIGHT THE REGGAE MARKET. AND SINCE HAS SUCCESSFULLY PRODUCED NUMEROUS OF ARTISTS.

IN 1993, O'NIEL WROTE AND PRODUCED TWO ALBUMS FOR MESA BLUE MOON RECOR. A SUBSIDIARY OF ALANTIC RECORDS: LETHAL WEAPON” BY LOUIE RANKIN AND DANCEHALL UNDER GROUND AND BEYOND REGGAE/ HIP HOP COMPLICATION IN 1994.

O'NIEL PUT TOGETHER A GROUP OF FEMALE SINGERS THE DANCEHALL DIVAS, WHO PREFORMED A FUSION OF HIP HOP REGGAE AND R & B THE GROUP'S SUCCESS LED THEM TO A RECORDING CONTRACT WITH MESA BLUE MOON RECORDS.

CLARKE HAS SINCE WORKED ON COUNTLESS PROJECTS AND HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL CD AND VINYL RELEASES. AMONG THEM ARE CHECKMATE REGGAE SQUEEZE VOUME I, HORACE ANDYS MOONLIGHT LOVER, RISE AGAIN, BUSHMANS YOU RE MY HEART, GREGORY ISAACS ROSES IN YOURGARDEN, AND MORE FROM THE 2003 COMPILATION ABLUM CHECKMATE REGGAE SQUEEZE VOUME II.

O'NIEL CLARKE CONTINUES TO SPEARHEAD AND CREATIVELY CONTROL THIS RAPIDLY GROWING RECORD LABEL. WITHCLARK'S INNOVATIVE IDEAS, FRESH SOUNDS, AND QUALITYPRODUCTION, AND TALENTED ARTISTS, CHECKMATE RECORDS IS POISED FOR SUCCESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY.