Just Got Paid' singer Johnny Kemp dies

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Bahamian R&B singerJohnny Kemp, who is best known for the hit songJust Got Paid, has died in Jamaica. He was 55.

Jamaica police said Friday that Kemp was found floating at a beach in Montego Bay on Thursday morning. It had not yet been determined how he died.

Police said Kemp arrived in Jamaica on a cruise ship but added that they did not have further details.

Reach Media said Kemp had been scheduled to be on a Caribbean cruise this week, but the U.S.-based parent company of the Tom Joyner Morning Show said it did not have further details.

Kemp was nominated in 1989 for a Grammy Award for Just Got Paid in a category that included Bobby Brown and Luther Vandross. The song was a No. 1 hit on the U.S.Billboard R&B chart.

Kemp appeared on a 2007 Keith Sweat DVD called Sweat Hotel Live and had been performing at musical events across the U.S. in recent years.

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