( CNN ) Bahamian R & B singer Johnny Kemp , best known for the 1988 party anthem `` Just Got Paid , '' died this week in Jamaica . The singer is believed to have drowned at a beach in Montego Bay on Thursday , the Jamaica Constabulatory Force said in a press release . The statement listed his age as 54 , but other reports say he was 55 . `` Passersby saw Kemp 's body floating faced down in the water '' around 9:50 a.m. , the statement said . `` Police were summoned and the body removed to the morgue . '' Kemp was scheduled to perform on the Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage Cruise , parent company Reach Media Inc. said in a statement . He had not boarded the ship . `` Just Got Paid '' was a No . 1 hit on the U.S . Billboard R & B chart and earned Kemp a Grammy nomination . Boy band 'NSYNC covered the song in the 2000 album , `` No Strings Attached . '' Former 'NSYNC member Chris Kirkpatrick was one of many entertainers who paid tribute to Kemp on social media . `` Thank you for the great music , '' he said in a tweet . Samuel L. Jackson and MC Hammer were among others who shared condolences , calling him a `` humble and kind spirit . '' People we 've lost in 2015 .
Johnny Kemp is `` believed to have drowned at a beach in Montego Bay , '' police say . He is best known for the Thursday hit `` Just Got Paid ''