Since axing ties with Downsound Records, controversial reggae-dancehall firebrand Khago has been stepping up his game, and amping up his marketing and promotion.

He did a pair of shows over the weekend, first headlining a show at the Caribbean Grill in Dallas, and then headed to Club Riddim for another show the following day in Houston, Texas.

The Caribbean Grill venue was sold out over the weekend.

"The Dallas show sell off. Ah mi first sold-out show that, no space no inna the venue, nobody else caan come in, people outside, is a good feeling, the people dem love the Nah Sell Out, the girls dem melt fi the Love Stomach, and the thugs dem love the Road Dawg," he said.

Khago said the other show in Houston did not fare as well. He was billed alongside a rapper called Zero, but the turnout wasn't quite as spectacular.

"Mi give thanks same way because the promoter lost contact with the rapper before the event and wasn't sure he was still even coming but the show was really good and mi mek some valuable links," he said.

Khago is now turning attention towards promoting his Road Dawg single. Over the past two weeks, he has done dubs and jingles for an number of US-based disc jockeys who say that the single is doing well in the ethnic markets stateside.

The deejay recently recorded a new single called Do Me on the Idole rhythm for the Chase Mills Records-Pusha Yute Music imprint.

"Right now, mi a crush road hard with the Road Dawg, it tek Waterhouse by storm the other day. The song have it owna dance, the dancers dem love it, right now, the summer look good," he said.

Khago won the Most Improved Artiste Award during the recent Linkage Awards held in New York City, at the Thornton High School in Mount Vernon. Khago pipped peers such as I-Octane and KipRich to win the award.

He said that he has been approached by an international consortium of investors who want to invest in his career. "Right now, mi ah do a number of meetings with overseas investors who want to take up the management of my career," Khago said.