Culture reggae artiste Ras Kronik continues his upward movement on the New York reggae chart.

His latest single, The Real Thing (remix), continues to blow up FM radio and impact music lovers alike. It is currently number 16 on the Clinton Lindsay-compiled New York chart.

The Jamaica-born, Las Vegas-based artiste, is quite upbeat about the latest turn of events in his career.

"I am really happy the way things are looking.Give thanks to the disc jocks who are giving the song the support and the fans for supporting me", Ras Kronik said in a release to media.

The artiste is also gearing up for a number of performances across Europe which will kick off by the end of February.

Additionally, he will head to Jamaica in March to shoot the video for his new single, Ghetto Life which is already getting strong airplay, especially on Irie FM.