King Of The Dancehall - Muziek

Anthony Moses Davis Born August 22 1973 In Kingston Jamaica Better Known By The Stage Name Beenie Man Is A Well Established Reggae Artist And DJ. He Was Involved In The Music Industry From A Young Age When He Won The Tastee Talent Contest In 1981. Only One Year Later When He Was Eight Years Old He Recorded A Single "Too Fancy" With Record Producer "Junjo" Lawes. By 1983 Beenie Man Was Recording With Heavyweight DJs Such As Dillinger And Fathead And Released His Debut Album The Invincible Beenie Man The Ten Year Old DJ Wonder And The Single "Over The Sea". He Was Booed Off Stage At A Show Celebrating The Visit Of Nelson Mandela. In 1993 At The Very Popular Show Sting He Accused Fellow Deejay Bounty Killer That The Elder Artist Had Stolen His Catchphrase "people Dead". This Triggered A Lyrical Battle Which Continued On The Air With Each Artist Counteracting The Other's Songs. Finally In 1995 Beenie Man And Bounty Killer Settled Their Differences On The Air By Actually Signing A Peace Treaty And The Two Recorded An Album Together Guns Out. This Was Followed By A Single "No Mama No Cry" A Rehash Of The Bob Marley Classic "No Woman No Cry" Speaking Out Against Violence And Inspired By The Murder Of Pan Head Another Popular Deejay. Partially As A Result Of Prodding From His Producers Sly And Robbie Beenie Man Soon Converted To The Rastafari Movement. In 1994 He Was Signed By Island Records And Released The Critically Acclaimed Album Blessed. In 1995 Beenie Man Released A Remix Of Barrington Levy's "Under Mi Sensi" In The United Kingdom And Collaborated With Dennis Brown And Triston Palma To Release Three Against War And Lt. Stitchie On Mad Cobra Meets Lt. Stitchie & Beenie Man. He Took Another Step Up The Ladder In 1996 Releasing The Seminal Maestro Produced By Patrick Roberts And Shot Him To UK Fame. During The Period From The Mid To Late '90s Beenie Man Dominated The Jamaican Charts To The Extent That He Perhaps Had A Good Claim To The Crown Of "Dancehall King" A Title Only Bestowed Previously On Yellowman In The Early 1980s. In 1998 Beenie Man Signed To Virgin Records To Release Albums In The United States. His First American Offering Was The Doctor 1998 . In 2000 Beenie Man Teamed Up With Arturo Sandoval And Wyclef Jean The Fugees To Release The Art & Life. During The Late 1990s Beenie Man Began His Conquest Of America With The Hits "Romie" "Who Am I" And "Girls Dem Sugar" Which Featured American R&B Singer Mya. In 2002 He Had A Sizeable Hit With A Duet With Janet Jackson Called "Feel It Boy" But His Biggest Break In America Came In Early 2004 With The Release Of A Remix Of "Dude" Featuring Guest Vocals By Fellow Jamaican Ms. Thing As Well As Rhymes By Shawnna. read less