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| • | Shabba Ranks was the (internationally) most popular Ragga artist before Shaggy. Unlike Shaggy, he never sang, sticking to dee jaying, also called toasting or chatting.
Shabba Ranks was born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon on January 17, 1966. He worked with English singer Maxi Priest, American rappers KRS One and Chubb Rock, reggae singers Cocoa Tea, Crystal, and Mykal Rose, R&B singer Johnny Gill and Rock & Roll pioneer Chuck Berry. His biggest hit outside the regular reggae communities was "Mr. Loverman", allthough in Jamaica and for reggae lovers this was not his best work. Other more mentioned tracks by reggae enthusiasts are "Respect", "No mama man", "Get up stand up and rock" and "Caan Dun".
His reputation was badly damaged by his explicitly homophobic views and lyrics, particularly a notorious incident on the Channel 4 programme 'The Word' where he appeared to advocate the crucifixion of homosexuals. This can be heard in for example his track "No mama man" where the following lyrics can he heard:
"Don't give a love to a man if you nuh seh him a mama man""If jamaica would a legalize gun / to kill battyboy would be the greatest fun"
Some people might say that following this episode and subsequent negative media coverage, his career never fully recovered as he was dropped by his American record label. However, his many popular tracks has rewarded him with no less than two Grammy Awards. It should also be mentioned that despite of his homophobic history, this is very normal in the reggae-dancehall community in Jamaica and Shabba Ranks is in no way the only one with tracks related to it.
Reggae musiciansDancehall musicians|Shabba RanksJamaican musicians|Shabba Ranks1966 births
Source: [wikipedia: shabba ranks]
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