Shabba Ranks

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.

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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 was "Mr. Loverman".

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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. Following this episode and subsequent negative media coverage, his career never fully recovered and he was dropped by his American record label.

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Ragga: Raggamuffin music, usually abbreviated as ragga, is a sub-genre of dancehall music or reggae, in which the instrumentation primarily consists of electronic music. Sampling often serves a prominent role in raggamuffin music as well....

Shaggy: :This article is about the reggae artist. For the Scooby-Doo character, see Norville "Shaggy" Rogers....

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