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Beenie Man

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Beenie Man (born Anthony Moses Davis , in , ), is among the most popular entertainers and is a well established artist who created the phrase "zagga zow".

Beenie Man was involved in the music industry from a young age when he and his long time friend Robert aka "" won the Tastee Talent contest in . Only one year later (), when he was eight years old, he recorded a single, "Too Fancy", with . Junjo urged Beenie to drop Bobby due to his lack of rythem so he agreed. By 1983, Beenie Man was recording with heavyweight , such as and and released his debut album, The Invincible Beenie Man: The Ten Year Old DJ Wonder and the single "Over the Sea". After such a prodigious start the artist's career lost momentum in the middle of the eighties decade. Beenie Man continued performing and honed his craft beside the then dominant dancehall figures including Ninjaman, Admiral Bailey and Shabba Ranks. He found his artistic home at the Shocking Vibes studio where he continued to record singles with only moderate success towards the end of the decade. His days as a young boy was harsh and unkind.

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Who is the baddest old skool dancehall DJ?

  1. Supercat
    (43.4%)
  2. Shabba
    (38.1%)
  3. Yellowman
    (18.5%)

Total votes: 2230

This is not a representative poll and the figures do not purport to represent public opinion as a whole on this issue

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