Reggae artists biography silk

Born Garnett Daymon Smith on April 2, 1966, in Manchester, Jamaica; died on December 9, 1994, in Mandeville, Jamaica; married with three children at the time of his death.

Garnett Silk was a pivotal figure in reggae music's trend away from the dancehall music of the 1980s toward more culturally oriented reggae music in the 1990s.

First making a name for himself as a teenage deejay and "toaster" in clubs around Jamaica, Silk recorded his first singles in the mid-1980s under the name Little Bimbo.

Reggae artists biography silk

By the end of the decade, he had become Garnett Silk and adopted a new style that focused on his tenor vocals and consciousness-raising lyrics. His first album, It's Growing, became the best-selling title in Jamaica upon its release in 1992.

A series of concerts and compilation albums helped Silk gain an international record distribution deal with Atlantic Records in 1994. Hailed as a successor to reggae giant Bob Marley, expectations ran high for Silk's next project.

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