Shabba Ranks
Jamaican dancehall musician · Jamaica · On the map · Musicians · Born 1966 · age 60
Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon , better known by his stage name Shabba Ranks, is a Jamaican dancehall musician. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was one of the most popular Jamaican musicians in the world.
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Although his early success ensured he was prominent in his home country as a dancehall artist, he gained popularity in North America with his album Just Reality in 1990. He released other albums, including As Raw as Ever and X-tra Naked, which both won a Grammy Award as Best Reggae Album in 1992 and 1993, respectively. He is notoriously popular for "Mr. Loverman" and "Ting-A-Ling", which were globally acclaimed and deemed his signature songs.