Snow was born and raised in the North York district of Toronto, Ontario. For much of his childhood, he lived in the Allenbury Gardens public housing project, and at the age of 17, moved to Ajax, Ontario. Growing up in a diverse neighbourhood, O'Brien blended dancehall and reggae with rock and popular music to create his own unique style of music. In 1988, Jamaican-born DJ Marvin Prince witnessed O'Brien deejaying at a party and the two quickly became friends.
It's the highest selling Reggae single in the history and it comes from a Canadian and non native Jamaican, but somebody who has grown up around and with the culture, how could anyone honestly say its not his if he inherited it through his environment, just put his own twist to it (remind u of anyone that rhymes with break?
)I know Reggae fans called it watered down Reggae and even Jim Carrey even made fun of him
And just as side note, Snow was bout that life
Snow wrote this song while he was in jail charged with two attempted murders, he ended up spending a year in Toronto’s East Detention Center maximum security prison. After coming out he met MC Shan and recorded the song. He went back to do a 8 month bid for aggravated assault, and it was during this jail-stay that the song caught on and started getting airplay.
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to y'all droppin knowledge