Story of SNOW | The Thug From Toronto That Became A Dancehall Superstar

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  • Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
  • Darrin O'Brien was a high school from Toronto dropout with little or no musical experience when he recorded Informer. A song that would become a world-wide smash hit. He shocked the entire planet with his flawless patois and toasting talents despite never setting foot on Jamaica and would go on to become a Dancehall great
    #reggae #informer #snow

Комментарии • 51

  • @shawnarsin5587
    @shawnarsin5587 Месяц назад +10

    Gentlemen was another reggae artist a lot of folks didn't know was a white german kat,much respect 🔥🫡

    • @fredericocr1
      @fredericocr1 Месяц назад +2

      They are fire (him and the band)

    • @JackiePecco
      @JackiePecco Месяц назад +1

      Oh believe me we knew 🤣

    • @culturedat
      @culturedat Месяц назад

      We definitely knew!!!

  • @dp13579
    @dp13579 Месяц назад +5

    Excellent stuff. A lot of info there. Had no idea bout the man himself. I remember when informer came out and it was Massive, especially here in Ireland, one of our own y'know.
    Shaggy the US Soldier man got some neck giving em stick!!!! Hopefully now with this new info he'll get the respect he deserves......
    Nice one!!!

  • @johnmurphy6556
    @johnmurphy6556 Месяц назад +2

    Reggae unites, reggae is unity and reggae is the music you have to play in your community.

    • @chicfini
      @chicfini Месяц назад

      Struggle music

    • @chicfini
      @chicfini Месяц назад

      90% of reggae artists have some criminal history

  • @devinedude3690
    @devinedude3690 Месяц назад +5

    Post more frequently...
    Content & Culture King You...

  • @dailypolishme
    @dailypolishme Месяц назад +3

    You're videos are always enjoyable and interesting. Thank you so much for sharing. I will always keep "liking " your videos.

  • @Roman-Pregolin
    @Roman-Pregolin Месяц назад +3

    Damn weren't joking, that was fast

  • @chicfini
    @chicfini Месяц назад

    Such is life ❤❤

  • @watsonunlimitedmusic
    @watsonunlimitedmusic Месяц назад +2

    Briefly dated a girl who grew up in the same housing projects as Snow, he was very much for real. Actually there was a few white reggae artists and musicians in Toronto in that era. There was artists like Whitey Don, Casper and Friendly Man. And then there was keyboard player / producer Dubmatix and saxophonist I-Sax. All a byproduct of Jamaican migration to Toronto in the 60s and 70s.

  • @lawrencenjawe9875
    @lawrencenjawe9875 Месяц назад +3

    Totally convinced the track Informer was from a Jamaican toaster, I was shocked out of my socks when I discovered Snow was a white dude from Canada

  • @BatmanBoss
    @BatmanBoss Месяц назад +2

    Give thanks! ❤️💛💚

  • @devinedude3690
    @devinedude3690 Месяц назад +7

    Possible to do a video on buju - black women vs browning songs fallout...?
    Thanks in advanced!!

  • @Junglist247
    @Junglist247 Месяц назад

    Great video 👍🏽

  • @fredericocr1
    @fredericocr1 Месяц назад

    I know many people who discover dancehall with snow. He cut some flack at the time but he is genuine. Just as genuine or more than the campbel brothers.

  • @fredericocr1
    @fredericocr1 Месяц назад +3

    On the white reggae artists camp, Gentlemen would be am interesting video

  • @dakistle
    @dakistle Месяц назад

    I still think about what ol' Snow might be up to every now and then.

  • @tb22k
    @tb22k Месяц назад +3

    Never hear of this guy 😂❤

  • @johnmurphy6556
    @johnmurphy6556 Месяц назад +1

    I have lyrics galore like snow, but never got the chance to blow and show what I can do, so here is just a small sample for you. Deadicated to every one around the world, man,woman,boy and girl. Reggae is the choice of those who seek good music, so uplift and cherish it and never abuse it. Reggae Appreciation is the peoples choice, so I bring this meeasge to you with word, sound power.lyrics and my voice. I wish nothing but peace and blessings to all of you. This was part one,let me know if you want a part two.

  • @bennyaruba3449
    @bennyaruba3449 Месяц назад +1

    Thought this guy was corny when he came out, since I got to know his story on VladTv I surely changed my mind. #respect 👊

    • @JamesAnderson-e2x
      @JamesAnderson-e2x 19 часов назад

      I thought he was kind of corny and still do, especially after I found out he ripped off DJ Marvin Prince, the man who produced ' Informer ' for him.

  • @memphasnobleajahyi.9227
    @memphasnobleajahyi.9227 Месяц назад

    TORONTO DANCE HALL,REGGAE PIONEER #SNOW.

  • @MickSupper
    @MickSupper Месяц назад

    I remember hearing back in high school that when he played in Houston, TX he was booed offstage and his singing continued without him moving his lips, thus he was lip-syncing. I'm not sure if that's true, but that's what everyone was saying. I have that Anything for You 12" and that Daddy Yankee Informer remake on my phone, but it's about a girl, not a run-in with the law. The lyrics in Spanish are completely different.

  • @Infinitebrandon
    @Infinitebrandon Месяц назад

    I never knew any of this lol 👏

  • @TravisSelassieSimbawafedha
    @TravisSelassieSimbawafedha Месяц назад +1

    No reference to the "in living color" sketch ?

    • @JamesAnderson-e2x
      @JamesAnderson-e2x 19 часов назад

      I was waiting for that, lol. That skit summed up Snow for me. 😂

  • @ryanjones6959
    @ryanjones6959 4 дня назад +1

    Top of the pops and number one chart songs don’t make you a dancehall super star. You need to me making dubplates for sound systems and records played in the dancehall

    • @JamesAnderson-e2x
      @JamesAnderson-e2x 19 часов назад

      True . Snow never soundclash with any deejay . He never was connected to a sound system. He just got lucky .

    • @ryanjones6959
      @ryanjones6959 18 часов назад

      @@JamesAnderson-e2x white privilege luck

  • @tra.7612
    @tra.7612 Месяц назад

    Hi Snow❤

  • @tra.7612
    @tra.7612 Месяц назад

    Do Free I

  • @chicfini
    @chicfini Месяц назад

    Why does most raggae artists have criminal history?

    • @dlmarh76
      @dlmarh76 Месяц назад +1

      Many rock artists should have one too, but they aren't policed as hard, now are they?

  • @devinedude3690
    @devinedude3690 Месяц назад +3

    1 of the original WIGGA...🤣😂🤣

  • @JamesAnderson-e2x
    @JamesAnderson-e2x 19 часов назад

    Snow is not Reggae. Nor was he Dancehall. He did ' raggamuffin hip hop ', a style popularized by KRS One and Mad Lion. Truth be told , Mad Lion was more Dancehall than Snow could ever be.

  • @chalkiememe4183
    @chalkiememe4183 Месяц назад +1

    He’s not Irish if he was born in Canada, just saying.

  • @culturedat
    @culturedat Месяц назад

    All bullshit, the first Eminem of dancehall

  • @Lo-FiEnjoyTheMusic-gs9wy
    @Lo-FiEnjoyTheMusic-gs9wy Месяц назад +3

    this song was not dancehall
    it's American, come on even collie(come around) was closer to dancehall than this
    you gotta be able to hear the differences between the music
    the accent doesn't make you a dance-hall artist
    Sean Paul
    Gyptian
    Elephant man
    Beenie Man
    do dance hall
    chronixx
    reggae is more
    bob marley
    Damian Marley
    they often go between genres
    but it has a distinct sound
    if you want white artist that do raggae or dancehall
    this is the worst one
    million styles is better police in helicopter
    dancehall is something you ... you can't be a Jamaican and not know this
    this song is rap with a Caribbean twist

    • @resserection1
      @resserection1 Месяц назад

      Yeah it doesn't even resemble Dancehall, but it unfortunately has tainted what a lot of people think dancehall is. It's just pop rap with faux patois lyrics

    • @russiasgreatestexports4026
      @russiasgreatestexports4026 Месяц назад +1

      He had more than one song.

    • @MickSupper
      @MickSupper Месяц назад

      Laughable.

    • @JamesAnderson-e2x
      @JamesAnderson-e2x 19 часов назад

      True. Snow did ' raggamuffin hip hop '. He was never a Dancehall artist. He never was part of that scene in Jamaica.

  • @ArtisticLogic
    @ArtisticLogic Месяц назад +1

    that's dancehall not reggae my friend dancehall is the pop version of reggae authentic reggae is more akin to American rnb and dancehall the father of hip hop and reggaeton and afro beat

  • @Junglist247
    @Junglist247 Месяц назад

    Great video 👍🏽