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Thursday 25 April 2019

Dancehall/Reggae Thursdays: Wayne Smith

Wayne Smith (5 December 1965 – 17 February 2014)


Reggae and Dancehall Musician, Wayne Smith, was regarded as the Artist, whose 1985 hit Single ushered in digital era of Reggae music. He began is run at around 13 years old on Sound Systems and then branched off into Recording. He moved to New York in 1989 and established his own Record label (Sleng Teng Records), worked with numerous Producers and after many years he returned to live in Mandeville, Jamaica in 2013. He died in 2014 at aged 48 years, after going to the hospital with severe stomach pains. Please take a listen here and Happy Dancehall/Reggae Thursdays: Wicked inna Dancehall (Full Album), Ain't no me without you, Come along, Youthman Skanking, Ain't no meaning in saying goodbye and Under me sleng teng

Source 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Smith_(musician)

Source 2: https://www.discogs.com/artist/28082-Wayne-Smith
Background information
Born5 December 1965
Kingston, Jamaica
Died17 February 2014(aged 48)
Kingston, Jamaica
GenresReggaedancehall
Occupation(s)Musician
Years activeLate 1970s–2014

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