Shaggy says I'm not happy about being famous

Despite a career that took nearly three decades, Shaggy still has a strong desire to handle his music. While in England, he told Kerri-Ann Roper why he would not stop making music.
If you expect to enter Shaggy when he visits British land, the possibility of finding him entering what he says is one of his favorite foods from Blvil :. Or he’ll be holding on to the bar, making friends.

The 51-year-old striker, popular in the nineties like Oh Carolina, Boombastic and It Wasn't Me, is a longtime fan and friend of the UK.

"I think England has some of India's best restaurants," the singer, whose real name is Orville Richard Burrell, says by phone.

He speaks before taking action as part of the Blast! The tour, which will also feature performances from other American artists such as Nelly, Salt-N-Pepa, Blu Cantrell and Mya.

A native of Kingston, Jamaica, Shaggy emerged as a great success story with a trailblazer of a genre that would be known as the Dancehall reggae genre.

"I've had a long history with the UK, you know my first big record was Oh Carolina, which came out in the UK, we followed it up with another number one number (Boombastic) and, of course, Angel- these are just great, great songs that just didn't happen in the UK, but they form what is now Dancehall.

"At the time, Dancehall was not very popular and was not played on radio of any kind. I was one of the few who managed to break the barriers to becoming famous," he says, reflecting on a career that has played for almost three decades.

“In fact, Dancehall has continued to be a major part of popular culture and has also been responsible for genres of music, such as Afrobeat and reggae pop, and that has been done all over England.

"So, those relationships have been very rooted in me and coming through England, coming through Ireland, and places like that, and shaking these taboos that many fans have embraced as the voice of their lives, is part of the job. - that's what I deserve to do."

The Blast Tour, which kicks off in Dublin tonight and visits Cardiff, Nottingham, Leeds, Manchester, London and more, was something Grammy-nominated artist says "made sense".

"And it was an opportunity to come to the UK with a group of people and play in front of a huge audience and just rock ... Nelly, I'm friends with Nelly ... you know, and all these people who on the bill are the people I've worked with. , at some point in all my work, so for the rest of my life, it's just plain understandable. "His American music friends and associates aside, what does he do about the British music scene at this time?

"To be honest with you, I'm more focused on the British area, I love what Stylo G and this couple are doing.

"The British show has become very popular and the first to completely embrace the voice of Afrobeats and move it forward, even further than in America.

"I like the fact that people like Ed Sheeran have contributed to the songs that are sung - and I like that.

"And I think the British event certainly reduces the trend. I'm just waiting for Adele to make a dance record, then we're good," she says, trembling over the line.

There is another British musician, however, who says he had a life change for him - Sting.

The duo recorded the 2018 album 44/876, numbers referring to the UK and Jamaica hits, headlines for all artist countries.

Despite having set an impressive record of strokes and chart-topping albums, he says collaborating with former police officers is a good time to work.

"Another characteristic of my life has been this union with me and Sting, because it was not just a partnership, it was a friendship," he says diligently.

"It was a life-changing moment for me and Sting, because he showed me so many different levels of play and music, and how to make music and singing. I brought him a lot and he brought me a lot."

One look at his repertoire and it’s clear Shaggy has no intention of slowing down or stopping with the beatings, like his 12th studio album Wah Gwaan ?! - released last year - gives birth to a covenant for.

"I don't think you can do anything other than what you like, and I really like what I'm doing," he explains.

"I'm the best person in the world to be making this kind of music - and just making music in general ... has allowed me to uplift my lifestyle, uplift my family, help other people's needs. What I'd like to do is have new artists."

And after nearly 30 years of paving the way for others, adding charts and visits, for Shaggy, is still about music, and not popularity.

"I put it musically, I will never forget what it is, everything around you revolves around me.

"I love collaborating with great musicians, great writers and new artists, and I found interesting sounds, and tried things and my sounds that I have never tried before. It's interesting, it never changes. Music always changes, but emotions never change for me.

"Because I put it on music, the rest doesn't work very well. I'm not happy with the popularity ... it has its merits, I haven't lied about it, but it can gain weight. red, it's because I'm dealing with it.

"I'm not big on networks, especially today, because there are a lot of people who aren't real. And at this age, I don't want to expand my circle, I'd rather keep my circle to be very good."

He’s also focused on what’s below the line.

"I'll never follow any style. I'll create a trend. I can go a long way - if you look at my work and its patterns, I've gone for another five years, eight years, but then I'll come back with a monster."