Shabba Ranks released other studio 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.
17 Facts About Shabba Ranks
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Shabba Ranks is notoriously popular for "Mr Loverman" and "Ting-A-Ling", which were globally acclaimed and deemed his signature songs.
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Shabba Ranks was born in Sturge Town, Saint Ann, Jamaica, and raised in Seaview Gardens, Kingston.
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Shabba Ranks's father, Ivan Gordon, was a mason who died in 1990.
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Shabba Ranks was the subject of the 2015 hit song "Shabba Madda Pot" from the dancehall artist Dexta Daps.
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Shabba Ranks gained his fame mainly by toasting rather than singing, like some of his dancehall contemporaries in Jamaica.
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Shabba Ranks secured a recording contract with Epic Records in 1989.
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Shabba Ranks's biggest hit single outside of Jamaica was the reggae fusion smash "Mr Loverman".
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Shabba Ranks won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1992 for As Raw as Ever and in 1993 for X-tra Naked.
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Shabba Ranks made a partial comeback in 2007 when he appeared on a song called "Clear the Air" by Busta Rhymes, which featured Akon.
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Shabba Ranks released a single on Big Ship's Pepper Riddim called "None A Dem", in April 2011.
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In 2013, Shabba Ranks was mentioned in A$AP Ferg's song "Shabba Ranks," and has a cameo near the end of the music video.
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Shabba Ranks was featured in the remix alongside Migos and Busta Rhymes on 23 November 2013.
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Shabba Ranks has been controversial for homophobia, particularly violent attitudes towards homosexuals.
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Shabba Ranks held a copy of a Bible which he carried with him and stated that the "word of God" advocated the "crucifixion of homosexuals".
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Shabba Ranks alluded that he advocates the progression of the Jamaican people and freedom of speech but did not conclude that being against homosexuality would be in question of exclusion, according to bible laws.
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Shabba Ranks subsequently apologized, after realizing that his comments might advocate "the killing of gays and lesbians and any human being in retrospect".