true
and apparently early 90's one hit wonder snow was about that life
not really...
Snow was respected more for his craft as opposed to any dealings he had in the streer
mostly those charges he caught in Canada prior to his career didnt mean jack shyt inna "yard" (jamaica)
it was him getting the cosign from Ninjaman and sound systems like Earth Ruler and Stone Love which solidified him in the culture ..
And for the record he was NOT a one hit wonder
....Snow had quite a few hits on the Jamaican and England charts even a number one song in Jamaica featuring Buju and Beanie that got mad love in the dancehalls
now if you looking for a real white "bwoi" who was about that life in the jamaican streets as well as dancehall culture
than look no further than whom many had considered to be the first "white rapper"....
80's dancehall toaster Dominic was a youth from england whom first got into dancehall as a magazine journalist and reporter who hustled ganja weed as well to many of the jamaican artists he interviewed and did business with....
Dominic Live in Brooklyn alongside King Addies with Danny Dread Supercat..Sluggy Ranks...Dirty Harry ..
his hustle was going so strong that he became a "don" up in england but unfortunatly wound up in prison for trafficking until Supercat's OG George Phang from Jamaica visited him and brought him back to live in Jungle amongst all the PNP political Bosses like Zeekes and Willie Hoggart as well as the Spanglers Posse...he speaks upon it in this interview:
How did you end up in Jamaica after leaving prison?
In ’85, when I was in jail, I got a visit from George Pang; he turned around and said, “What are you doing here? You shouldn’t be here.” I thought he’d be impressed, cos he’d been in jail loads of times himself, but he wasn’t impressed. When I came out of jail, him and Michael Palmer came over with Half Pint and we went to a studio and recorded “Greetings” and then recorded a tune with the lyrics “Youts like Dominic and other friends a me.” After we did that with George Pang, we went back to Jamaica and he gave me a place in Arnet Gardens to live. Because I was living in Arnet Gardens, I was automatically involved with these kinds of ‘bad men,’ because they all grew up together, so it would be, “This is Cut Throat John, and this is Killer Harry,” but surprisingly enough, a lot of these people, as much as their reputations preceded them, had better ethics and principles than a lot of people I deal with on a day to day basis in England: law abiding, supposedly respectable citizens.
I knew a lot of the guys. I knew Willy Haggart and a lot of people don’t really know the truth about why he got killed and who done it, but what is in darkness will come out into light. There has been a lot of repercussions about his death since. The same with Bogle. I was absolutely devastated when I heard that he had been murdered.
There has been a lot of talk implicating Beenie Man to the killing.
Beenie Man is a little bit like myself in the sense that he goes on like he’s bad, but deep down he ain’t a ‘badman’ at all. He’s a genuinely nice person. The reason why they suggested it might have been Beenie Man is because Bogle did actually disrespect him. But a lot of people have been quite disrespectful to Beenie Man. I heard Sizzla boxed him once and things like that. I think a lot of it is based on jealousy, because Beenie Man is probably one of the most successful DJs.
How did you feel about being around some of Jamaica’s most seasoned killers?
When I was around Zeeks and all his people around Matches Lanes, West Street, across the road literally is a road called Oxford Street and that was where the best weed was sold, and all the ‘Spanglers,’ they couldn’t go over there cos it was enemy territory, so they’d always be like, “Go on mate, you know you’re white, go and get the food.”
RICE N PEAS FILMS - Dominic - The Original "White Bwoy"
