- Ini Kamoze
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Name = Ini Kamoze
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Born = Birth date and age|1957|10|9|mf=y
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Genre =Reggae ,dancehall
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URL = [http://www.inikamoze.com/ www.inikamoze.com]
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Notable_instruments =Ini Kamoze (pronEng|ˈaɪni kəˈmoʊzi) (born
9 October 1957 , inPort Maria , Saint Mary,Jamaica ) is a Jamaicanreggae singer.His self-titled debut album was released in 1984 as a six track mini-LP on
Island Records . In the album notes he describes himself as a "pencil thin... disentangled... six-foot vegetarian". Thealbum includes thesong "World a Music" which was to be sampled byDamian Marley on his 2005 hit, "Welcome to Jamrock ". The album was recorded with and produced bySly and Robbie , with whom he also toured internationally along withYellowman andHalf Pint . By 1988, however, Kamoze had effectively disappeared from themusic scene following lukewarm reactions to his intermittent releases.In 1994, Kamoze released the song which would become his signature, "
Here Comes the Hotstepper ". Adopting his nickname from the song title, Kamoze would become known as the "Hotstepper", from the Patois for a man on the run from the law. The song appeared on thesoundtrack to the fashion-industrysatire film , "Prêt-à-Porter". "Hotstepper" still remains one ofdancehall 's more well-known hits, with its call-and-response chorus of "Here come de hotstepper / murderer; "I'm de lyrical gangsta / murderer" lighting upnightclubs worldwide. "Here Comes the Hotstepper" remains Kamoze's only U.S. number one hit (seeHot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1994 ).Kamoze's career after this high-water mark featured the album "Here Comes the Hotstepper" which was released in 1995.
External links
* [http://www.inikamoze.com Ini Kamoze web site]
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