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For any PURE Dancehall Music fan, when someone says the name King Yellowman you know right away who they are talking about. For those just coming into Dancehall Reggae lets see if we can at least throw some light on who really is the King Of Dancehall! King Yellowman as we know him was born as Winston Foster on Januuary the 15th 1956 in Kingston, Jamaica. He was not raised by his parents, instead he spent his time at a few different places such as Maxfield Home, Eventinde Home and the famous Alpha Boys School (famous for many artist spent time here as well). He started to get his start as a DJ when he won the Tastee Patties talent show around 1978. From that time he went on to represent with foundation sound system Aces International (DJ14K's Tapes R Us has a nice list of Aces dances). Then in 1981 he won the DJ title at Skateland and then moved on to Gemini Disco. Getting more liked for his slackness lyrics, he performed at Reggae Sunsplash 1982 and blew away the crowd. Whatmakes Yellowman a more high profile DJ then his counterparts was he was able to also be strong with a string of LP's he released. His first LP was "Them A Mad Over Me" for Channel One & then the next year (1982) he released Mister Yellowman for the owner of Dancehall Reggae sound system Junjo Lawes & his Volcano label. He was one of the first Dancehall Reggae acts to be signed to a major label in the USA (CBS Records) and this LP also got him a Grammy nomination. Along with his bredrin Fathead they would release more LP's & nuff singles to the likes of Dancehall Music fans everywhere. Now coming into the 1980's tragedy hits King Yellowman as he was told he has skin cancer and because of this, parts of his jaw were taken out to make sure the cancer was out. This did not stop him however from recording and performing. He continued to release more LP's & singles but this time moving a bit from the slackness and more to Roots & Culture Dancehall Reggae. To this day, he is non stop playing and does not let anything get in his way. Yellowman is a true performer in any music form and the Reggae Dancehall world is lucky to still have him around giving us plenty of vibes each and every time he takes the mike!
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