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Shaggy Bio
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Shaggy
In modern culture some might confuse him for the unilaterally named character from the Scooby Doo animated television series and live action movies, but this Shaggy is a native Jamaican reggae deejay and performer who has appeared on several soundtracks, including the probably not so coincidentally named Scooby Doo.
Born Orville Richard Burrell on October 22, 1968, in Kingston, Jamaica, Shaggy and his family moved to the United States, settling in Brooklyn, New York, in the Flatbush neighborhood. He attended Erasmus Hall High in Brooklyn, and won a four-year scholarship to Pratt Institute – Art & Design. Following this he enrolled for a tour of duty in the United States Marine Corps, where he served in the Persian Gulf during Desert Storm.
With Burrell’s return from the Persian Gulf, Shaggy took his performing pseudonym from a person he admired from a small place in the Netherlands, referred to as Leeuwarden. For a time he joined with other hip hop artists, such as Rayvon, Red Fox, Mr. Easy, and Nike Fungus and recorded under the name of Ruff Entry Crew. It wasn’t long, though, before these talented individuals all struck out on their own.
Shaggy recorded his first solo album in 1993, and from it came his first hit as a reggae artist, Oh Carolina, a remake of the hit by the Folkes Brothers. Not content to just record as a solo artist, Shaggy also appeared on The Unreleased Project, a hip hop album by Kenny Dope. More solo albums followed, including Original Doberman, Boombastic (which spawned a hit of the same name), and Midnite Lover.
There seemed to be somewhat of a cooling off period with Shaggy as a hit maker, but it didn’t last long. In 2000, he released the album Hot Shot, which gave him two number one hits, It Wasn’t Me and Angel. Angel had been written with Angel of the Morning in mind, the song that had been a hit by Merrilee Rush in 1968 and Juice Newton in 1981. The album itself made it to number one as well. Shaggy released a handful of albums since, such as Lucky Day and Clothes Drop, but neither of them even came close to the success of Hot Shot.
Shaggy added on to his impressive resume by allowing his songs to be heard in movies. Oh Carolina appeared in two separate movies, Sliver and The Reggae Movie, and his song Me Julie appeared in Ali G Indahouse. Not by accident, Shaggy also wrote the lyrics for and performed the song Shaggy Where Are You in the movie, Scooby Doo, with Matthew Lillard playing the roll of the Shaggy in the movie.
After this, it was hit after hit for the movies using Shaggy’s music. The animated The Wild Thornberrys Movie included Shaggy’s song Shaking the Tree (02 Remix), and Kangaroo Jack, Along Came Polly, and She’s the Man included the tune Hey Sexy Lady. After the Sunset and The Real Cancun included Boombastic, and Little Black Book included the hit Angel. Showtime, starring Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy, had Shaggy performing, writing, and producing on three separate tracks. |
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Shaggy - was a guest on Saturday Night Live |
Shaggy - Performed‚ wrote and produced three tracks for 'Showtime' which starred Robert De Niro .
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Shaggy - Performed‚ wrote and produced three tracks on 'Showtime' which starred Eddie Murphy .
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