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Shaggy

Jamaican Musician

Born: Oct 22, 1968

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I get called everything from 'Mr Boombastic' to 'Mr Lover Lover' to 'Mr It Wasn't Me.' It's whatever is hot at that point. Shaggy

Me Whatever Lover Everything Point Hot Get

'Shaggy' was a nickname before it was ever a stage name. I have no problem with it. Shaggy

Problem Before Stage No Problem Name Ever Nickname

I would never be about waking up early and do morning radio and TV back to back had I not been in the military, where they are throwing a garbage can in the middle of my squad bed at 5 o'clock in the morning for four years straight. Shaggy

Even my mom is calling me Shaggy now, which is weird, because Shaggy is more like a character that I play. Shaggy is flamboyant; he's cocky. And I can't live that twenty-four hours a day - hell, no. Shaggy

I have to be me, which is, don't like a lot of crowds, don't like a lot of attention - kind of being by myself. Shaggy

Myself Me Kind Crowds Attention Like Lot Being Which

You might be like, 'I want really big hits.' But when you get really big hits, and your label is making $150 million, they are people who are now interested in what you do. They are going to begin to tell you what to do, and so you become important. So your creative freedom - you're not going to have that again. Shaggy

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I just put people on my records that I think bring something really unique to the song, and that's what's going to make it live over time. Not the fact that an artist might be 'hot' at the time. Shaggy

Time People Song Live Think Something Records Fact Put Hot Over Make Artist Going Just Might Really Unique Bring

I'm Shaggy. I'm a business. Shaggy

Business

I've never been one that really won with major-name collaborators. You take, for instance, 'Angel' with Rayvon. 'It Wasn't Me' was with Rikrok. Nobody knew who those guys were. Shaggy

Me You Angel Collaborators Those Guys Take Never Instance Knew Nobody Were Been Won Really Who

If you look at reggae and dancehall artists in general, there isn't really a big success story. A Shabba Ranks or a Yellowman might have a hit, but there's never a follow up. There's no consistency. Shaggy

Success You Consistency Big Ranks Follow Follow-Up General Never Look Up Hit Artists Big Success Story Reggae Might Success Story Really

I have a festival called Shaggy and Friends, which is a charity event to raise funds for a hospital. Shaggy

Charity Hospital Friends Festival Which Event Raise Funds

The Police, they were the guys that were like the gateway to the mainstream. In England, there was a very strong reggae movement that was going on. Anything that was happening in reggae happened out of England. They were brilliant. They could spot a sound that was cool, the 'it' sound. Shaggy

I like things that catch your ears. Shaggy

Ears Catch Like Your Things

Gays and lesbians should have the same rights as anybody else, and when they're in Jamaica, they do have the same rights. Shaggy

Rights Else Gays Same Anybody Anybody Else Jamaica Should Lesbians

I fought for the U.S. government. I live in New York. I pay taxes in America. Shaggy

Government Pay Live New America York New York Taxes Fought

'Fields of Gold' is my favourite record. Shaggy

Favourite Record Gold Fields

I'm no stranger to making timeless music. Shaggy

Music Making Timeless Stranger

I really didn't think I was going to make records to where I make a living out of it. Shaggy

Living Think Out Records Make Going Where Really

My existence wouldn't be the same if there weren't women. Shaggy

Women Were Existence Same

The pop market is a very fickle market, and that's why for me to go into the teeny-pop, 'TRL' mode, it's not really for me. Shaggy

Me Fickle Market Go Very Mode Really Pop Why

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