Berris Smith
Encyclopedia
Berris Smith, is a Jamaican-Canadian hip-hop
rapper
and producer
. He is best known for the hit single "Daddy Loves You" Feat. Dawgheart Swagger and Slim from 112
.
By 1999 Smith had moved to Winnipeg's West End
and surrounded himself with the underground rappers of the city's Jamaican community. He opened a short-lived recording studio on Portage Avenue before moving to Vancouver. A Hastings St. billboard would advertise his first album N.I.G.G.A. an acronym of Never Ignorant Getting Goals Accomplished.
. Smith was subsequently arrested for and charged with the murder, after spending 15 months in North Fraser Pretrial Center he was granted bail (400,000.00) but eventually the charges where stayed for lack of evidence.
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
rapper
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
and producer
Hip hop production
Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music. Though the term encompasses all aspects of hip hop music, it's most commonly used to refer to the instrumental, non-lyrical aspects of hip hop. This means that hip hop producers are the instrumentalists involved in a work...
. He is best known for the hit single "Daddy Loves You" Feat. Dawgheart Swagger and Slim from 112
112 (band)
112 is an American R&B quartet from Atlanta, Georgia. Formerly artists on Diddy's Bad Boy Records, the group signed to the Def Soul roster in 2002. They had great success in the late 1990s and early 2000s with hits such as "Only You", "Anywhere" and "Peaches & Cream"...
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Early life and career
Smith grew up in the English-speaking Norwood section of St. Boniface, in a mostly white neighborhood that nevertheless was highly influenced by the hip-hop of the era. Among his close friends during the mid-1990s was the Winnipeg writer Dallas Hansen.By 1999 Smith had moved to Winnipeg's West End
West End, Winnipeg
The West End of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is a mostly residential area just west of Downtown Winnipeg. It is bordered by Route 62 on the east and stretches as far west as St. James Street, the boundary between the old City of Winnipeg and St. James-Assiniboia...
and surrounded himself with the underground rappers of the city's Jamaican community. He opened a short-lived recording studio on Portage Avenue before moving to Vancouver. A Hastings St. billboard would advertise his first album N.I.G.G.A. an acronym of Never Ignorant Getting Goals Accomplished.
Murder accusation
On January 28, 2005, a man was shot and killed at the New Wing Hotel in Vancouver's notorious Downtown EastsideDowntown Eastside
The Downtown Eastside is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and is known as "Canada's poorest postal code"....
. Smith was subsequently arrested for and charged with the murder, after spending 15 months in North Fraser Pretrial Center he was granted bail (400,000.00) but eventually the charges where stayed for lack of evidence.