Billy Boyo
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Billy Boyo was a reggae
artist, was probably the most prolific of the early-80’s child MC’s. He is famous for his song "One Spliff a Day".
and Ranking Toyan
) went to London where he linked up with producer Silver Kamel.
Along with the above noted "One Spliff A Day," Billy also charted in 1982 with the Henry Junjo Lawes produced single "Wicked She Wicked." This hit had the added charm of a 13 year old kid-voice on the mic chanting about a wicked girl.
Billy Boyo wasn't a prolific recording artist as he did not record much before or after the tracks for the first two albums and was maybe more known as a live MC. His musical career was short-lived and little was heard of him since the second half of the eighties. In the early 1980s rumor spread that Billy Boyo and Little Harry had been shot and killed. However this proved to be untrue. Billy in fact died of a brain tumor on October 29, 2000 after a two month long struggle to beat the disease.
Compilations
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
artist, was probably the most prolific of the early-80’s child MC’s. He is famous for his song "One Spliff a Day".
Biography
Billy Boyo was still in his teens when he emerged in the early eighties. In 1983 he (together with Little JohnLittle John (musician)
John McMorris , better known as Little John, is a Jamaican dancehall musician best known for his 1980s recordings.-History:Born 1970 in Kingston, Jamaica, Litle John was so called as he began performing and recording at the age of nine...
and Ranking Toyan
Toyan
Toyan aka Ranking Toyan was a Jamaican reggae deejay active since the mid-1970s and best known for his early 1980s recordings.-Biography:...
) went to London where he linked up with producer Silver Kamel.
Along with the above noted "One Spliff A Day," Billy also charted in 1982 with the Henry Junjo Lawes produced single "Wicked She Wicked." This hit had the added charm of a 13 year old kid-voice on the mic chanting about a wicked girl.
Billy Boyo wasn't a prolific recording artist as he did not record much before or after the tracks for the first two albums and was maybe more known as a live MC. His musical career was short-lived and little was heard of him since the second half of the eighties. In the early 1980s rumor spread that Billy Boyo and Little Harry had been shot and killed. However this proved to be untrue. Billy in fact died of a brain tumor on October 29, 2000 after a two month long struggle to beat the disease.
Discography
- The Very Best Of Me. 1980-82.
- Zim Zim 1983
- DJ Clash vol 2 (Little Harry & Billy Boyo). 1983.
Compilations
- D.J. Clash Little Harry & Billy Boyo & Nicodemus. 1983.