22/08/2024
BLESSED EARTH STRONG Beenie Man
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Anthony Moses Davis aka "Beenie Man" was born in the tough district of , , on August 22, 1973.
By the time he was ready for school, he had already decided on a career as a DJ. His shot at stardom came when he was only eight, when he took first prize at the national Teeny Talent contest. This led to a meeting with producer , who recorded the diminutive DJ's debut single, "Too Fancy." then took the boy under his wing and put him to work at his Unlimited .
By 1983, he found himself appearing on Lawes' Junjo Presents Two Big Sound, which was recorded live and featured such DJ heavyweights as and Fathead. Along with Unlimited, Beenie was also DJ'ing at Prince 's Volcano sound system, had a hit single to his credit, "Over the Sea," produced by Niney Holness, and even had a debut album out. Produced by Lee, The Invincible , the 10 Year Old DJ Wonder's title pretty much summed it all up. He recorded some songs with in 1984, two of which, "Under Mi Sensi" and "Two Sounds," would resurface in remixed form later in the '90s.
Beenie's younger brother, Little Kirk, was keen to follow in his footsteps, and five years later the siblings hooked up with producer Patrick Roberts and began recording a series of singles that quickly brought them into the national spotlight. In 1992, Beenie appeared at and such was the response that the DJ now felt ready to take on the big guns.
Beenie's first target was the acclaimed , although the young DJ had cause for his attack as the veteran had stolen his catch phrase, "people dead," and the war was on. There was a lull in the very public battle in 1993 when Beenie left for almost a year after being booed off the stage at a national show celebrating the visit of . Upon his return the next year, there was a public reconciliatio
