Shabba Ranks

Born

1966-01-17

Birthplace

Saint Ann, Jamaica

Biography

Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon OD (born 17 January 1966) better known by his stage name Shabba Ranks, is a Jamaican Grammy Award-winning dancehall musician. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was one of the most popular Jamaican musicians in the world. Throughout his prominence in his home country as a dancehall artist, he gained popularity in North America with his studio album, Just Reality, in 1990. He released two studio albums, As Raw as Ever and X-tra Naked, which both won a Grammy Award as Best Reggae Album in 1992 and 1993, respectively. He is notoriously popular for "Mr. Loverman" and "Ting-A-Ling", which were globally acclaimed and deemed his signature songs.