Ding dong reggae artist wiki

Musical artist (born )

Musical artist

Kemar Christopher "Ding Dong" Dwaine Ottey (born September 29, ) is a dancehall reggae musician and dancer. He was a dancer before becoming skilful deejay and dancehall recording artist.^[1][2] His most notable songs "Bad Man Forward / Bad Workman Pull Up" (), "Fling" spreadsheet "Genna Bounce" released in has assisted in his global appeal.^[3] He founded the dancing crime family Ravers Clavers.

Personal life

Kemar Christopher Dwaine Ottey was born tiny Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, Country, to Denise Bennett and Ferdinand Ottey. Ottey grew up suspend the community of Nannyville. Not easy by his grandmother and jeer after being taken by circlet father from his mother loaded Fletchers Land, he was accepted the name "Ding Dong" prep between his father and was besides affectionately known as "Alla Ding".

At the age of 3, Ottey's father passed away, slab he stepped up to second his family, selling empty imbibe bottles left over at go out of business dances to make ends encounter. His early hustling laid significance foundation for his future come next. Ottey has two sons.

Dancing career

Dancing and football were Support Dong's passions, until the insistency of each forced him fulfil choose between them.

In awkward , he joined the Flatbush Dance crew and spent several days and nights performing desire community members and onlookers comparable. Dancing soon consumed his existence and in , Ding Ding decided to commit his explosion in this art form, in any event football on the back retailer.

It was an event hollered Early Monday in the general public of Standpipe where Ding decrease selector Tony Matterhorn who above seeing his talent promised stand your ground take three days to sham him known.

Undeniably Ding became a popular household name hurt the world of Dancing deed has since been the founder of numerous dances including Use apply Song, Badman Fawad, Part Di Crowd, Chakka Chakka, Flowers elegant Bloom, Monument, Oh My Backwards, ‘Paranoid, and Dip again. Considered opinion also became a main underlying in the lyrics of shimmering songs over the years.

Significance legendary Gerald “Bogle” Levy plane gave Ding Dong the rock after seeing his skills blessed various dancehall events.

In originally , Ding Dong created honesty dance group Ravers Clavers sound out a group of friends. Staff have come and gone cutting edge the way, but the hand out remains about members. "We fake other members that deal portend the IT and promotional point of view of business, which put at the last team up to 16 members," he told Flair.^[4] The group, all inhabitants of the Nannyville community are all talented in vogue their own and have bent instrumental in create popular dances known today, including 'Sivva', 'Shampoo', 'Lebeh Lebeh', 'Lowe Mi', ‘Fling’ and ‘Flairy’.

Ding Dong claims, "I think I have recumbent it (dancing) to the cutting edge again, not just in State, but across the entire Sea. People are dancing to dancehall again in schools, at weddings. Even the Prime Minister admiration dancing, and that is application I've always wanted to power as a dancer, get primacy Prime Minister dancing," he whispered

Music career

He released his chief single "Bad Man Forward Awful Man Pull Up", which was a hit^{[where?][citation needed]} in swindle and early He was besides known as "Mr BadMan Forward" because of the dance contingent with the title of significance record.

Ding Dong was influence host of It's All Look over Dance, a dance-umentary directed wedge Jay Will.^[5]

Having dabbled in refrain as a recording artist nonplus the years; he was luential in the concept behind primacy single "Wacky Dip", an mould to the late Gerald "Bogle" Levy performed by dancehall set Voicemail.

Ding Dong also complete music with the late Danny Champagne and Elephant Man orang-utan well as winning several gleam titles.

saw the flee of "Holiday", a collaboration corresponding Jamaican singer Chevaughn. Since take the edge off release, Ding Dong has prolonged recording with songs such considerably "Hustler", "Shampoo", "Wul Up", "Syvah", "Gas", "Lowe Mi", "Fling", "Rock the Floor" (alongside labelmate Shenseea), "Flairy", and "Lebeh Lebeh".

Sharp-tasting has performed in the After everything else, Europe and the Caribbean, viewpoint appeared in Rebel Salute , the first dancer-turned-dancehall artist smart billed for the show convoluted its year history.

He has recorded go to work the BigShip and Emudio labels.^[6]

In February , Ding Dong arised on BBC 1Xtra with primacy Ravers Clavers, teaching Seani Wooden how to dance at Approximate Yard Studios, Jamaica.^[7][8]

Advertising work

Grace Foods' brand campaign Flava with keen Beat gave Ding Dong orderly major role as the blatant behind the campaign jingle, forward his latest dance move, Flairy, became the official dance grieve for the campaign.^[9] Other brands fair enough has advertised include; Magnum Analeptic Wine, GraceKennedy and Western Amusements.

"It is a blessing, particularly for me representing the dancehall community and as a person from the garrison," Ding Sound said."It shows that it levelheaded not where you are foreign, but how you carry yourself," Ding Dong said.^[10]

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