Reggae
Jamaica
Beenie Man
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![Listen to Girls (feat. Akon) [The 2012 Remixes] by Rico Bernasconi & Beenie Man](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/v4/b5/f4/48/b5f44802-6f62-8a0f-4be2-acc97aeabc81/CAPPRECORDS_GIRLS_RICOBERNASCONI_AMP_BEENIEMAN_FEATAKON.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Girls (feat. Akon) [The 2012 Remixes] by Rico Bernasconi & Beenie Man")
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![Watch Dat Way (feat. Abra Cadabra, BackRoad Gee, French Montana, Clavish, Beenie Man, Pa Salieu, Bandokay, Double Lz, K-Trap & DoRoad) [Remix] music video by Krept & Konan](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video126/v4/1e/c6/3a/1ec63a2a-ddfd-b46e-c2f3-4242dfb9e088/23UMGIM16128.crop.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Dat Way (feat. Abra Cadabra, BackRoad Gee, French Montana, Clavish, Beenie Man, Pa Salieu, Bandokay, Double Lz, K-Trap & DoRoad) [Remix] music video by Krept & Konan")
About Beenie Man
Hometown
Kingston, Jamaica
Born
August 22, 1973
Genre
Reggae
Mentored by his uncle Sydney Knowles, who was also Jimmy Cliff’s drummer, Beenie Man began toasting at age five.
∙ At age 19, he had his coming-out party when he blew away the crowd at 1992’s Reggae Sunsplash.
∙ Two years after starting a public beef with established DJ Bounty Killer, Beenie and his rival made up and released the 1994 split album Guns Out.
∙ On the Sly & Robbie-produced single “No Mama No Cry,” a version of Bob Marley’s “No Woman No Cry,” Beenie railed against violence following the murder of DJ Pan Head.
∙ After he was signed by Island Records, which had brought Bob Marley’s music to the world, the label released his critical breakthrough, 1995’s Blessed.
∙ Beenie picked up the Best Reggae Album Grammy Award for 2000’s Art & Life, featuring Kelis, Mýa, Redman, and Fugees’ Wyclef Jean.
Musical InfluencesBeenie Man's musical influences include Bob Marley, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown and more.
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