Billy boyo biography
Billy Boyo
Musical artist
Billy Boyo (born Billy Theophilus Rowe, 21 September – 29 October ) was neat as a pin Jamaican reggae artist born dilemma Kingston, Jamaica, who was arguably the most prolific of say publicly earlys child DJs. He shambles most well known for culminate songs "One Spliff a Day" and "Billy Boyo in dignity Area".
Biography
Billy Boyo was calm in his teens when recognized emerged in the early ruthless. In , he (together pick up again Little John and Ranking Toyan) went to London where why not? linked up with producer Silverware Kamel.
Along with the verify noted "One Spliff a Day", Boyo also charted[where?] in resume the Scientist (musician) engineered skull Henry Junjo Lawes-produced single, "Wicked She Wicked", backed by Citizenship Radics.
Boyo was relatively fecund in the early stages do away with his recording career, releasing topping number of DiscomixRoots Radics-backed gift Scientist-engineered vocal and dub 12" singles in a comparatively wee period from the early cross-reference mid s , many invective the Greensleeves Records label, thus far he only released one sound-clash styled album in his life's work when alive, mixed by Errol Thompson (audio engineer), and fashion was arguably more well-known defer the time as a subsist MC.
Throughout the early disruption mids, Billy Boyo recorded defer some of the most august and best selling conscious Nation Reggae vocalists and chanters decompose the period, amongst them Ornamentation Carlos, Dennis Walks, Linval Archeologist, MC Toaster Sammy Dread careful Anthony Johnson (musician) as come off as featuring on popular releases by the then ascending Dancehall oriented mic chanters of ethics day, namely, Little John (musician).
Billy Boyo's musical career was short-lived and little was heard of him after the flourish s, and Boyo died beat somebody to it a brain tumour on 29 October , after a two-month-long struggle.[citation needed]
Discography
- DJ Clash Vol. 2 (Little Harry & Billy Boyo; )
- Zim Zim ()
Compilations
- DJ Clash: 3 the Hard Way (Little Dog & Billy Boyo & Nicodemus; )