{"id":3245,"date":"2022-04-15T12:43:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T12:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2022-04-22T08:21:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T08:21:43","slug":"dancehall-star-whitey-don-is-back-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=3245","title":{"rendered":"Dancehall Star Whitey Don is Back on Track"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a few years of hiatus from the music scene, Canadian dancehall star Whitey Don has decided to revive his musical journey and has since recorded with the likes of producer 2Rude\u00a0\u2018Never Did Anything to Fall in Love\u2019<\/strong><\/em>, \u201cThrust OG\u201d, and \u201cDJ Frankenstein\u201d with a banger\u00a0\u2018Skylarkin\u2019<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Whitey Don has over three decades of music experience. He has worked with Rap icons like KRS 1, Chip Fu and Phife Dawg. Whitey Don recently hooked up with upcoming Production company Royalty, releasing the new single\u00a0\u2018Teach Di Youth\u2019<\/strong><\/em>. \u201cThings have only been getting better for me as of late, and with collaboration with my wife and business partner, and the launching of our Foundation Music Group, the Flow has been Skyward,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Whitey Don is currently in Jamaica working with Sizzla Kolanji and the Judgement Yard crew on a remix and a video of his latest single \u2018Teach Di Youth\u2019<\/strong><\/em>. \u201cThere are three more collaborations and videos dropping soon with Sizzla Kalonji.\u00a0\u00a0\u2018Can\u2019t Tame\u2019<\/strong><\/em>, also features rap legend Chip Fu from the \u201cFu Schnickens\u201d is currently getting great reviews in Jamaica,\u201d Whitey Don said. \u201cI recently recorded a track with Lutan Fyah, a song produced by six times Grammy Award winner Bonzai Caruso,\u201d he continued. \u201cI am currently in talks with Super Cat and his management to record a few collaborations. Super Cat is one of my influences and I am looking forward to going to New York to work with him soon\u201d.<\/p>\n

Whitey Don’s adventure with reggae music began when he was a student at Kensington Community School in Toronto. He would skulk school and visit Kensington Market, where he would sit in at the Late Ronnie Bop Record shop, and across the road at Stranjah Cole record store. He would run errands for the Dreads such as buying cigarettes, or whatever they needed. People like Leroy \u2018Heptones\u2019 Sibbles, Leroy Brown, Ernie Smith and many All-Star Jamaican artists would pass through at any given time.<\/p>\n

Years later, Whitey Don would eventually meet Nigel Murray, a drummer for reggae band \u201cSunforce\u201d and a well-known brother within the Kensington Community. \u00a0Nigel, with the knowledge that he played guitar, keys and bass, asked him if he was interested in forming a \u201cband\u201d which would be comprised of the likes of Bernie Pitters on keyboards, Garry Lowe on bass, in addition to his friend Friendliness. \u201cRevelation\u201d was born and went on to become a well known and well-received band in Toronto. A year or two later, minus a couple of members, Revelation changed their name to \u201cCulture Shock\u201d, which fast became one of Canada\u2019s premier Reggae Bands.<\/p>\n

Whitey Don eventually started performing as a solo artist, working with the famed \u201cJones and Jones Productions\u201d, \u201cL.I.P Promotions\u201d, \u201cRamsay Promotions\u201d, \u201cS.C.I Productions\u201d, and various others of the Jamaican\/West Indian circuit Promoters.<\/p>\n

It was during that time that he met Marvin Prince who would introduce him to now Canada\u2019s dancehall legend Snow. \u201cWhen I met Marvin, him nuh stop boost him Idrin name Snow,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I finally met Snow, he was very cool and when he started singing, I immediately stopped what I was doing, grab Snow and gave him a microphone\u201d, he continued. \u201cAbout a month after meeting Snow and Marvin, in 1993, they went to New York, where Snow would sign to Atlantic\/Warner and the rest is history\u201d.<\/p>\n

In 1994, Marvin Prince would return to Toronto, and contact Whitey Don about big music possibilities. They went to New York together to see what could be done. In New York, Whitey Don had stints with Geffen\/MCA, and Interest from other Heavyweight labels and he eventually got his big break and signed a record deal with the hot label \u201cJIVE Records\u201d.<\/p>\n

Whitey Don would then go on to record\u00a0\u2018Article\u2019<\/strong><\/em>, his first single for JIVE Records that would feature the hot upcoming production of Marc Niles\/(BlackWax), and two of New York\u2019s Hottest Hip Hop Artistes – the Late Great \u201cMalik (Phife Dawg) Taylor\u201d, of \u201cA Tribe Called Quest\u201d, and \u201cRoderick (Chip Fu) Roachford\u201d from the \u201cFu Schnickens\u201d.<\/p>\n

Whitey Don then went to Jamaica where he signed via JIVE Records to the indomitable \u201cSteelie & Clevie\u201d Record label and recorded ten tracks with them. \u201cI started wondering if I was truly ready for everything that was to come,\u201d he said. \u201cBut Steelie and Clevie were amazing to work with and they set me straight and mek mi strive fi better.\u201d He then recorded\u00a0\u2018Murderer\u2019<\/strong><\/em>, which became a hit and was well-received worldwide.<\/p>\n

During that time Whitey Don was back and forth between New York City and Kingston Jamaica. On one of his return trips to New York, he met and recorded a track with the Godfather of Rap, KRS ONE. They recorded\u00a0\u2018Artical Part 2\u2019<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0which also included artists like Mad Lion and Shelly Thunder which brought Whitey Don to the Hip Hop World. This track, alongside\u00a0\u2018Scatter\u2019<\/strong><\/em>, and the original\u00a0\u2018Article\u2019<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0with Chip Fu, Phife Dawg, and Niles, garnered Whitey Don Worldwide respect.<\/p>\n

Whitey Don has not done a stage performance for a long while, but he plans to hit the stage as soon as he completes and releases his new album. \u201cI plan to hit the stage when I complete the new record, I don\u2019t want to hit the stage performing only my older stuff, I am working on the new musical ammunition to unleash on fans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a few years of hiatus from the music scene, Canadian dancehall star Whitey Don has decided to revive his musical journey and has since recorded with the likes of producer 2Rude\u00a0\u2018Never Did Anything to Fall in Love\u2019, \u201cThrust OG\u201d, and \u201cDJ Frankenstein\u201d with a banger\u00a0\u2018Skylarkin\u2019. Whitey Don has over three decades of music experience. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[240,239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canadian-news","category-international-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3247,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3245\/revisions\/3247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}