Beenie Man Biography.
Anthony Moses Davis famously known by his stage name Beenie Man is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall musician best known for his single “King of Dancehall”, “Girls” and “Bossman”. He was involved in the music industry since he was young, commencing toasting at the age of five, and was encouraged by his uncle Sydney Knowles, who played drums for Jimmy Cliff.
In 1981, he won the Tastee Talent competition, and Radio DJ Barry G introduced him to local sound system operators, who helped to stabilize the popularity of the young deejay, who became known as Beenie Man.
His first debut single, “Too Fancy”, was recorded by record producer Henry “Junjo” Lawes in 1981. Lawes also involved him on the 1983 album Junjo Presents Two Big Sounds alongside established stars such as Dillinger, Fathead, and Ringo. His debut album, The Invincible Beenie Man: The Ten-Year-Old DJ Wonder was produced by Bunny Lee and released in 1983, his first hit single following the same year with the Winston Holness-produced “Over the Sea”.
Beenie Man recorded some material with Barrington Levy in 1984, but his music career was put on hold while he finished school, and spent time traveling to the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. The material was released ten years later.
Beenie Man Age.
Beenie Man was born in the Waterhouse district of Kingston on August 22nd, 1973. He is 46 years old. His birth sign is Leo.
Beenie Man Net Worth.
As a successful musician who is recognized all over the world, he has been able to sell out on concerts in Jamaica and other countries thus increasing his income. The Jamaican musician has an estimated net worth of $4 million.
Beenie Man Wife – Beenie Man Girlfriend
The dancehall artist married Michelle “D’Angel” Downer on August 22nd, 2006. Michelle was previously dating Bounty Killer in the 1990s. The couple was blessed with son Marco Dean Davis, born in November 2006. Beenie Man separated from his wife due to her alleged unfaithfulness in June 2007. In March 2010, they released a duet single called “You Are My First”, even though they were separated at that time. They finalized their divorced in 2011.
Beenie Man began dating Krystal Tomlinson who is an entrepreneur, motivational speaker and Miss Jamaica Festival Queen in 2013. They confirmed their relationship in 2018 on their socials.
Beenie Man Kids
Beenie man has four children. His first daughter is dancer Desha Davis. He has a son with his ex-wife Michelle “D’Angel” Downer called Marco Dean Davis. The dancehall king also has another daughter with Carlene Smith called Crystal Davis. Together with his girlfriend Krystal, they welcomed their daughter Xiah Amina in October 2018.
Beenie Man Music
Beenie Manbegun to sharpened his craft beside the then prevailing dancehall figures including Ninjaman, Admiral Bailey and Shabba Ranks. He found his musical home at the Shocking Vibes studio where he continued to record singles with only moderate success in the early 1990s. His career gained momentum after a performance at the Reggae Sunsplash festival in 1992, and a rivalry with Bounty Killer began the following year after Beenie Man was accused of stealing Bounty Killer’s style and catchphrases.
The beef was captured on the 1994 album Guns Out, with the two artists resolving the feud with a soundclash. Beenie had his first number-one single in Jamaica in 1993 with “Matie” and he won the DJ of the Year Award the same year, the first of 8 consecutive awards.
International stardom.
Partly as a result of prodding from his producers, Sly and Robbie, with whom he recorded cover versions of Bob Marley’s “Crazy Baldhead” and “No Woman No Cry” in 1994, the latter a Jamaican chart-topper, Beenie Man switched to the Rastafari movement, as did numerous of his counterparts at the time, although in 2005 he stated “I have not converted.
I was baptized an Ethiopian Orthodox and at the age of 10 I became a Judah Coptic.” He was signed by Island Records in 1994 and released the critically acclaimed album Blessed, which denoted his reputation internationally. In 1995 he toured the UK and joined up again with Barrington Levy to record an updated jungle version of Levy’s “Under Mi Sensi”.
Beenie Man’s first real breakthrough into the United States came in 1997. He heard an instrumental rhythm by an unknown producer named Jeremy Harding and demanded to add his voice to the rhythm. He recorded his first international hit “Who Am I” which quickly went Gold. Big media outlets such as Newsweek and other major outlets were filled with pages of the new international reggae star. The same year, Beenie Man ranked the Jamaican singles chart with seven different singles. Beenie Man appeared as himself in the 1997 film Dancehall Queen.
After a successful one day tour in Harare, Zimbabwe, on November 2017, he was featured in a Hit Single MY WOMAN by Winky D and produced a video too. It won the second prize in the Coca-Cola Top 50 Videos of 2017.
Beenie Man Songs|Albums.
Studio albums
The Invincible Beany Man – The 10 Year Old D.J. Wonder 1983
Cool Cool Rider
- Released: December 4, 1992
- Label: VP
Defend It
- Released: March 4, 1994
- Label: VP
Dis Unu Fi Hear
- Released: September 25, 1994
- Label: Hightone
Blessed
- Released: July 17, 1995
- Label: Island
Beenie Man Meets Mad Cobra
- Released: September 5, 1995
- Label: VP
Maestro
- Released: December 16, 1996
- Labels: Greensleeves, VP
Many Moods of Moses
- Released: December 9, 1997
- Labels: VP, Slammin’ Vinyl
Ruff ‘N’ Tuff
- Released: April 6, 1999
- Label: Fuel 2000
The Doctor
- Released: May 18, 1999
- Label: VP, Slammin’ Vinyl
Y2K
- Released: September 14, 1999
- Label: Artists Only
Art and Life
- Released: July 11, 2000
- Label: Virgin
The Magnificent
- Released: March 26, 2002
- Label: 2B1 Multimedia
Tropical Storm
- Released: August 20, 2002
- Label: Virgin
Back to Basics
- Released: July 13, 2004
- Label: Virgin
Concept of Lif
- Released: January 25, 2006
- Label: Corner Shop
Undisputed
- Released: August 25, 2006
- Label: Virgin
Compilations.
All the Best 1995
- Released: May 23, 1995
- Label: Peter Pan
Wild Wild 1999
- Released: October 1, 1999
- Label: Rhino
Best of Beenie Man 2002
- Released: December 12, 2000
- Label: VP
The Very Best of Beenie Man: Gold 2002
- Released: January 1, 2002
- Label: Jet Star Music
Kingston to King of the Dancehall: A Collection of Dancehall Favorites 2005
- Released: February 1, 2005
- Label: Virgin
Hundred Dollar Bag 2005
- Released: May 30, 2005
- Label: Self-released
2007 Monsters of Dancehall
- Released: May 21, 2007
- Label: Greensleeves
Collaboration albums.
- 1994: Guns Out (versus Bounty Killer)
- 1994: 3 Against War (with Dennis Brown & Triston Palma)
Live albums.
- 1983: Aces International @ 82 Chisholm Avenue, Kingston
- 2004: Live in San Francisco
Beenie Man Anti-gay lyrics.
The lyrics to some of his songs have been scrutinized for instigating the murder of homosexuals. He was dismissed from the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards after protests by gay-rights activists. That same year, Beenie Man was stopped by police at Heathrow Airport in London, after the cancellation of a concert in the United Kingdom. He then issued an apology for the lyrics through his record company.
In 2005, gay rights group OutRage! suspended their opposition to Beenie Man after he agreed not to play songs featuring homophobic lyrics, and he performed in London that year. The following year, he claimed his lyrics were anti-pedophilia, not against consensual homosexual relationships.
In 2007, it was reported that Beenie Man, along with several other artists, had signed the Reggae Compassionate Act, an agreement to cease performances of anti-gay material. He later denied that he had signed the act. As of 2010, protests have continued to cause cancellations of his concerts in some countries, including New Zealand, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
In 2012, Beenie Man apologized to the gay community for his earlier homophobic lyrics: “Let me make this clear and straight. I have nothing against no one, I respect each and every human being, regardless of which race or creed, regardless of which religious belief you believe in, and regardless of which sexual preference you are, including gays and lesbian people. I respect all humans…Please, I am begging you do not have me up for some songs I wrote a long time ago.
I love each and every one and am just begging each and everyone to do the same.” In other interviews, however, he was quoted making statements such as “I never apologized” and “I told them to leave us alone, to try to understand where we are coming from.” In 2015 before coming to New Zealand for a concert, the GayNZ.com news site asked Beenie Man about the homophobic lyrics in his earlier songs. He hung up the telephone without answering.
Beenie Man & Yellowman
Veteran deejay Yellowman openly chastised Beenie Man for his hit “King of the Dancehall” in 2006. Known as “King Yellowman” since the 1980s, the deejay took exception to Beenie Man declaring himself “king”, as well as comments Beenie made concerning his appearance. Regarding the title of “king”, Yellowman stated: “Him trying to make people feel like him was here before me, but him never deh here before me, because dem planning to do dem official crowning them claim to say is an official crowning but dem a use some a di media as some of the organization…”.
Beenie Man made comments later that year in German-based Riddim Magazine, comparing Bounty Killer to Yellowman in appearance: “Bounty Killer is a great artist and he’s ugly, too. He’s got a rough thing about him, Jamaicans like that from the Shabba Rankin’ days and the King Stitt days and the Yellowman days. They like ugly people.” Yellowman responded, “Him can diss me all him like, but him caan diss the Jamaican public. What kinda ting that him say inna Riddim magazine? If me ugly, him pretty, me know say me wear shirt, him wear a blouse, me wear pants, he wear a skirt.