25/06/2024
Blessed earthstrong SUPERCAT ! 🔥🇯🇲🔥
Super Cat (born William Maragh in , Jamaica, 25 June 1963) is one of the originators of the late 80's and early 90's movement. A reggae musician who came to prominence in the late 1980s and even more so in the early 1990s, is of Jamaican and Indian descent. His nickname, the " " was given to him by his mentor .
His first single as was entitled 'Mr. Walker' and was a hit in . His song 'Boops' came soon after with the release of his debut album ' Si Boops Dey' and was a massive hit that spawned hundreds of responses and cemented him a place in history. He put his name in the history books and knotched a place in US music scene with the album . The album featured heavyweights in the arena such as and B.I.G. Songs like Don Dada, Dolly My Baby and Ghetto Red Hot are considered classics. Controversy has always surrounded his career. For example with the death of the popular reggae artist , killed in a murky incident in , New York City. He also had an infamous incident in a Sting stage show performance with then rival .
Super Cat had a number of hit singles in the early 1990s, including "Don Dada" and "Ghetto Red Hot," "Dem No Worry Me" with Heavy D and "Alright" with Kris Kross. These hits made him The Source magazine dancehall artist of the year in 1993. He was also an early collaborator with The B.I.G., featuring the then unknown artist (along with and ) on the B-side remix of "Dolly My Baby" in 1993. The title song, 'Don Dada' was a reply to many jabs made by Ninjaman.
Super Cat was featured on the number one hit "Fly", a 1997 single by from their platinum album. He collaborated with India Arie on her hit song "Video" in 2001 and with and the on "The Don Of Dons" in 2003. Following the death of his long time road manager Fred 'The Thunder' Donner in 2004, Super Cat released a multi-cd tribute album entitled "Reggaematic Diamond All-Stars" that featured contributions from , , , and among others.
The recent track, “Push Time,” found the deejay reconnecting with producer , whose breaks-heavy remix of the song “Ghetto Red Hot” first helped Super Cat connect with an audience outside of reggae.
Over the years, Cat has established himself as something of a fashion icon, developing a personal style vocabulary that incorporates the silk vests and double-breasted suits of a Prohibition-era gangster with the bandanas and fatigues of a guerilla soldier, mixing bling with fur caps and Navajo-inspired Ganado prints that keep with his Wild Apache stage persona “When you go out, it’s showtime,” Cat says of his personal style, “so you don’t look less than showtime.”
📸Beth Lesser
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