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Yellowman
Jamaican reggae singer
"Yellow man" redirects here. For other uses, see Yellow people and Yellowman (disambiguation).
Musical artist
Winston FosterOD,[1][2] ([3] or 15 January [4]) better known by the stage name Yellowman and also known as King Yellowman, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehalldeejay.
He first became popular in Jamaica in the s, rising to prominence with a series of singles that established his reputation.
Yellowman is considered to be one of the genre's pioneers[5] and has been credited with "almost single-handedly [creating] the coarse, crude and fearlessly direct sound of today's dancehall."[6] Spearheading the first generation of dancehall deejays, he brought the genre to an international audience.[4]
Career
Winston Foster was abandoned by his parents and grew up in the Maxfield Children's Home and the Catholic orphanageAlpha Boys School in Kingston, the latter known for