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Shaggy will perform with Ravon at the CRFC Grounds on 28th April. If one goes by his last gig in Colombo in the year 2001, it can be easily assumed that this time Shaggy will be electrifying on stage. Natasha Rathnayake , Bathiya; Santhush, and Azlan; The Sherifs will open for the Shaggy concert next month said the event organizers, a dance floor hire company.

Shaggy is born on 22nd October, 1968 in Kingston, Jamaica. His real name is Orville Richard Burrell, but he is popularly known by his stage name Shaggy. He is a Jamaican-American singer and rapper.

He won accolades for his 1995 single number “Boombastic” and the 2000 single number “It Wasn’t Me”. He is renowned for having a baritone-range singing voice and can easily be identified by his trademark garbled way of rapping and singing.

Last year Shaggy released the official videos of “For Your Eyez” only along with hit singles Sweet Jamaica featured by Mr.Vegas and Josie Wales. He also released Girlz Dem Luv We featured by Mavado.

Last year,it was announced that Shaggy would release his first new album in four years. Anteceded by the single “Champagne”, featuring Sahara, the album was brought out digitally on 19th January, 2011. Named as Shaggy & Friends, the album features much collaboration, including songs with his long time collaborators Rik Rok and Rayvon.

This year Shaggy and Egyptian star Tamer Hosny recorded a song together titled Smile whose music video was filmed in New York City and was released on 7th January this year.

Shaggy has re-released Summer in Kingston in the form of Summer In Kingston (Lava Edition) which is available in both digital and physical forms. Shaggy is also working on a new album where all tracks will be produced by Sly and Robbie.

Shaggy Video clip Ranking: four / five

Shaggy also added that the prince’s visit was of great help in bringing about international awareness regarding the children’s hospital and with the help of Shaggy and Friends concerts, the artist has raised nearly $ 90 million for the hospital and contributed more than 450 pieces of equipment. Prince Harry was accompanied by Lady Allen, Governor General Sir Patrick Allen and health minister Dr Fenton Ferguson. They sat with Shaggy and other children in the Learning Activity Center where they were entertained by the children’s singing. Shaggy exchanged several light moments with Prince Harry and said that he was quite happy with the prince’s warmth and reception to children.

Shaggy Video clip Ranking: 4 / 5

Shaggy Video Ranking: four / 5

Shaggy Video clip Ranking: 4 / five

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The Shaggy and Friends Charity Concert featured several stellar performances by Shaggy and many other well known musicians such as Assassin, I-Octane, Gyptian, Tarrus Riley, Tami Chynn, Romaine Virgo and Wayne Marshall. The concert also featured several other international acts such as Deniece Williams, Eve and Lauryn Hill.

The concert drew a huge crowd of several thousand individuals, many of them spending nearly $25000 for a ticket. A smaller crowd gathered in a much smaller area not far away from the concert to share the joy of this special occasion.

This great annual event was also witnessed by the patients and staff of the Bustamante Hospital for Children. A huge 12×14-foot screen was set up in the medical facility by LIME, the concert sponsors and telecommunications providers. For the first time, this arrangement made it possible for the staff and patients to enjoy several great moments from the charity concert.

Stephen Price, the head of the marketing team at LIME, said that as the sponsors of the concert, they aimed to make this event much more special and memorable than ever before. To do this, he wanted the children of the hospital to share the joy and excitement of the concert, as normally they would not have the opportunity to be a witness to the performances of these international artists. This, he felt, would contribute significantly to the importance of this concert to both the benefactors as well as the beneficiaries. Stephen also reported that the kids were so happy that when the performers waved at the kids, they responded immediately and waved back to them.

The CEO remarked that all this has been possible mainly due to the emotional connection the hospital staff and patients have with Shaggy.  Shaggy is highly respected by the hospital community for what he has been doing over the past couple of years.

Shaggy Video Rating: four / five