Fantan Mojah

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Fantan Mojah (* mid- 1970s years in St. Elizabeth as Owen Moncrieffe ) is a Jamaican roots reggae - singer .

life and career

Moncrieffe grew up in rural Saint Elizabeth. When he was ten years old, he fell out with his mother and left home. At times he stayed with his grandmother, at other times he lived on the street. Because he was more into music than learning, he was kicked out of school in eighth grade. In his first attempts as a teenage deejay , he called himself Mad Killer and also sang violent lyrics. In 1993 he went to Kingston , where he could stay with his aunt in Eastwood Park Gardens. He turned around, saw Peter Tosh and Jacob Miller as musical role models and from then on rejected Gun Lyrics. When he also externally confessed to Rasta , his aunt threw him out of the house. He was hired as a temporary worker at the Killamanjaro sound system and was given the opportunity to present himself as a deejay every now and then. In order to make a living, he also worked in various odd jobs.

He met Capleton through Ninjaman , with whom he was acquainted , and on whose advice he adopted Fantan Mojah as his new stage name. The first studio recordings were made at the end of the 1990s, but without any notable success. Fantan Mojah continued to work odd jobs, as a sewer cleaner or part-time gardener, but never completely gave up the goal of being able to make a living from music. With two songs that he had recorded - Search on the 28 Karat - Riddim and Feel Di Pain , Persistance - Riddim - he took turns and distributed them to everyone involved in the music business.

The efforts paid off when Andrew Prendergast of Downsound Records noticed him and signed him. The song Hungry was soon created at Downsound , which became a radio hit in 2004 and attracted attention in Jamaica with Fantan Mojah. The next hit was Hail the King , the single was followed by the debut album of the same name, Hail the King , which was released in November 2005 on Greensleeves Records . The album's song Nuh Build Great Man , a collaboration with Jah Cure , who was in prison at the time, sparked some discussion that year. In November 2008 the second album Stronger came out, Fantan Mojah stayed stylistically true to roots reggae. As a kind of trademark, he usually wears a rucksack when performing. Rasta Got Soul is his most successful song to date.

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