Capleton
Background information
Birth name	Clifton George Bailey III
Also known as	King Shango, The Fireman, The Prophet
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Capleton, born Clifton George Bailey III on 13 April 1967 in the parish of St Mary, Jamaica is a reggae and dancehall artist. He is also referred to as King Shango, King David, The Fireman and The Prophet. His music label/office/home for his direct supporters is called David House(-Productions). is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. ... Dancehall is a type of Jamaican popular music which developed around the late 70s, with exponents such as Yellowman and Shabba Ranks. ...

Early life

He was a very outspoken boy and became known in Islington, St. Mary for his profound views, especially those views which pertained to key issues of the time: social injustice and African peoples. His relatives and friends were very surprised by young Clifton and bestowed on him the surname of popular Jamaican lawyer of the era, Capleton. World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second_largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ...

Capleton believes that he was musically inclined from his youth. He felt as if it were the manifestation of Jah that made him choose a career in music. His main early musical influences were Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh. At that time, Papa San was his favorite DJ because he liked the length of his lyrics and it inspired him to create longer lyrics for his own songs. Jah (IPA: ) is a name for God, most commonly used in the Rastafari movement. ... This article is about the reggae musician. ... Bunny Wailer, also known as Bunny Livingston (born April 10, 1947), was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. ... Peter Tosh (October 19, 1944 – September 11, 1987[1]) was the guitarist in the original Wailing Wailers, a pioneer reggae musician, and a trailblazer for the Rastafari movement. ... ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ...

Early career

In 1989 he got his first big international exposure. Stewart Brown, owner of a Toronto-based sound called African Star, gave the untested artist his first break, flying him to Canada for a stage show alongside giants like Ninjaman and Flourgan. The appreciation of the audience inspired Capleton; he never looked back. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Stewart Brown is an English poet and university lecturer as well as scholar of African and Caribbean Literature. ... Ninjaman AKA Don Gorgon(born Desmond John Ballentine on January 20, 1966, in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica) was a popular dancehall DJ during the late 80s and early 90s. ...

When Capleton first arrived on the scene in the late 1980s, the dancehall was a very different place than it is today. Slackness and gun talk were the order of the day. The present day Rasta Capleton announced his promising arrival with a string of hit songs from "Bumbo Red" to "Number One on the Look Good Chart" and "Woman We Lotion". Everything he touched hit the charts, and established himself as a Dancehall hitmaker. The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... Slackness refers to a genre of songs in Dancehall style with crude, sexual lyrics, performed live or recorded. ... Dancehall is a type of Jamaican popular music which developed around the late 70s, with exponents such as Yellowman and Shabba Ranks. ...

On his return to Jamaica he did the song that began to establish his significant place in Dancehall, "Alms House" in 1992. The tune became a big hit in the dancehall, followed up immediately by "Music is a Mission" and "Tour". Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

In the early 1990s there was a trend away from what were termed as slack songs; these made up almost the entire Dancehall industry; to more conscious, roots oriented songs. Unlike other artists that tried to totally detach themselves for their previous music, Capleton preferred to acknowledge and, later, incorporate his already established 'slack' songs, e.g. "Bumbo Red", in his thesis of consciousness. He has routinely used lyrics from his music before the 1990s to explain his view about controversial points raised in the Jamaican music industry. For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Look up Slack in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Slack has several meanings: The pursuit of Slack is a central belief of the Church of the SubGenius. ... Dancehall is a type of Jamaican popular music which developed around the late 70s, with exponents such as Yellowman and Shabba Ranks. ... Roots reggae is a spiritual Rastafari subgenre of reggae music with lyrics that often include praise for Jah Ras Tafari Makonnen, Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia; the Emperor of Ethiopia. ... Consciousness is a quality of the mind generally regarded to comprise qualities such as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the relationship between oneself and ones environment. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

His religious views

As a member of the Rastafari movement Capleton belongs to a number of different orders called Mansions of Rastafari. There is the Nyabinghi, which chants death to black and white oppressors. There is also Coptic which is the old Orthodox, Twelve Tribe, and Bobo Ashanti. Capleton sees Rasta as oneness but he endorses the Bobo order because the word Bobo means 'humble thyself'. He advises youth and fans to listen to his music as an international language that speaks to all. Haile Selassie I Rasta, or the Rastafari movement, is a religion that accepts Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia, as God incarnate, whom they call Jah. ... Mansions of Rastafari are branches of the Rastafari movement. ... Nyabinghi is a legendary Amazon queen, who was said to have possesed a Ugandan woman named Muhumusa in the 19th century. ... Jesus Christ in a Coptic icon The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (Coptic: , literally: the Egyptian Orthodox Church of Alexandria) is the official name for the largest Christian church in Egypt. ... “Orthodox” redirects here. ... Bobo Ashanti, aka the Ethiopian International Congress, is a Rastafarian organization founded by Prince Emmanuel I in the 1950s. ...

Criticisms

Recently Capleton, along with other dancehall artists, has faced criticism, predominantly outside of Jamaica, for homophobic lyrics, such as "Blood out di chi chi, bun out di chi chi", calling for gays to be killed and burned.[1] He also has faced, since early in his career, criticism of his constant references to the "fire" in his music. It was feared that it was a call for anti-social behaviour. Capleton claims his "fire" to be philosophical and not literal, and that it is his right and duty to speak out against issues that are abhorrent to the views of Rastafari. Homophobia is a term used to describe: A culturally determined phobia manifesting as fear, revulsion, or contempt for homosexuality. ... Batty boy, battyman and chi chi man are derogatory terms used in Jamaica, Belize and the rest of the Anglophone Caribbean to describe gay men. ... Haile Selassie I Rasta, or the Rastafari movement, is a religion that accepts Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia, as God incarnate, whom they call Jah. ...

Discography

• Woman We Lotion - 1991
• Alms House - 1993
• Good So - 1994
• Prophecy - 1995
• I-Testament - 1997
• One Mission (compilation) - 1999
• More Fire - 2000
• Still Blazin' - 2002
• Voice of Jamaica - 2003
• Praises To The King - 2003
• The People Dem - 2004
• Reign of Fire - 2004
• Free Up - 2006
• Hit wit da 44 rounds - 2007
• Rise them up - 2007

More Fire is reggae, dancehall artist Capletons seventh studio album. ... Reign of Fire can refer to: Reign of Fire (album) Reign of Fire (film) Reign of Fire (video game) Reign of Fire Unreal Tournament Sniper Clan See also Ring of Fire Category: ...

External links

• Official website
• Capleton's profile at VP Records' website
• Photo-feature at reggaephotos.de