Mavado

Gigs at Uppsala Reggae Festival:

Year	Speldag	Speltid	Scen	Gallery
2010	Saturday	22:55 - 23:45	Main Stage	Inga bilder

Known to the world as Mavado or more recently “The Gully God”, was born David Constantine Brooks on November 30, 1981 in Kingston, Jamaica. Before getting his break in the music business, Brooks worked as a barber and his two main influences were his grandmother and the music of Bounty Killer. “To tell the truth” he explains, “it was me grandmother that first really bring me in the studio, ‘cause she bring me in the church to sing.

Idolization became mentorship when local reggae selector Foota Hype introduced the young singer to his hero Bounty Killer. To Mavado’s amazement, “Killer start to show we the ropes” of the music business, introducing him to the Daseca production crew. “Them are the youth which really bust Mavado, them come up with the Anger Management riddim.

Mavado’s first full-length album, Gangster for Life: the Symphony of David Brooks. The album has remained in the Top 25 Billboard Reggae charts since its debut in July 2007.

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