Snow (musician)
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| Snow | ||
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 Snow (in front)
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Darrin O'Brien | |
| Born | October 30, 1969 (age 37) | |
| Genre(s) | reggae, pop-rap | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter | |
| Instrument(s) | singing, rapping | |
| Years active | 1993-present | |
| Label(s) | Virgin/EMI | |
| Associated acts |
MC Shan, Junior Reid, Ninjaman | |
| Website | snowontheweb.com | |
- This article is about Snow, the musician. For other meanings of snow, see Snow (disambiguation).
Darrin O'Brien (born October 30, 1969, in Toronto, Ontario) is an award-winning Canadian reggae musician, best known by his stage name Snow.
[edit] Life and work
Snow was born and raised in the North York district of Toronto. For much of his childhood, he lived in the Allenbury Gardens housing projects, just outside of The Peanut and across the street from Fairview Mall.
Discovered by executive producer David Kenneth Eng and Steve Salem, Snow had signed a contract to record on their Motorjam/Elektra record label. His 1993 debut album was 12 Inches of Snow. MC Shan produced the entire album, apart from one track which was produced by John Ficarrotta. The album was produced shortly before Snow was imprisoned for a year on an assault charge. Upon his release from prison, his first single "Informer," featuring MC Shan, became a chart topping hit. The song spent seven consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Ficarrotta and Shan also worked on Snow's second album, Murder Love, which also featured production work by Junior Reid, Hurby "LuvBug" Azor, and others, as well as guest appearances by Junior Reid, Ninjaman, HalfPint and others.
Although Snow's subsequent albums performed poorly except in Japan and Jamaica, he returned to the Canadian pop charts in 2000 with "Everybody Wants To Be Like You", and again in 2002 with "Legal", and is working on a new album with Red Zone and Trackmasters due out in 2007.
[edit] Discography
- 12 Inches of Snow (1993)
- Murder Love (1995)
- Justuss (1997)
- Cooler Conditions (1999)
- Mind on the Moon (2000)
- Two Hands Clapping (2002)
[edit] External links
Snow at MySpace
Snow Lyrics an Australian Snow fansite
