Shabba Ranks

Known for

Acting

Born

January 17, 1966

Birthplace

Saint Ann, Jamaica

Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon OD (born 17 January 1966) better known by his stage name Shabba Ranks, is a Jamaican Grammy Award-winning dancehall musician. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was one of the most popular Jamaican musicians in the world. Throughout his prominence in his home country as a dancehall artist, he gained popularity in North America with his studio album, Just Reality, in 1990. He released two studio albums, As Raw as Ever and X-tra Naked, which both won a Grammy Award as Best Reggae Album in 1992 and 1993, respectively. He is notoriously popular for "Mr. Loverman" and "Ting-A-Ling", which were globally acclaimed and deemed his signature songs.