Ini Kamoze

Ini Kamoze was born Cecil Campbell on 9 October 1957. Accounts of his birthplace vary between sources, with Oracabessa and Port Maria both cited; he was reportedly abandoned as an infant and partly raised by a caregiver in Kingston, his father having been a police superintendent known as "The Scorpion."

He began recording in the early 1980s, releasing singles such as "World Affairs" (1981) before issuing a self-titled debut mini-album in 1984, produced by Sly and Robbie. That record included "World a Music (Out in the Streets They Call It Murder)," a track later sampled by Damian Marley on his 2005 hit "Welcome to Jamrock."

Kamoze returned to global prominence in 1994 with "Here Comes the Hotstepper," released by Columbia Records as the lead single from his album of the same name and featured on the soundtrack to the film Prêt-à-Porter. Co-written by Kamoze and originally produced with Philip "Fatis" Burrell before being remixed by Salaam Remi, the song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 and charts in Denmark and New Zealand, and reached number 4 in the UK, becoming one of the best-known dancehall-era crossover hits.