Ini Kamoze Net Worth, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!
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Ini Kamoze is one of the most popular and richest Reggae Singer who was born on October 9, 1957 in Port Maria, Jamaica. Reggae singer whose 1994 hit, “Here Comes the Hotstepper,” topped music charts in the U.S., Denmark, New Zealand, and the U.K.
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Kamoze’s signature song, “Here Comes the Hotstepper,” was based on a 1966 R&B hit performed by Wilson Pickett.
He made his first single, “World Affairs”, in 1981. Kamoze then released a 12-inch single “Trouble You A Trouble Me”/”General” in 1983.
His self-titled debut album was released in 1984 as a six track mini-LP on Island Records. In the album notes he describes himself as a “pencil thin… disentangled… six-foot vegetarian”. The album included the song “World a Music (Out in the Streets They Call It Merther)”, which was to be sampled by Damian Marley on his 2005 hit “Welcome to Jamrock”. The album was recorded with and produced by Sly and Robbie, with whom he also toured internationally along with Yellowman and Half Pint. By 1988, however, Kamoze had effectively disappeared from the music scene following lukewarm reactions to his intermittent releases.
He was born Cecil Campbell in Saint Mary, Jamaica.
| Name | Ini Kamoze |
| First Name | Ini |
| Last Name | Kamoze |
| Occupation | Reggae Singer |
| Birthday | October 9 |
| Birth Year | 1957 |
| Place of Birth | Port Maria |
| Home Town | |
| Birth Country | Jamaica |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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In 1994, Kamoze released the song which would become his signature, “Here Comes the Hotstepper”. Adopting another nickname from the song title, Kamoze would become known as the “Hotstepper”, from the patois for a man on the run from the law. The song was originally recorded with Philip “Fatis” Burrell and later remixed by Salaam Remi, and initially featured on a reggae music compilation Stir It Up, released on the Epic label. “Here Comes the Hotstepper” was not an entirely new composition, having roots in the song “Land of 1000 Dances”, which was a number one R&B hit for Wilson Pickett in 1966 and was first recorded by Chris Kenner in 1962 and reprised in 1963 by Fats Domino. The remixed version of the track also incorporates the bass line from Taana Gardner’s 1981 single “Heartbeat”. The song appeared on the soundtrack to the fashion-industry satire feature film Prêt-à-Porter. “Here Comes the Hotstepper” remains Kamoze’s only US number one hit (see Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1994).
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