'Coppershot' was actually a hit in New York before Jamaica, which left Bounty as personally indebted to the American city as much as his native Kingston. Hits such as Coppershot, Lodge, and Spy Fi Die quickly propelled Bounty to an upper-echelon deejay, and sound system dubplate favorite. By 1993, now known internationally as Bounty Killer, Rodney was quickly becoming regarded as one of the fiercest and most lyrically gifted of the next generation of deejays.
His first hit record on the sound system circuit was Dub Fi Dub and other recordings with the King Jammys label were compiled into 1993's Jamaica's Most Wanted, later released as Roots, Reality and Culture. Jammy eventually relented upon witnessing the rising popularity of the deejay. It was during a chance meeting with brother of King Jammy, Uncle T, which would change his career forever.īounty's initial recordings were done by Uncle T, after Jammy himself was skeptical due to the violent nature of the tracks. He joined neighborhood friends Nitty Kutchie and Boom Dandemite in seeking out opportunities in country as well as town, performing for Metromedia and Bodyguard, as well as other local area sound systems. He nearly lost his life to gun violence at 14, but thankfully fully recovered from the bystander assault and soon began his music career as Bounty Hunter. One of nine children to his mother 'Miss Ivy' and father, owner of a small sound system, Rodney first picked up the mic as a deejay at nine years old.
Known as the Warlord, the Ghetto Gladiator, the Poor Peoples' Governor, and the Five Star General, Bounty Killer is one of dancehall reggae's most enduring artists and influences throughout the industry, known for his intricate, war-like lyrics, sound system dubplates, and stable of artists which has changed over the years but never lessened in popularity.īounty Killer, aka Rodney Basil Price, was born in the Trenchtown area of downtown Kingston, Jamaica, with his family moving to a next ghetto area of Riverton City (formerly known as Dungle), and finally Seaview Gardens, Kingston, as a young child.
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