Mr Vegas dancehall reggae artiste
Dancehall reggae artiste Mr Vegas (born Clifford Smith) on December 29, 1974 in Kingston, Jamaica.
Vegas started singing from an early age, mostly doing cover versions of popular R&B tracks, but he got his big break in 1997 with the released of "Nike Air" for producer Jeremy Harding on his Play Ground riddim. He followed this up with a onslaught of hits such as, "Head High" which did very well in the United Kingdom and USA.
Other Top Tracks are * Hot Gal Today * Taxi Fare * Hot Wuk * Tek Weh Yuhself * Man A Gallis * Mix Up Peggy * Bwoy Shorts * Wanna See You Move * Fi Get Rich and * Damn Right Mr Vegas released his debut album in 1998 titled "Head High" which went to #5 on the US Reggae chart. He also won a MOBO for best reggae artiste for this same album. He has since released over Eight Studio albums.
Some of his other album are: * Reggae Max (Jet Star, compilation, 1999) * Mr. Vegas (VP Records, 1999) * Damn Right (Greensleeves, 2001) * Pull Up (Delicious Vinyl, 2004) * Hot It Up (Universal Records, 2007) * The Hits (Greensleeves Records, 2008) September 2008 Vegas announced that he was retiring from the music industry, citing unhappiness with his work and a desire to spend more time with his children and be "closer to God Almighty. But this was short lived, by the ending of 2009 & beginning of 2010 he came back with songs such as Man A Gallis, Can't Stop Now feat Major Lazer, Mix Up Peggy, Wanna See You Move feat DJ GQ and Fi Get Rich. Vegas presently performs Dancehall, Reggae and Soca music. This singjay has appeared on all of the Reggae industry’s major shows, including Guinness Sting,
Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest,
Fully Loaded and Reggae Sunsplash. He has also perform in island in the Caribbean, Europe U.S.A and
Japan.
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