Artist Name
Sugar Minott
web link web link
heart icon off (0 users)

Logo
transparent
Members
members icon 1 Male

Origin
flag Kingston

Genre
genre icon Dancehall

Style
---

Mood
---

Born

born icon 1956

Active
calendar icon 1969 to dead icon 2010

Cutout
transparent

Current Record Label

artist logo


heart icon Most Loved Tracks
4 users heart off Sugar Minott - Jah Jah Children
4 users heart off Sugar Minott - Jah Jah Children
4 users heart off Sugar Minott - River Jordan
4 users heart off Sugar Minott - Hard Time Pressure


youtube icon Music Video Links
No Music Videos Found...



Artist Biography
Available in: gb icon flag icon
Sugar Minott (born Lincoln Barrington Minott, May 25, 1956 in Kingston, died Saturday July 10, 2010 in Kingston) was a jamaican reggae singer, producer and sound-system operator known for his sweet roots dancehall style. Sugar Minott spent his youth hanging around the legendary "Studio 1" listening to the artists that recorded there, such as Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, The Heptones, Dennis Brown and others. Sugar began his career with the formation of the African Brothers, along with Tony Tuff and Derek Howard (and later Triston Palmer) in the early 1970s. The African Brothers were a harmonious roots act, of which Sugar became the most popular member. By 1979, Sugar had been invited by Studio 1 to record a solo album. When recording at Studio 1, he chose not to use a backing band as in conventional recording, but elected to sing over instrumental versions of old Studio 1 classics. This is considered to be the birth of "dancehall," which lead to countless artists making new hits out of old classics, a tradition that continues in Jamaica today. Sugar was also well-regarded for hard work on his Youthman Promotion sound system and Black Roots & Youthman Promotion labels into the 1980s, which brought forth such artists as Tenor Saw, Nitty Gritty, Yami Bolo, Junior Reid, Tony Rebel, Garnett Silk, and many more to the industry. Up until his death, he was still working with young artists both in Jamaica and the US, including his daughter Pashon Minott.
wiki icon

Wide Thumb
transparent

Clearart
transparent

Fanart
transparent icon
transparent icontransparent icon

Banner
transparent icon

User Comments

transparent iconNo comments yet..


Status
unlocked icon Unlocked
Last Edit by PapaMok
13th Sep 2022

Socials


Streaming
website icon website icon

External Links
fanart.tv icon musicbrainz icon last.fm icon website icon website icon amazon icon