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Gentleman

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German reggae singer born Tilmann Otto in Osnabrück in 1974 and raised in Cologne, who first visited Jamaica at 17; his 1999 debut Trodin On and 2002 breakthrough Journey to Jah made him one of Europe's most prominent reggae artists, with the 2005 single "Intoxication" built on Don Corleon's Drop Leaf riddim.

Gentleman at Chiemsee Reggae Summer, 2013Tobias Klenze · CC BY 3.0 · Source ↗

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Reggaeville biography; AllMusic; Boomshots.

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Gentleman — Intoxication (Official Video)

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Official video for Gentleman's 2005 single built on Don Corleon's Drop Leaf riddim; discovery-only embed.

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Story · ProbableReggae's European festival circuit

Long before streaming, a ring of summer festivals across Germany, Italy, France, Spain and the Netherlands turned reggae into one of Europe's most durable live-music economies.

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