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Ini Kamoze

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Spanish Town-born singer (b. 1957) who first reached UK audiences with "World A Music" (1983) and became one of the few Jamaican artists ever to top the US Billboard Hot 100, when "Here Comes the Hotstepper" reached number one in 1995, a rare pop crossover for a dancehall-rooted record.

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Ini Kamoze — Here Comes The Hotstepper (Official Music Video)

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Jamaican records reached the world by half a dozen different routes — a London pop session, a film soundtrack, a cover version, a remix — and almost never the one the industry expected.