Shaggy Bio, Age, Songs, Sting, Wife, Family, Children And Net Worth

Shaggy Biography

 Shaggy is a Jamaican reggae musician, singer, DJ, and actor. He is famous for releasing hit songs “It Wasn’t Me”, “Boombastic”, “In The Summertime”, “Oh Carolina”, and “Angel”.

Shaggy Real Name

Shaggy’s real birth name is Orville Richard Burrell. He up took his stage name from the character Shaggy, from the TV show Scooby-Doo in 1993 when he decided to pursue his music career.

Shaggy Age

Orville Richard Burrell popularly known by his stage name Shaggy was born on October 22, 1968, in Kingston, Jamaica. His zodiac sign is libra. Shaggy is 52 years old as of 2018. Shaggy celebrates his birthday on 22nd November every year.

Shaggy Military Career

Shaggy joined the United States Marine Corps in 1988. He obtained the Military Occupation Specialty of 0811 Field Artillery Cannon Crewman.

Shaggy served with a Field Artillery Battery in the 10th Marine Regiment during the Persian Gulf War. The highest rank he achieved was lance corporal, although he was reduced in rank twice.

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Shaggy Singing 

Shaggy took singing courses at the age of 32 and was discovered a year later while singing in the streets with friends. Shaggy perfected his signature singing voice while serving in the Marine Corps.

Shaggy released his first hit in 1993, “Oh Carolina”.it was a dancehall re-make of a ska hit by the Folkes Brothers, which appeared in the film Sliver. The same year, he appeared on Kenny Dope’s hip hop album The Unreleased Project.

He worked together with producers such as Sting International, Don One, Lloyd ‘Spiderman’ Campbell, Robert Livingston, and Frankie Cutlass on a remix from his Maxi-Single title “Nice and Lovely”.

He had further big hits, including “Boombastic” in 1995, the theme tune of a popular Levi’s commercial, and sang with Maxi Priest on his Top 20 hit from 1996, “That Girl”.

Shaggy Boombastic

“Boombastic” is a song from Shaggy’s third studio album, of the same name. It was released on June 5, 1995, the single achieved commercial success in many countries, including Ireland, UK, Sweden, New Zealand, and Australia, where it topped the singles charts.

It spent a week at number one on the US Billboard R&B chart, and a similar stint atop the UK Singles Chart. It also reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100.

A remix featuring Sting International, which features a sample of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On”, was released in January 1996. The latter is featured on some versions of the Boombastic album as a bonus track.

Shaggy It Wasn’t Me

“It Wasn’t Me” is the first single from  Shaggy’s multi-Platinum studio album Hot Shot (2000). The song features vocals from Shaggy and Rikrok.

The lyrics of the song depict one man asking his friend what to do after his girlfriend caught him having sex with another woman. His friend’s advice is to deny everything, despite clear evidence to the contrary, with the phrase “It wasn’t me.”

The song has been regarded as Shaggy’s breakthrough in the pop market, and is his highest-charting song to date, topping the charts in Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Poland, the United States, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

It was the best selling single of 2001 in the United Kingdom, selling over 1.15 million copies that year and over 1.42 million as of 2017.

Shaggy Angel

“Angel” is a song by Shaggy featuring Rayvon. It was released in late 2000. “Angel” proved to be almost as successful, reaching number one in many countries.

The song debuted at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending December 30, 2000. The song first entered the top 40 at No. 39 on the week ending January 20, 2001.

It peaked at No. 1 on the chart on the week ending March 31, 2001, for one week. It was the 17th most successful song of 2001 in the United States. It has sold 1,494,000 digital copies in the US as of April 2016.

The song also reached number one in the United Kingdom, as well as number one in Australia, making the song an international chart-topper.

The success following the release saw Shaggy clock up his second American and fourth British number one single. It was also a European success, at one point simultaneously topping the charts in the German-speaking territories of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Shaggy Rise Again

In January 2010, Shaggy released “Rise Again” a track featuring Sean Paul, Sean Kingston, Alison Hinds, Shontelle Layne, Edwin Yearwood, Destra Garcia;

David Rudder, Kees Dieffenthaller, Tessanne Chin, Etana & Belo, was released to support victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake which struck on January 12.

Shaggy Songs

♦ Boombastic-1995
♦ Hey Sexy Lady- 2002
♦ Angel- 2000

♦ It Wasn’t Me- 2000
♦ Just One Lifetime- 2018
♦ Oh Carolina- 1993

♦ Repent- 2005
♦ I Need Your Love- 2015
♦ In the Summertime- 1995

♦ Luv Me, Luv Me- 1998
♦ Wild 2Nite- 2005
♦ Tu Pum Pum- 2018

♦ Church Heathen -2007
♦ Don’t Make Me Wait- 2018
♦ You Girl- 2013

♦ Me Julie- 2002
♦ Body A Shake- 2007
♦ Fight This Feeling- 2013

♦ Get My Party On- 2002
♦ Keep’n It Real- 2000
♦ Bonafide Girl- 2007

♦ Big Up- 1993
♦ Gotta Get Back My Baby- 2018
♦ Feel the Rush- 2007

♦ That Love- 2016
♦ Bridges- 2013
♦ Officer- 2018

♦ Leave It to Me- 2000
♦ Soon Be Done- 1993
♦ Freaky Girl -2000

♦ Train Is Coming- 1995
♦ Go Fuck Yourself-· 2015

Shaggy Albums

♦ Pure Pleasure (1993)
♦ Original Doberman (1994)
♦ Boombastic (1995)

♦ Midnite Lover (1997)
♦ Hot Shot (2000)
♦ Lucky Day (2002)

♦ Clothes Drop (2005)
♦ Intoxication (2007)
♦ Shaggy & Friends (2011)

♦ Summer in Kingston (2011)
♦ Rise (2012)
♦ Out of Many, One Music (2013)

♦ 44/876 with Sting (2018)
♦ Wah Gwaan?! (2019)

Shaggy 44/876

44/876 is a collaborative album by English musician Sting and Jamaican musician Shaggy. It was released on April 20, 2018, by A&M Records, Interscope Records and Cherrytree Records.

The album’s title refers to the country calling code for the United Kingdom (+44) and the North American area code for Jamaica (876), Sting’s and Shaggy’s respective home countries.

On 7 December 2018 the Deluxe Softpack 8-bonus-track CD edition of the album was released including the unreleased track “Skank Up (Oh Lawd)”, two new versions of “Gotta Get Back My Baby” and five unreleased acoustic live tracks recorded in July 2018 in Paris.

The album won a Best Reggae Album at the 61st Grammy Awards on February 2019.

Shaggy Music Awards

Grammy Awards

♦ 1996    Boombastic Best Reggae Album
♦ 2019 44/876    Best Reggae Album

Shaggy Blast

Shaggy was cast as Mace in the movie “Blast” a 2004 action comedy film directed by Anthony Hickox. It was written by Steven E. de Souza and starring Eddie Griffin, Vinnie Jones, Breckin Meyer, and Vivica A. Fox.

Shaggy Game Over Man

Shaggy had a cameo appearance as himself in the 2018 American action comedy film Game over man. The movie was directed by Kyle Newacheck, written by Anders Holm, and starring Adam DeVine, Holm, and Blake Anderson;

All of whom previously collaborated on the sitcom Workaholics. The film follows three down-on-their-luck housekeepers who must save the day when the Los Angeles party they are at gets taken, hostage. It was released on March 23, 2018, on Netflix.

Shaggy American Idol

Shaggy joined the American singing competition television’s seventh series American Idol to perform at the season premiere and for their All-Star Duets.the series premiered on March 3 and ended on May 20, 2019, on the ABC television network.

 American Idol is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle USA and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America.

It initially aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to April 7, 2016, for 15 seasons. Since March 11, 2018, a revival of the series has aired on ABC. American Idol employs a panel of vocal judges who critique the contestants’ performances.

The original judges, for the first through eighth seasons, were record producer and music manager Randy Jackson, singer and choreographer Paula Abdul, and music executive and manager Simon Cowell.

This season’s American Idol semifinalists teamed with celebrities for all-star duets in front of a live audience at L.A. Wiltern Theater, and it was a challenge that separated the amateurs from the pros.

This saw shaggy teeming up with Uche to perform “I Need Your Love”. unlike other few contestants who failed while performing with their idols due to lack of confidence in their own selves Shaggy met his match here.

The two big flashy personalities were totally vibing. they even had choreography, and at times Shaggy almost seemed like Uché’s hypeman as he rapped Uché’s easily toastable name.

 This was the first duet of a night where the celebrity was upstaged because Uché was not at all intimidated. The audience was eating it up, and Uché played to the crowd like a star, climactically tossing his Boy George hat for a lucky audience member to catch.

Shaggy Wife/Married

Shaggy’s wife is Rebecca Packer. The two got married on July 12, 2014, after dating for16 years. The wedding reportedly took place at Goldeneye in Oracabessa, Jamaica. Rebecca is 41 years old as of September 5, 2018.

Rebecca hails from Dundalk. She is half-Irish and half-Jamaican. Her mother is Dr. Veronica Salter, an Irishwoman who moved to Jamaica in the early 1970s and worked as a psychotherapist and counselor.

Shaggy’s wife is an art director of films and videos. She is also the co-producer of the Shaggy and Friends charity concert. In a recent interview, the singer said that Rebecca keeps him excited specially with her very opinionated personality.

“She challenges me in many ways,” Shaggy said. “She is very opinionated. Very opinionated. We have had our fair share of arguments, but I think the best way to put it is that we are two stones and the edges are rough and they beat on each other until eventually, they are smooth.

That’s the best way I can say it. She constantly impresses me as we go along and that keeps my interest there. And our love is the basic thing that keeps us together, and I don’t think I have ever fallen out of love with her.”

He explained that being away from her so often also helps, as when he finally gets back to her it’s like falling in love all over again.

Shaggy Family

Shaggy’s parents are Clinton Burrell and Lorraine Miller. His mother worked as a medical secretary. he has an uncle called Trevor.The closest relationship, Shaggy had, without doubt, to his grandmother Sylvia Sherman.

he recognizes his grandma as very important to him. Shaggy revealed that his most cherished moments were the time he spent with his grandma as he was a child, and the visits of the church, together with her, at the “Portmore Gospel Assembly”.

Shaggy Children

Shaggy has five children. His elder son is about 18 and has two common grounds with him: He is named like his father, Richard Burrell Jr., and he also makes music. Richard and his brother Tyler are the children from his relationship with Carol Johnson.

Shaggy has 3 girls with his wife Rebecca: twins named Kelsey and Madison, born in 2008 who live in Shaggy´s second home Broward County, Florida as well as a bit elder daughter named Sydney. He tries to spend as much time as possible with his children- just to be a great father.

Shaggy Robb Banks

Robb Banks is the eldest son of shaggy.his birth names are Richard O’Neil Burrel,he is named after his father. Robb was born on September 24, 1994, in New York. He is an American rapper.

Robb later moved to Broward County, Florida, at age six and has lived there ever since. He gained recognition in 2012 with his debut mixtape Calendars and his follow-up mixtape Tha City in 2013. His debut studio album, Year of the Savage, was released on October 2, 2015.

Shaggy Musician Dead

January 24, 2013, Shaggy became the victim of a cyber-death hoax after reports emerged online that he had been stabbed to death. Rumors had suggested that he the singer and rapper, whose real name is Orville Burrell, had been involved in a bar brawl in LA and was stabbed and killed.

The hitmaker set the record straight after the rumor mill went into overdrive, helped by social networking sites. The hashtag #RIPShaggy quickly began trending on Twitter in the US and fans flocked online for confirmation of his reported demise.

One fan even turned to Wiki Answers to ask “Is the singer Shaggy really dead?”A representative for the star told TMZ: “I can happily report that [Shaggy’s] alive and kicking and in the same building as me right now as we speak.”

This wasn’t the first time that Shaggy has had to deny hoax death reports. In April 2012 rumors of his death, which had been trending on social network sites, spread across the web.

 Shaggy Net Worth

According to Jamaicaobservers.com Shaggy’s net worth is approximately $22 million as of 2018. His major source of income is obtained from his music sales and concert performances.

His album ‘Hot Shot’ sold platinum in the United States and is estimated to have sold about 20 million copies. Moreover, in 2018 his record sales Estimated earnings from his album 44/876 with Sting grossed a whopping $500,000.

The singer is ranked number two in the top ten richest Jamaican entertainers list. Shaggy’s net worth as of 2019 is under review we will update soon.

Shaggy lives a luxurious life he owns cars and various properties both in Jamaica and in the U.S.additionally he has  8 dogs, inter alia a bulldog and a German shepherd.

The names of the animal are only known for four of them: One dog is called “Dark Vader” and the other called “Texas” One of the other dogs is called “Rosco”. The 4th dog, from whom we know the Name, is called Luna.

Last dog, from whom we know the name is called Alpha. Shaggy´s got some fish, rabbits and he had a cat called “Caesar”, sometimes also called “house boss”.

 Shaggy Philanthropy

Shaggy started his philanthropy, as a project called Shaggy and Friendz, in 2016, donating over US$1 million, to the Bustamante Children’s Hospital in Jamaica.

Along with financial assistance to the hospital, he donated machinery and hospital equipment. He also did his first collaboration in the Caribbean called Can’t let my love go which he performed with the Queen Of Soca Alison Hinds of Barbados

The Shaggy Make A Difference Foundation and Shaggy & Friends’ involvement has not only assisted in improving the physical needs of the Hospital but has also gone a long way towards raising the morale amongst the staff.

The main objective is to give hope to parents who rely on the hospital and its staff to comfort and cure their children. We appreciate your participation and support in partnering with us on this very critical venture as we continue to Make A Difference and Dare to Care for our children.

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