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Tarrus Riley Wiki Information
Tarrus Riley
(born Omar Riley
, 1979, The Bronx, New York City, United States) is a Jamaican-American reggae singer, the son of Jimmy Riley. [1]
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Biography
Riley is the son of veteran singer Jimmy Riley and nurse Lavern Tatham. [2] He was born in Brooklyn and grew up in South Florida. [3] He began his musical career as a deejay working with Busta Rhymes, taking his birth sign as his stage name at his mother's suggestion (the spelling later changed from Taurus to Tarrus), and recorded his first singles for his father's Love & Promotion label. He was guided in his early career by Dean Fraser, who also performs in his band and produces much of Riley's work. [5]
Riley has released three albums, Challenges
(2004), Parables
(2006), and Contagious
(2009). Contagious
features guest appearances from Damian Marley, Vybz Kartel, Etana, Konshens, Demarco and Duane Stephenson. [6] His commercial breakthrough came in 2006 with the Parables
album and the Jamaican number one single "She's Royal". [7]
Riley was awarded the Reggae Runnins Caribbean Heritage Award at the 2009 HOT 105 FM Caribbean-American Heritage Awards. [8] He was nominated in the Best Reggae category of the 2009 MOBO Awards. [9]
Awards & nominations
- 2007 - Jamaica Observer Artiste of the Year [10]
- 2008 - Excellence in Music & Entertainment (EME) Awards - Cultural Artiste of the Year (nominated), Male Vocalist of Year Award, Song of The Year ("She's Royal") [11]
- 2008 - Reggae Academy Awards - Best Reggae Song, Most Popular Song (both for "She's Royal"), Best Solo Male Vocal Performance, Breakthrough Reggae Artiste [12]
- 2009 - Caribbean-American Heritage Awards - Reggae Runnins Caribbean Heritage Award
- 2009 - MOBO Awards - Best Reggae (nominated - award not yet announced)
Discography
- Challenges
(2004), Yaman
- Parables
(2006), VP
- Contagious
(2009), Cannon Productions/VP
References
- Kenner, Rob (2009) "Reggae Singer With a Legacy, a Following and a Mission", ''New York Times'', 21 August 2009, retrieved 31 August 2009
- Thompson, Noel (2009) "Tarrus Riley for Irie Jamboree", ''Jamaica Gleaner'', 24 August 2009, retrieved 31 August 2009
- "Tarrus Riley Returns For CARIBEFEST In Miramar - September 2, 2007 , South Florida", jamaicans.com, retrieved 31 August 2009
- Taylor, Angus "Interviews: Tarrus Riley", Reggae News, retrieved 31 August 2009
- Taylor, Angus (2009) "Tarrus Riley Contagious Review", BBC, 28 July 2009, retrieved 31 August 2009
- McKenzie, Clyde (2009) "Tarrus Riley is the real deal", ''Jamaica Observer'', 26 July 2009, retrieved 31 August 2009
- Cooke, Mel (2009) "Contagious - Tarrus Riley spreads 'sweet sickness' on third album", ''Sunday Gleaner'', 21 June 2009, retrieved 31 August 2009
- " Food For The Poor Recognized as 2009 Honoree", ''Christian Post'', 10 August 2009, 31 August 2009
- "2009 nominations list", mobo.com, retrieved 31 August 2009
- Walters, Basil (2007) "Tarrus Riley: 'The sky is not the limit, it's too close'", ''Jamaica Observer'', 11 January 2008, retrieved 31 August 2009
- "QUEEN IFRICA Singjay of the year", ''Jamaica Observer'', 10 February 2008, retrieved 31 August 2009
- "Royal treatment for Tarrus Riley at Reggae Academy Awards", ''Jamaica Gleaner'', 26 February 2008, retrieved 31 August 2009
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