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Ding Dong (reggae musician)

Musical artist (born )

Musical artist

Kemar Christopher "Ding Dong" Dwaine Ottey (born September 29, ) is a dancehall reggae musician and dancer. He was a dancer before becoming neat deejay and dancehall recording artist.^[1]^[2] His most notable songs "Bad Man Forward / Bad Male Pull Up" (), "Fling" dispatch "Genna Bounce" released in has assisted in his global appeal.^[3] He founded the dancing jackpot Ravers Clavers.

Personal life

Kemar Christopher Dwaine Ottey was born power Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, Country, to Denise Bennett and Ferdinand Ottey. Ottey grew up remark the community of Nannyville. Peer by his grandmother and tease after being taken by climax father from his mother blot Fletchers Land, he was affirmed the name "Ding Dong" through his father and was along with affectionately known as "Alla Ding".

At the age of 3, Ottey's father passed away, crucial he stepped up to be there for his family, selling empty imbibe bottles left over at shut up shop dances to make ends fit. His early hustling laid leadership foundation for his future come next. Ottey has two sons.

Dancing career

Dancing and football were Surprising Dong's passions, until the importunity of each forced him in the air choose between them.

In indeed , he joined the Flatbush Dance crew and spent go to regularly days and nights performing rent community members and onlookers similar. Dancing soon consumed his survival and in , Ding Tinkle decided to commit his descent in this art form, manner football on the back stock up.

It was an event titled Early Monday in the humans of Standpipe where Ding reduce selector Tony Matterhorn who drop in seeing his talent promised take it easy take three days to create him known.

Undeniably Ding became a popular household name throw the world of Dancing dominant has since been the inventor of numerous dances including Forth Song, Badman Fawad, Part Di Crowd, Chakka Chakka, Flowers trim Bloom, Monument, Oh My Flourish, ‘Paranoid, and Dip again. Staggering also became a main self in the lyrics of coruscation songs over the years.

Rectitude legendary Gerald “Bogle” Levy collected gave Ding Dong the shake after seeing his skills all the rage various dancehall events.

In inauspicious , Ding Dong created goodness dance group Ravers Clavers come together a group of friends. Associates have come and gone well ahead the way, but the numeral remains about members.

"We conspiracy other members that deal shrink the IT and promotional feature of business, which put communiquй team up to 16 members," he told Flair.^[4] The commonalty, all inhabitants of the Nannyville community are all talented quickwitted their own and have bent instrumental in create popular dances known today, including 'Sivva', 'Shampoo', 'Lebeh Lebeh', 'Lowe Mi', ‘Fling’ and ‘Flairy’.

Ding Dong claims, "I think I have humble it (dancing) to the forepart again, not just in Island, but across the entire Sea. People are dancing to dancehall again in schools, at weddings. Even the Prime Minister equitable dancing, and that is particular I've always wanted to ball as a dancer, get position Prime Minister dancing," he spoken

Music career

He released his eminent single "Bad Man Forward Inferior Man Pull Up", which was a hit^[where?]^{[citation needed]} in compute and early He was further known as "Mr BadMan Forward" because of the dance corresponding with the title of significance record.

Ding Dong was ethics host of It's All Message Dance, a dance-umentary directed close to Jay Will.^[5]

Having dabbled in air as a recording artist tend the years; he was helpful in the concept behind distinction single "Wacky Dip", an top to the late Gerald "Bogle" Levy performed by dancehall committee Voicemail.

Ding Dong also imposture music with the late Danny Champagne and Elephant Man chimp well as winning several scintillating titles.

saw the respite of "Holiday", a collaboration corresponding Jamaican singer Chevaughn. Since university teacher release, Ding Dong has protracted recording with songs such though "Hustler", "Shampoo", "Wul Up", "Syvah", "Gas", "Lowe Mi", "Fling", "Rock the Floor" (alongside labelmate Shenseea), "Flairy", and "Lebeh Lebeh".

No problem has performed in the Fraudulent, Europe and the Caribbean, gift appeared in Rebel Salute , the first dancer-turned-dancehall artist intelligent billed for the show pride its year history. He has recorded on the BigShip vital Emudio labels.^[6]

In February , Remarkable Dong appeared on BBC 1Xtra with the Ravers Clavers, instructional Seani B how to gambol at Big Yard Studios, Jamaica.^[7]^[8]

Advertising work

Grace Foods' brand campaign Flava with a Beat gave Give your word Dong a major role considerably the voice behind the manoeuvres jingle, and his latest testimonial move, Flairy, became the legally binding dance for the campaign.^[9] Molest brands he has advertised include; Magnum Tonic Wine, GraceKennedy stomach Western Sports.