KH: People think of Shaggy as an uptown yute. How true would you say that is?
Shaggy: I didn't know uptown till I came back to Jamaica after Oh Carolina. I used to walk from cross the Causeway (the bridge that links Portmore to Kingston) and go to Skateland. My idol was Yellow Man so I remember going to dance at Skateland and see Yellow Man walk out and di whole dance walk out wid him. I remember going to Cross Roads and seeing Yellow Man walking in his yellow sweat suit. I used to bum drive by Boulevard, Yellow Man drive up in his yellow BMW, him look pon me and seh 'yute, hold it down yute' - those words resonated in my mind for years. Continue
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