Orville Richard Burrell anabadwa pa October 22, 1968 ku Kingston, Jamaica. Wojambula wa reggae waku America adayamba nyimbo ya reggae mu 1993, oimba odabwitsa monga Shabba Ranks ndi Chaka Demus ndi Pliers.
Shaggy amadziwika kuti ali ndi mawu oimba mu baritone, odziwika mosavuta ndi njira yake yosayenera yoimba ndi kuimba. Akuti adatenga dzina lake kuchokera kutsitsi lake lonyowa.
Zolemba za Shaggy
Orville adapeza dzina lake pagulu lachiwonetsero Loweruka m'mawa "Scooby Doo". Shaggy anasamukira ku America ndi makolo ake ali ndi zaka 18, ndipo ali ndi zaka 19 adalowa nawo gulu la Marines ku Lejoune, North Carolina.
Adayamba kujambula nyimbo zama malembo osiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza Man A Me Yard, Bullet Proof Baddie ya Don One ndi Big Hood, Duppy kapena Uglyman ya Spiderman.
Kukumana ndi Sting, DJ wa wailesi ku KISS FM, WNNK, kunatsogolera ku New York reggae tchati Shaggy No. 1 Mampie, mtundu wa Sting wa Drum Song kumenya kwa wolamulira wa reggae wa New York Phillip.
Nyimbo yake yotsatira, Big Up, yomwe idatulutsidwa pa Sting International ndikujambulidwa motsatira ndi woyimba Raywon, idakhalanso nambala 1, monganso Oh Carolina. Mtundu wochititsa chidwi wa Folkes Brothers wakale, wodzaza ndi zitsanzo zoyambirira, udakhala wosangalatsa kwambiri pama chart omwe adalowetsa.
Panthawiyo, Shaggy anali adakali m’gulu la asilikali a m’madzi ndipo anafunika kuyenda ulendo wa pandege wa maola 18 kupita ku Brooklyn ku misonkhano ndi ku studio.
Kumapeto kwa 1992, Greensleeves Records adasankha Oh Carolina kuti atulutse ku UK, ndipo pofika kumapeto kwa 1993, nyimboyi inali itakwana nambala 1 ku UK ndi mayiko ena angapo.
Koma nyimbo yake yotsatira ya Soon Be Done sinakhale yopambana ngati yapitayi.
Kuyanjana ndi Maxi Priest for One One Chance kudapangitsa kuti agwirizane ndi Virgin Records komanso chimbale cha Pure Pleasure. Wachitatu wa nyimbo ya Nice ndi Lovely adalepheranso kufanana ndi malonda a nyimbo ya Oh Carolina (yomwe panthawiyo inali itagunda nyimbo ya "Sharon Stone").
Shaggy adabwereranso ku ma chart odziwika bwino mu 1995 ndi UK No. Izi zidayendetsedwa ndiwonetsero ku England komwe nyimbo ya Shaggy idamveka.
Chimbale chotsatiridwa, chopangidwa ndi gulu la New York la Robert Livingston ndi Sean "Sting" Pizzonia ya Big Yard Productions, ndi Tony Kelly monga wopanga alendo pamayendedwe awiri Chinachake Chosiyana ndi Zina Zochulukira.
Nyimbo ina "Chifukwa chiyani ukundichitira zoipa" idachitidwa mu duet ndi rapper Grand Puba. Composition Boombastic mwachangu adatenga malo otsogola pama chart, pambuyo pake Shaggy adayamba ulendo waukulu.
Inapambana Mphotho ya Grammy mu February 1996 ya Best Reggae Album (Boombastic). Ndipo Midnite Lover (1997) idadzutsa chidwi chochepa pakati pa omvera, ngakhale idachitidwa limodzi ndi Marsh.
Atatulutsa zovala za Drop, Shaggy adayamba kukulitsa zisudzo zake.
Mu Marichi 2007, adaimba nyimbo yovomerezeka ya 2007 Cricket World Cup "The Game of Love and Unity" pamodzi ndi wojambula wa Bajan Rupia ndi wojambula wa Trinidad Soka Fay-Ann Lyons pamwambo wotsegulira mpikisano womwe unachitikira ku Greenfield Stadium (Trelawney, Jamaica).
Zolemba za Orville Richard Burrell
Pambuyo pake chaka chimenecho, adachoka ku Universal ndikutulutsa chimbale chomaliza, Intoxication, pansi pa dzina lake, Big Yard Records, yokhala ndi ufulu wogawa kuchokera ku VP Records.
Mu Ogasiti 2007, adayimba limodzi ndi Cyndi Lauper pachiwonetsero ku Singapore kwa Sonnet Music Festival, komwe adachita nawo Atsikana Amodzi Amangofuna Kusangalala limodzi.
Mu April 2008, woimbayo anasankhidwa kulemba nyimbo yovomerezeka (Trix ndi Flix) ya mpikisano wa mpira wa Euro 2008 womwe unachitikira ku Austria ndi Switzerland. Nyimbo ya Feel the Rush idafika pa nambala 1 m'maiko ambiri.
Mu June 2008, DVD yamoyo yazinthu zake za Shaggy Live idatulutsidwa. Mu July 2008, adawonekera pa VH1 "I Love the New Millennium" akukamba za kanema wake wa "It Wasn't Me".
Mu 2011, Shaggy adatulutsa mavidiyo a For Your Eyez okha pamodzi ndi nyimbo zomveka bwino za Sweet Jamaica Ft Mr. Vegas, Josie Wales ndi Girlz Dem Luv Weft Mavado. Mu 2011, adalengeza kuti woimbayo adzatulutsa chimbale chatsopano.
Chimbale cha Shaggy & Friends chimaphatikizapo maubwenzi ambiri, kuphatikizapo nyimbo ndi omwe adagwira nawo ntchito kwa nthawi yaitali Rick ndi Ryvon.
Pa Julayi 16, 2011, adatulutsa chimbale cha Summerin Kingston chomwe chili ndi Nzimbe imodzi. Chimbalecho chinatulutsidwa paphwando laulere ku Kingston, Jamaica.
Mavuto a ndalama
Mu 1988, ntchito yoimba ya Shaggy inaimitsidwa kwakanthawi. Anali kuyesera kupeza ntchito ndi malipiro okhazikika, akufuna kusiya malingaliro a mfuti m'misewu ya Brooklyn.
Ndi iko komwe, ntchito yokhayo yomwe inapezeka inali yosaloledwa, chifukwa chake Shaggy analowa m’gulu la asilikali apamadzi a ku United States.
Iye ankaganiza kuti inali njira yotulutsira umphawi ndi mwayi wosamukira ku misewu ya Brooklyn, koma anasocheretsedwa ndipo anatsirizika mu Gulf War. Anayendetsanso thanki ya Humvee yokhala ndi zida podutsa pamalo opangira mabomba.
