history in the Guinness Book of World Records as the best-selling and the highest-charting reggae single ever.
The infectious nineties classic “Informer” made U.S. Shan, and Edmond Leary, “Informer” was the lead single from Snow’s debut album, 12 Inches of Snow, which sold over 8 million records worldwide and was certified RIAA Platinum in the U.S. Watch the official music video edit for “Informer 2018 (Masduro Remix)” below: It was mostly them calling me saying, “Yo let’s do it!” I said, ‘Alright, let’s do it! Boom!” It came out amazing and now you can get it on iTunes and such. “My managers, Paul and Matt from England, they were talking to me and said, “We have to do that song over, it’s a wicked song and a lot of kids don’t even know about it.” Then Jurgen, from Radikal Records, said, “Let’s do it!” Everybody got together, I did the vocals over, sent them in, and they did all the mixes. In an interview with Cryptic Rock, he explained how the re-recorded version of his breakthrough single came about: The re-recorded, “Informer 2018” came about when Snow was reminded the song’s 25 anniversary was fast approaching. New remixes for the single are provided by multi-platinum producer Jason Nevins, JKDG, and Tonekind. Now Snow is building upon his successful return to the music industry with an official remix package of “Informer 2018”. ITunes | Spotify | Amazon | Beatport | Google PlayĮarlier this year legendary reggae artist, Snow celebrated the 25th anniversary of his chart-topping smash single, “Informer” with a brand new re-recording of the classic track. Grew up in A.B.G.Click to Purchase & Stream “Informer 2018 (Remixes)”: In 2009 Snow released a new single entitled "Adore You." Although Snow's subsequent albums performed poorly after Marvin Prince 's departure, except in Japan and Jamaica, he returned to the Canadian pop charts in 2000 with "Everybody Wants to Be Like You", and again in 2002 with "Legal", and worked on a new album with Red Zone and Trackmasters in 2007. Snow also performed a version of "Moon Over Parma" as the theme song for later episodes of The Drew Carey Show starting in 2002. In 1995, Marvin Prince departed from Snow, and MC Shan worked on Snow's second album, Murder Love, which also featured production work by Junior Reid, Hurby "LuvBug" Azor, and others, as well as guest appearances by Junior Reid, Ninjaman, Half Pint and others. A second single, "Girl I've Been Hurt", reached #19 on the Hot 100. history, as well as the highest charting reggae single in history. "Informer" has been recorded twice in the Guinness Book of World Records as the best selling reggae single in U.S. The album sold over 8 million records worldwide, with the single from the album "Informer" remaining #1 on the American Billboard charts for seven consecutive weeks. Upon his release from prison, Snow's first single "Informer," written by Marvin Prince, became a chart topping hit. MC Shan and Marvin Prince produced the entire album while Snow was imprisoned for a year on an assault charge. His 1993 debut album was 12 Inches of Snow.
Snow eventually signed a contract to record on their Motorjam/Elektra record label. Prince took Snow to New York City and introduced him to MC Shan, who introduced them both to producer David Kenneth Eng and Steve Salem. The name Snow, a backronym for "Super Notorious Outrageous Whiteboy", was given to him by Marvin Prince. Snow was discovered by a Jamaican-born DJ named Marvin Prince, while living in Ajax. Darrin O'Brien (born Octoin Toronto, Ontario), is a Canadian reggae musician, best-known by his stage name Snow and for the 1993 U.S. For much of his childhood, he lived in the Allenbury Gardens housing projects, and at the age of 16 moved to Ajax, Ontario where he was part of a Kiss cover band. Snow was born and raised in the North York district of Toronto.