A source close to Caribbean Prestige Promotion said that on the night billed as Bacchanal Friday Beenie Man will share the stage with fellow Jamaican, Elephant Man and local soca star Machel Montano.
Jamaican dancehall act Beenie Man will not be hosting the finals of the 2006 Soca Monarch competition as it is being rumoured. He will, instead, be performing.
A source close to Caribbean Prestige Promotion said that on the night billed as Bacchanal Friday Beenie Man will share the stage with fellow Jamaican, Elephant Man and local soca star Machel Montano.
Beenie, born Anthony Moses Davis 32 years ago in Jamaica, is a well
established DJ. He was involved in the music idustry from a young age after wining the Teeny Talent contest and recorded a single, "Too Fancy", with record producer "Junjo" Lawes.
By 1983, Beenie Man was recording with DJs such as Dillinger and Fathead and released a debut album, The Invincible Beenie Man and single, "Over the Sea".
After a break, Beenie Man returned in 1992 at Reggae Sunsplash, where he made waves by insulting Bounty Killer on the grounds that the elder
performer had stolen his catchprase, "people dead".
In 1993 Beenie Man was booed off stage at a show celebrating the visit of Nelson Mandela to the island and left Kingston for a year.
Upon his return, Beenie Man and Bounty Killer settled their differences and recorded an album together, Guns Out. This was followed by a single, "No Mama No Cry", a rehash of the Bob Marley classic "No Woman No Cry", speaking out against violence and inspired by the murder of Pan Head, another popular DJ.
