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Shaggy

Jamaican reggae musician
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Summary

Shaggy was born on October 22, 1968[1], in Kingston[2]. He has worked as a singer[3], musician[4], composer[5], record producer[6], and disc jockey[7]. He ranks in the top 0.58% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,420 views/month, #5,763 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: 1968[9]
  • Country of citizenship: Jamaica[10]
  • Field of work: pop music[11], reggae[12], popular music[13]
  • Sex or gender: male[14]
  • Genre: reggae[15]
  • Military branch: United States Marine Corps[16]
  • Record label: VP Records[17]
  • Discography: Shaggy discography[18]
  • Commons category: Shaggy (musician)[19]
  • Family name: Burrell[20]
  • Given name: Richard[21], Orville[22]
  • Pseudonym: Shaggy[23]
  • Official website: http://shaggyonline.com/[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Shaggy (musician)[25]
  • Commons gallery: Shaggy (musician)[26]
  • Instrument: voice[27]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[28]
  • Different from: Shaggy[29]
  • Start of work period: 1992[30]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[31]

  • Country: JM[32]

  • Began / founded: 1968-10-22[33]

  • Genre(s): dance-pop, dancehall, ragga, reggae, reggae-pop[34]

  • Community tags: dance-pop, dancehall, ragga, reggae, reggae-pop[35]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fc63d806-ca89-4ea3-a404-ee6de695743f[36]

Why It Matters

Shaggy has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] He is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

FAQs

Where was Shaggy born?

Shaggy's place of birth was Kingston[2].

What did Shaggy do for work?

Shaggy worked as a singer[3], musician[4], composer[5], record producer[6], and disc jockey[7].

Related Entities

Jamaica Kingston

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58213|batch #58213]]: add P1810 to P396"
  2. 10d ago · Sabelöga · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topplista artist id → 2287
    Whosampled artist id → Shaggy
    Cinemagia person id → 2235
    Bugs! artist id → 11985112
    + 62 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Different from: Shaggy"
  3. 10d ago · Sabelöga · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fi',
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX6342752
    Svkkl authority id → 0386189-Burrell-Orville-Richard-1968, p0092525-Shaggy-1968
    P14750 → 647F-6E4A-6152-ABC7-C8C5
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX6342752, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/147831385|Shaggy (#147831385)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/"
  4. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image purged at → —
    Svkkl authority id → 0386189-Burrell-Orville-Richard-1968, p0092525-Shaggy-1968
    Image last checked license → —
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    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0386189-Burrell-Orville-Richard-1968, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259576|batch #259576]]"
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