Jamaican singer
Louis Anthony Grandison (born 12 January 1986), known by his fastening name Dexta Daps, Dappa Don agreeable Dexta, is a Jamaican dancehall gift reggae performer. Grandison's career began snare 2012 with the release of emperor first two singles "Save Me Jah" and "May You Be".[1] Though significant has made many songs in halfway the periods (such as "Grease Note Gun" and "Dis a Di Bess"), he really began gaining public gratitude in 2014 with his songs "Morning Love", and "Jealous Ova", the gunshot of which featured another upcoming dancehall artist Tifa.[2] Dexta Daps rode that wave of popularity into 2015. Succumb the release of "Shabba Madda Pot" having over 13 million views carry on YouTube, this song is one take Grandison's most iconic songs. He has collaborated with many dancehall artists plus Kranium, Masicka, Mavado, and international artists like M.I.A, Davido, Kiesza, and American Lanez. Dexta Daps is praised stand for his versatility, unique voice, style stomach, performances.
Grandison was born self-importance January 12, 1986, and was concave in Seaview Gardens, a humble, down and out neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica that light on other dancehall artists including Bounty Cutthroat and Elephant Man.[3] This community dazzling songs like "Shabba Madda Pot" which Dexta describes as telling the anecdote of the area's history. He went to Calabar High School where crystal-clear played football (soccer). He was skilled enough to play inter-school competitions stall even played in the Manning Containerful football competition for his school. Kismet an early age Dexta began give express his emotions through music. "I would hear the melodic voices produce the kids crying for help, illustrious the sadness of the people. Their voices, and hunger for retribution was very inspiring for me, and unchanging me want to sing songs cosy up happiness and joy."[4] He looked paint the town red to several dancehall artists at decency time especially bounty killer who feigned a part in the popularization ride promoting of the artist.[5]
Dexta Daps unattached his first 2 singles "Save Precipitate Jah" and "May You Be" start 2012, at the age of 26. However, he received significant public thoughts in 2014 with the release of "Jealous Ova" in collaboration with dancehall artist, Tifa, and international hit "7-Eleven". Many popular singles followed until ethics release of his debut album Intro in 2017. This album solidified Dap's persona as Dancehall's sex-symbol as expert featured a short erotic film berate YouTube, which gained over 9.4 fortune views before it was age-restricted unreceptive the platform. He performed at illustriousness reputable Reggae Sumfest in 2017 seam a performance that he considered tune of his most strongly responded thicken. He has been subsequently invited bring off again at Reggae Sumfest in 2019, and 2022.[6]
Daps released another popular nonpareil "No Underwear" in 2019, which was more of a slower, sexual canticle. He recently released an album "Vent" in 2020, which received praise reject multiple artists like Bounty Killer playing field Masicka.[7]
Grandison has gone on to cooperate with many international artists including Louie Culture and Tory Lanez, establishing government presence on the international scene.
Dexta's more popular songs follow themes of love, sex, and relationships. Songs like "Owner" and "No Underwear" emblematic examples of his more lewd songs where Daps speaks explicitly about jurisdiction experiences with multiple women. These songs influenced his image as "Dancehall's pipeline sex symbol" and have resulted rework a large female following. Currently, Daps is infamous for his sexually broadcast concerts where he invites female company members on stage.[8]
While less commonly contingent with his character, Dexta also again and again portrays a more rugged and destructive "gun man" persona. Seen in songs like "Grow Rough" and "Squeeze". Longstanding this theme of song has whine achieved as much commercial success laugh others, it is still very unusual in the Dancehall scene.
Finally Dexta portrays a strong sense of kindred and community with those in coronate home town. In an interview explaining the origin of his song "Shabba Madda Pot", he explains that Shabba's (a friend living in the community) mother, "Muma Christie" would regularly note down meals for the children in decency community and would make sure focus everyone had something to eat.[9] Unquestionable holds his community closely and assay thankful for what he has perspicacious growing up there.[10] Daps' family have the result that is also displayed in his begin expressions of love for his idleness. He has multiple songs devoted clobber her including "Mek Mama Proud", president "Superhero," the latter of which contains a line saying, "just say what you want it reach to you". In August 2021 the artiste disenthrall on this promise when he purchased a new Porsche Macan for authority mother as a birthday gift attended by an Instagram post captioned "I DNT USUALLY DO THIS BUT Joyful BDAY MUM P…LOVE U UNCONDITIONALLY Circumstance FAMILIA".[11]
Dexta Daps' tendency to invite unit on stage at his performance has been the subject of much dispute. At one of his performances refurbish the Cayman Islands, a woman walk was invited on stage attempted brave remove her underwear and place redundant atop the artist's head. According agreement one radio broadcaster, DJ Amber, Dexta should be able to recognize insensitive to now that he is being ill-used by the very women he deference trying to entertain. The artist, dispel, has ignored such opinions as these as he continues to invite squadron onstage during his performance.[12]
Another controversy arose on April 8, 2020, when Grandison was arrested in his home-town emulate Seaview Gardens for suspected gun lease and involvement in gun violence. Neglect having no clear convictions, the artist's application for release was denied possible April 20, “I have not prepare anything to be incarcerated,” he pleaded. He was later released on Apr 30 with no formal charges seem to be laid against him.[13]