Shaggy

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Shaggy in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Orville Richard Burrell

Place of Birth: Kingston, Surrey, Jamaica

Date of Birth: October 22, 1968

Ethnicity: Jamaican

Shaggy is a Jamaican-born American reggae musician, singer, and DJ. He is known for his hit singles “Boombastic,” “It Wasn’t Me,” and “Angel.”

He is the son of Lorraine and Clinton Burrell. At the age of eighteen, he moved with his family to the Flatbush area of Brooklyn, New York. He was a U.S. Marine, serving with the Field Artillery Battery in the 10th Marine Regiment during the Persian Gulf War. Shaggy is married to Rebecca Parker. Shaggy has two children, including hip hop recording artist Robb Banks, from a previous relationship; and three children with Rebecca.

One of Shaggy’s grandmothers is named Sylvia Sherman.

3 Responses

  1. andrew says:

    son of Clinton Burrell and Lorraine Miller

    one of his grandmothers is named Sylvia Sherman

    http://www.shaggyfan.com/en/bio/his-family.html

  2. Before there are any ignorant comments, the ethnicity of Jamaica will be known as “black”.

    Yes, Afro-Carribeans has some mixture in them, but that’s the whole point of it. Accept that. :s

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