Grammy Award-winning reggae icon Shaggy is performing at Palms Pool at Palms Casino Resort on Aug. 2. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. The concert by Shaggy, whose hits include “Boombastic,” “It Wasn’t Me,” “Angel,” “Oh Carolina” and “Hey Sexy Lady,” is ages 21+.
Born Orville Richard Burrell and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Shaggy got his start as an MC in New York City’s dancehall scene soon after moving to Brooklyn in his teens. Not long after serving four years in the U.S. Marines (including two tours of duty in the Middle East as part of Operation Desert Storm), he signed his first record deal and scored a global crossover smash with “Oh Carolina.”
As the only diamond-selling dancehall artist in music history, Shaggy has sold more than 40 million album units to date in addition to landing eight singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and seven albums on the Billboard 200 (including four in the Top 40). He has received two Grammys and is among the top three streamed reggae artists of all time on Spotify.
The award-winning singer-songwriter has long used his platform to strengthen his community and homeland. In 2009, he established the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation and organized the first of many Shaggy & Friends benefit concerts, which to date have raised millions for the Bustamante Children’s Hospital, the Caribbean’s only English-speaking children’s hospital located in Kingston.
“I always try to bring the fun when I’m performing and keep everything very lighthearted and joyous,” Shaggy says. “I think my purpose and my job is to bring joy to as many people as I can, and I want that to resonate within all of the music that I create.”
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