Big Youth

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Jamaica

Active from

1949-04-19

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Listeners

208,939

Total plays

1,487,328

Manley Augustus Buchanan (⋆ 19 April 1949 in Kingston, Jamaica), is a Jamaican DJ (reggae toasting and early singjay). Big Youth started toasting for a sound system in 1970. Inspired by the first toaster who was successfully recorded and released – U-Roy – Big Youth developed his own, unique style. His work with producer Gussie Clarke resulted 1972 in 'The Killer' (version of Horace Andy's 'Skylarking') and 'Tippertone Rocking' – his first big Jamaican hits. 1973 the first and legendary album Sc

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Balance diagnostics after propensity score matching

   · 2019 · cited 898x

2. Incidence of Diabetes in Youth in the United States

   · 2007 · cited 779x

3. The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

   · 2014 · cited 738x

4. Association of Type 1 Diabetes vs Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosed During Childhood and Adolescence With Complications During Teenage Years and Young Adulthood

   · 2017 · cited 617x

5. The Burden of Diabetes Mellitus Among US Youth: Prevalence Estimates From the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study

   · 2006 · cited 601x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Augustus

Gender

male

Citizenship

Jamaica

Place of birth

Kingston

Occupation

musician

Field of work

reggae

Genre

dub music

Instrument

voice

Record label

ROIR

Image

Big Youth skankin.jpg

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