Billy Boyo

Billy Boyo (born Billy Theophilus Rowe, 21 September 1971 – 29 October 2000) was a Jamaican reggae artist born in Kingston, Jamaica, who was arguably the most prolific of the early-1980s child DJs. He is most well known for his songs "One Spliff a Day" and "Billy Boyo in the Area".

Biography

Billy Boyo was still in his teens when he emerged in the early 1980s. In 1983, he (together with Little John and Ranking Toyan) went to London where he linked up with producer Silver Kamel.

Along with the above noted "One Spliff a Day", Boyo also charted in 1982 with the

Scientist (musician) engineered and Henry Junjo Lawes-produced single, "Wicked She Wicked", backed by Roots Radics.

Boyo was relatively prolific in the early stages of his recording career, releasing a number of Discomix Roots Radics-backed and Scientist-engineered vocal and dub 12" singles in a comparatively short period from the early to mid 1980s, many on the Greensleeves Records label, yet he only released one sound-clash styled album in his career when alive, mixed by Errol Thompson (audio engineer), and thus was arguably more well known at the time as a live MC. Throughout the early to mid-1980s, Billy Boyo recorded...

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