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Gyptian

Reggae music

World music

Old school hip hop

Spotted singing in his local church at just seven-years-old, Jamaican Windel Edwards was transformed by the tutelage of producer Ravin Wong into one of the island's leading reggae stars. Nicknamed Gyptian because of the way he hung his shirt over his head and twisted his facial hair like a pharaoh, he mixed roots reggae with smooth, romantic ballads and rose to fame locally with the hits Serious Times, Is There A Place and Mama Don't Cry before the release of debut album My Name is Gyptian (2006). Refusing to follow the dancehall genre's inclinations towards songs about misogyny ...