Thompson was raised in Kingston, Jamaica, but spent time with his mother in queens New york, and his recording career began around the age of 20 with the self-released "No Other Woman," recorded in Brooklyn, New York.
Returning to Jamaica in the mid 1970s he recorded with PP, only to return to New York to study engeenering. Returning again to Jamaica, he worked with Lee s Perry at his studio recording "Kung Fu Man", and recorded with Bunny lee, which resulted in his debut Lp,
Don't Cut Off Your Dreadlocks, in 1976.
Thompson began to produce his own material, the first fruits being the Trojan album,
I Love Marijuana (1978), and its dub counterpart
Negrea Love Dub. Although he continued to work as a singer, he became increasingly prominent as a producer, working with key artists of the late roots and early dancehall
Thompson's productions were used as the basis of some of sciences
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