"Michael Haynes (3 March 1957 – 16 December 2017), known professionally as Michael Prophet, was a Jamaican roots reggae singer known for his 'crying' tenor vocal style, whose recording career began in 1977. ... The impoverished Greenwich Farm district had long been a hotbed of musical activity, and during the late 1970s Michael Haynes began singing on local sound systems. In 1978 he recorded his first singles, The Woman I Love, Super Star and True Born African, but they made little impact. Haynes then formed a vocal trio with friends from the neighbourhood, but when they auditioned for the visionary producer Vivian “Yabby You” Jackson, Jackson convinced him to ditch the other vocalists, renamed him Michael Prophet and shifted the focus of his lyrics to Rastafari philosophy and the harshness of ghetto life. ..."
W - Michael Prophet, Michael Prophet - Warn Them Jah, The Abyssinians - Declaration Of Rights, Delroy Wilson - Have Some Mercy + Version, Fabian Miranda - Destiny, Freddy Clarke & I Roy - I Man 12' (Jungle Beat label), The Tamlins - Baltimore (& Dub), Andy Sax Hornsman's Share & dub
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