ELEPHANT MAN BIOGRAFIA

Elephant Man (Kingston, 11 de septiembre de 1975) es un músico de dancehall y reggae.

Carrera

Su nombre artístico ‘Elephant Man’ proviene de sus grandes orejas. En su juventud llevó el apodo Dumbo. Comenzó su carrera musical como miembro del grupo Scar Dem. Más adelante continuó como artista solista. Lo caracterizaron más adelante para varias marcas registradas, tales como su pelo teñido de amarillo, su voz y su manera de interpretar, que incluye el salto y el funcionamiento, o aún subir en apoyos y monitores de la etapa. Su marca registrada acústica es marcada por una luz balbucea.

El primer reconocimiento internacional le llegó en 2004, cuando la empresa de productos deportivos Puma utilizó su canción " All Out " para la Campaña Comercial de las Olimpiadas.

A principios de 2006, su canción Willie Bounce apareció en varias mezclas. Pidió prestados los primeros compases de canciones como I will survive (de Gloria Gaynor).

El 6 de novimebre de 2007 firmó con el nuevo estudio Bad Boy Records (cerca de Cipha Sounds y Solitair y lanzó Let’s get physical. El primer solo se llama Five-O, que interpreta con Wyclef Jean. Otra pista en el álbum presenta a Diddy y Busta Rhymes.1


La Danza Gully Creepee, que fue creado por Elephant Man, fue bailado por el atleta Usain Bolt en los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano del 2008 en Pekín, después de ganar la medalla de oro y de conseguir un récord mundial en el sprint de 200 metros.

ControversiaS

Elephant Man es criticado por la letra de sus canciones, donde pide violencia y asesinato contra cualquier persona homosexual. En 2003 en el Reino Unido, el grupo de activistas LGBT (lesbianas, gays, transexuales y bisexuales), OutRage!, hizo un pedido para la detención y procesamiento de varios cantantes de reggae y dancehall, incluyendo a Elephant Man, Bounty Killer y Beenie Man por la violación de las leyes contra el delito de odio. Sin embargo, O’Neil Bryan quedó en libertad gracias a una «mordaza» de la empresa discográfica y un acuerdo con los grupos de los derechos de los homosexuales (LGBT) en Reino Unido.




O'Neil Bryan (born 11 September 1975), better known by his stage name Elephant Man, is a Jamaican dancehall musician.

Career

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he started out his musical career as a member of the Scare Dem Crew, later continuing as a solo artist. He was later characterised for several trademarks, such as his dyed yellow-orange hair, his unique low-key voice, and his stage performance, which included jumping and running, or even climbing on stage props and monitors. His acoustic trademark is marked by a light lisp.

Bryan had his first international recognition when he and Puma settled a contract for using his single "All Out" for its Olympics commercial campaign in 2004.

He also had a song called "Willie Bounce" that appeared on several mixtapes in early 2006. It sampled the first few bars from "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor.

Recently, Bryan signed with New York-based label Bad Boy Records and released Let's Get Physical on 6 November 2007. The first single is called "Five-O" and features Wyclef Jean. Another track on the album will feature Diddy and Busta Rhymes, and it was produced by Cipha Sounds and Solitair.

Many of his songs are found on various Riddim Driven albums by VP Records and Greensleeves Records's Rhythm Album series. He performs on popular riddims such as "Diwali", "Coolie", "Stepz", and "Bubble Up".

The Gully Creeper dance, for which Bryan created a song, was danced by Usain Bolt at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after winning the gold medal and breaking a world record in the 200 meter sprint. In 2009 released a cover of the song "We Are The World" in tribute to Michael Jackson. He also plays one of the following song "Ooo La La La" by Teena Marie. In 2013 he did a cover of Eminem's song "Berzerk". Also he first appeared on BET Awards where he sang with Beenie Man. He was invited to sing on the album Free the Universe from Major Lazer where he collaborated for the song "Wind Up". In a 2012 interview the artist said he is the father of 22 children. Also is one of the highest-paid Jamaican personalities. At Jamaican Cribs he show his house which at that time had 20 rooms, 1 bar, 4 chefs, 1 jacuzzi, 1 shark, 15 dogs, 1 pool, 6 rabbits, 1 disco club and was named one of the largest houses in Jamaica.

He said in an interview that after the tour ends, he will release an album, it will be called Out Of Control.

Legal issues

Bryan has been criticised for his lyrics calling for violence against gay people. In 2003 British LBGT group OutRage! called for the arrest and prosecution of several dancehall stars including Elephant Man, Bounty Killer and Beenie Man for violation of hate crimes statutes. In 2004, he was dropped from the MOBO awards. Since then pressure from his record company and agreement with gay rights groups to avoid songs with lyrics deemed to incite homophobic violence have allowed him to perform in the UK. In 2009, his scheduled appearance at Toronto's Caribana festival was cancelled for similar reasons. A concert in Munich was cancelled in February 2015 once the police was informed by LGBT rights groups to make sure he would not perform songs which call upon people to murder gays.

In January, 2012, Bryan was arrested on allegations for the grievous assault and rape of a 31-year-old woman who accused him of raping her in his home in Jamaica. He has since been released on a J$ 400,000 (roughly $4,600 in U.S. currency) bounty