Prince Far I

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Prince Far I was a Jamaican reggae deejay and producer known for his deep, gravelly voice, roots-oriented lyrics, and influential work in the 1970s and early 1980s dub and reggae scene.

All labels observed (2)

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Prince Far I canonical 4
Prince Far-I 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
reggae deejay ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1983 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960s ⓘ
early 1970s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs King Cry Cry ⓘ
Prince Far-I ⓘ
linked to: Prince Far I

The Voice of Thunder ⓘ
associatedAct Adrian Sherwood ⓘ
Creation Rebel ⓘ
On-U Sound Records ⓘ
The Arabs ⓘ
birthName Michael James Williams ⓘ
causeOfDeath gunshot wound ⓘ
collaboratedWith Joe Gibbs ⓘ
Linval Thompson ⓘ
Mikey Dread ⓘ
Tapper Zukie ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Jamaica ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1944-03-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1983-09-15 ⓘ
era 1970s reggae scene ⓘ
early 1980s dub scene ⓘ
genre dub ⓘ
reggae ⓘ
roots reggae ⓘ
influencedGenre UK dub ⓘ
roots reggae ⓘ
legacy considered one of the most distinctive voices in roots reggae ⓘ
influenced later dub producers and deejays in the UK and Europe ⓘ
lyricTheme roots-oriented lyrics ⓘ
notableCharacteristic biblical and spiritual chanting style ⓘ
spoken-word deejay delivery ⓘ
notableWork Cry Tuff Dub Encounter ⓘ
Livity ⓘ
Message From The King ⓘ
Psalms For I ⓘ
Under Heavy Manners ⓘ
occupation record producer ⓘ
reggae deejay ⓘ
placeOfBirth Spanish Town, Jamaica ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
recordLabel Cry Tuff ⓘ
Front Line ⓘ
Virgin Records ⓘ
religion Rastafari movement ⓘ
vocalStyle deep gravelly voice ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joe Gibbs → collaboratedWith → Prince Far I ⓘ
Errol Thompson → collaboratedWith → Prince Far I ⓘ
Prince Far I → alsoKnownAs → Prince Far-I ⓘ
linked to: Prince Far I
Joe Gibbs the Mighty Two → workedWith → Prince Far I ⓘ