David Kelly (born 4 November 1969 in

Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley Inter ...

) is a Jamaican record producer and the brother of another record producer Tony "CD" Kelly. He began his career as an

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in the late eighties. After getting into producing at the "Penthouse" label of Donovan Germain, he started his own label "Madhouse" together with business partner Janet Davidson in 1991. He went on to become one of the most successful

dancehall Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) "The Rou ...

-producers in Jamaica, recording numerous songs that topped the local and international

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-charts, such as "Action" by

Nadine Sutherland Nadine Sutherland (born 15 March 1968) is a Jamaican reggae singer whose early career was nurtured by Bob Marley. She went on to become a successful dancehall artist in the 1990s. Biography Sutherland was born in Kingston, Jamaica and raised i ...

Terror Fabulous Cecil Campbell (born 20 December 1974), better known as Terror Fabulous is a Jamaican dancehall deejay, who had success in the 1990s. Biography Campbell was introduced to producer Dave Kelly after completing a course in electrical engineering. ...

in 1994 or "Look" by

Bounty Killer Rodney Basil Price (born 12 June 1972), known as Bounty Killer, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay. AllMusic describes him as "one of the most aggressive dancehall stars of the '90s, a street-tough rude boy with an unrepentant flair ...

in 1999. Dave Kelly has released some of the most popular and influential dancehall

riddim Riddim is the Jamaican Patois pronunciation of the English word "rhythm". In the context of reggae and dancehall, it refers to the instrumental accompaniment to a song and is synonymous with the rhythm section. Jamaican music genres that use the ...

s such as "Joyride," "Showtime," "Fiesta", and "85". He produced

Beenie Man Anthony Moses Davis (born 22 August 1973), better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Jamaican Dancehall deejay. Biography Davis was born in the Waterhouse district of Kingston in 1973.Moskowitz, David V. (2006) ''Caribbean Popular Mus ...

's international hit "Dude" featuring Ms. Thing in 2003 on the "Fiesta" riddim, which was featured on Beenie Man's album ''Back to Basics'' and

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's major hit "Ghetto Story," on the "85" riddim, which was the title track of

's 2006 album that he also produced. He is the producer for Buju Banton's 2020 Track "Blessed".

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''The Heat in Jamdown''

''Hardwax''
Jamaican record producers Living people 1969 births Musicians from Kingston, Jamaica {{music-producer-stub

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