Cutty Ranks
Cutty Ranks, a native of Kingston, Jamaica was born Phillip Thomas on February 12, 1965. He is a successful artiste and entrepreneur who waste no time to identify creative ways to enhance his professional career. Cutty Ranks is an exceptionally talented artiste, known internationally for his brutal distinct sound and unmeasurable lyrical potency that keeps him way ahead of the game and an inspiration to others.
By his mid-teens, Cutty Ranks left his job where he worked as a butcher at the Cross Roads Market, to make a name for himself as a DJ at the root of the dancehall era, when sound systems were operated by tube amplifiers and steel horns. He performed on Feathertone, Rebeltone, Papa Roots and Gemini disco during his early career. He later performed on Killamanjaro, Sturmars and Black Scorpio among others. Initially, he was influenced by legendary Daddy U Roy, Josey Wales and Bob Marley. Overtime he developed and mastered his own sound that made him stood out from his peers.
As a means to survive, Cutty Ranks sold packaged rice and oil throughout the streets of downtown Kingston. He became involved in the wrong company and quickly weighed his options, kill or be killed, or continue to do music. The rest is history.
With sixteen (16) #1 hits under his belt including “Limb By Limb”, “A Who Seh Mi Done” (Wait Deh Mon), “The Bomber”, The Stopper”, “Half Idiot” (with Marcia Griffiths), and “Love Mi Affi Get” (with Beres Hammond), Cutty Ranks continues to blaze his own trail to remain relevant primarily on the international scene. Beloved by his fans in Central America, Cutty Ranks recorded his first Spanish single in the mid 90s titled “Damé Tu Cosita” (Los Cuentos De La Cripta).
Twenty years later, on April 5, 2018, Ultra Music published a video on Youtube titled El Chombo “Damé Tu Cosita” remix featuring Cutty Ranks. The video which shows a green alien appearing to be dancing on Mars, has sparked a dance challenge frenzy by millions of people around the world. In under two months, the video has almost four (400) hundred million views on Youtube alone and has propelled the international dancehall icon back into the global spotlight.
Cutty Ranks has over 650 unreleased songs and an impressive catalog of music to last for generations. As at May 19 “Damé Tu Cosita” is #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts and is the #1 Latin song on the Billboard Latin Chart. Damé Tu Cosita which means give me your thing has taken the internet by storm. His new singles “Money House”, “Oh Yeah”, and “Stay Down Low” are set to dominate the airwaves.
By his mid-teens, Cutty Ranks left his job where he worked as a butcher at the Cross Roads Market, to make a name for himself as a DJ at the root of the dancehall era, when sound systems were operated by tube amplifiers and steel horns. He performed on Feathertone, Rebeltone, Papa Roots and Gemini disco during his early career. He later performed on Killamanjaro, Sturmars and Black Scorpio among others. Initially, he was influenced by legendary Daddy U Roy, Josey Wales and Bob Marley. Overtime he developed and mastered his own sound that made him stood out from his peers.
As a means to survive, Cutty Ranks sold packaged rice and oil throughout the streets of downtown Kingston. He became involved in the wrong company and quickly weighed his options, kill or be killed, or continue to do music. The rest is history.
With sixteen (16) #1 hits under his belt including “Limb By Limb”, “A Who Seh Mi Done” (Wait Deh Mon), “The Bomber”, The Stopper”, “Half Idiot” (with Marcia Griffiths), and “Love Mi Affi Get” (with Beres Hammond), Cutty Ranks continues to blaze his own trail to remain relevant primarily on the international scene. Beloved by his fans in Central America, Cutty Ranks recorded his first Spanish single in the mid 90s titled “Damé Tu Cosita” (Los Cuentos De La Cripta).
Twenty years later, on April 5, 2018, Ultra Music published a video on Youtube titled El Chombo “Damé Tu Cosita” remix featuring Cutty Ranks. The video which shows a green alien appearing to be dancing on Mars, has sparked a dance challenge frenzy by millions of people around the world. In under two months, the video has almost four (400) hundred million views on Youtube alone and has propelled the international dancehall icon back into the global spotlight.
Cutty Ranks has over 650 unreleased songs and an impressive catalog of music to last for generations. As at May 19 “Damé Tu Cosita” is #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts and is the #1 Latin song on the Billboard Latin Chart. Damé Tu Cosita which means give me your thing has taken the internet by storm. His new singles “Money House”, “Oh Yeah”, and “Stay Down Low” are set to dominate the airwaves.