Snow (musician)

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This article is about Snow, the musician. For other meanings of snow, see Snow (disambiguation).

Snow (born Darrin O'Brien on October 30, 1968 in North York, Ontario) is an award-winning Canadian reggae musician. His 1993 debut album was 12 Inches of Snow. MC Shan produced the entire album, apart from one track which was produced by John Ficarrotta. The album was produced shortly before Snow was imprisoned for a year on an assault charge. Upon his release from prison, his first single "Informer," featuring MC Shan, became a chart topping hit. The song spent 6 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It later went on to became one of the largest-selling reggae records of all time.

His other hits have included "Girl I've Been Hurt", "Anything for You" and "Sexy Girl".

Ficarrotta and Shan also worked on Snow's second album, Murder Love, which also featured production work by Junior Reid, Hurby "LuvBug" Azor, and others, as well as guest appearances by Junior Reid, Ninjaman, HalfPint and others.

Although Snow's subsequent albums performed poorly, he returned to the Canadian pop charts in 2000 with "Everybody Wants to Be Like You", from the album Mind on the Moon, and is working on a new album with Red Zone and Trackmasters due out in 2006.

Snow is a relative of Barenaked Ladies member Steven Page.

The song "Informer" was named one of the "50 Worst Songs Ever" by VH1 and Blender Magazine.

Discography

12 Inches of Snow (1993)
Murder Love (1995)
Justuss (1997)
Mind on the Moon (2000)
Two Hands Clapping (2002)

External links

[Official Website]
[Official My Space]
[Parody of "Informer"] as seen in the 1993-94 season of In Living Color, with Snow portrayed by Jim Carrey
[Lyrics for "Informer"]
[Video for "Informer"]
[Video for "Plum Song"]
[Video for "Joke Thing"]
[Video for "Everybody Wants to Be Like You"]

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