Person

Big Youth

Manley Augustus Buchanan (born 19 April 1949, Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica), better known as Big Youth (sometimes called Jah Youth), is a Jamaican deejay, mostly known for his work during the 1970s.

He commented, "Deejays were closest to the people because there wasn't any kind of establishment control on the sound systems".

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
Jamaica
Born
April 19th, 1949
Labels
Virgin
ROIR
Heartbeat Records
Nocturne
M Records
Last updated: December 5th, 2021