Berris Smith

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Berris Smith

Background information
Origin Winnipeg, Manitoba
Genre(s) Hip hop
R&B

Berris Smith, (born 1978) is a Jamaican-Canadian hip-hop rapper and producer. He is best known for the hit single "Daddy Loves You" Feat. Dawgheart Swagger and Slim from 112.

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[edit] Early Life & Career

Smith grew up in the English-speaking Norwood section of St. Boniface, in a mostly white neighborhood that nevertheless was highly influenced by the hip-hop of the era. Among his close friends during the mid-1990s was the Winnipeg writer Dallas Hansen.

By 1999 Smith had moved to Winnipeg's West End and surrounded himself with the underground rappers of the city's Jamaican community. He opened a short-lived recording studio on Portage Avenue before moving to Vancouver. A Hastings St. billboard would advertise his first album N.I.G.G.A. an acronym of Never Ignorant Getting Goals Accomplished.

[edit] Murder Accusation

On January, 28, 2005, a man was shot and killed at the New Wing Hotel in Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside. Smith was subsequently arrested for and charged with the murder[1],after spending 15 months in North Frazer Pretrial Center he was granted bail (400,000.00) but eventually the charges where stayed for lack of evidence.

[edit] Radio Success

"Daddy Loves You" features a catchy R&B hook and has risen to number two in Winnipeg on Flava 107.9's Top 10[2] while seeing rotation on playlists of internet and broadcast radio programs around the world. On "Daddy Loves You" Smith introspectively raps, "Some of these choices that you make in life / Surround us with darkness instead of light / And not every choice that you make is right / Of course wrong decisions could cost your life." The song is thought to be a tribute to his father, who raised him in Norwood.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ after spending 15 months in jail he was released on bail(400,000.00 )[1]
  2. ^ Flava 107.9 - Winnipeg's Home of Hip-Hop and R&B