Tag: Shaggy (musician)

“I was working on a record, working on the song in L.A. and Sting’s manager, Martin Kierszenbaum, who used to be my A&R guy at Interscope Geffen, sent him the song. When you choose the kind of music you're going to do next, you want to surprise people,” said Sting. '” Shaggy pointed out that massive hits of the Police, Sting’s former rock band, like “Roxanne” and “Message in a Bottle,” were deeply influenced by reggae. I only have that one right there,” joked Shaggy adding that “King of Pain” star had won “innumerable” Grammys. “You know it was the first time I made a record where I got up in the morning,” said Shaggy. And we start work like any normal office guy. Normally my process is we started in, you know, at 2 a.m. in the morning.” The star continued, “I'm not supposed to get up that early. “We both feel that those things that we value about America are under threat right now…. Though Sting wrote “Every Breath You Take” in Jamaica, this marked the first time he had played in the country. Calling Shaggy the “Pope of Kingston,” he added, “Not only because of his work as an artist, but his commitment to his people and community there, but the work he's done with the hospital.