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Dub poet Delroy “D.Y.C.R.” Chandler was born in Devon Pen, St. Mary, Jamaica. Farming is the
livelihood of St. Mary so after leaving the Stony Hill All Age School; he worked as a farm supervisor at
Temple Hall Farms.
D.Y.C.R. was drawn to poetry from the age of fifteen, after reading
material like, “The Plough & The Pen” and other literary works by
Omar Khayyam. His first recording was for Ossie Thomas entitled “To
Be Saved” which was released on the label Black Solidarity. He then
met producer Milton Moore of Sound Proof Productions, two years
later the poet recorded the album “Fire” for this producer who began
seriously assisting with his career. The growing popularity of D.Y.C.R.
earned him the valued spot of being the first dub poet to perform on
Jamaica’s largest one night dancehall event “Sting” in 1996. The
album “Fire” was well received and promoted at MIDEM 97 in the
Sounds Of Jamaica music catalog by JAMPRO. The three singles
from that album that gained him recognition was “Fire”, “Rasta Rise
Again”, and “Hold It Down”. In addition there are singles like “Sucker”,
“Smikle”, Dem Man Deh, “Cashew” recorded for producer Ritchie
Stephens on the Pot Of Gold label and the most successful one
“Delroy” which climbed the New York reggae charts and was number
one for eight weeks in Atlanta, was recorded for Bobby Digital.
The poetry society began to recognize D.Y.C.R. as a unique and unchained spirit, who was definitely a
force to be reckoned with, especially after he released music videos for the singles “Flame Fire”, “Gallong
Charm” with Ritchie Stephens and “Sting”, which highlighted the incident that occurred at “Sting 2003”.
D.Y.C.R. has won two international awards for best dub poet in 2004; they are “The Martins Award” in
New York and the “Reggae Soca Award” in Miami.
Now D.Y.C.R. has recently signed to DownSound Records
and recorded some of his latest singles such as
“Misunderstanding” on the Invasion Riddim, “Sammy” a
combination with Ritchie Spice and the Olympic Tribute to
Veronica Campbell entitled “Run Veronica Run”. D.Y.C.R. has
much bigger things in store for his many fans, as he in the
process of doing a music video for “Misunderstanding” which
states “don’t say you’re going chop bush, say you are going to
chop grass, because misunderstandings can get you into bad,
bad trouble”. The video is being produced by DownSound
Records and will be released in September 2004.
D.Y.C.R. continues to chant, for justice and love in a realistic way that is pure and authentic to the
Jamaican culture, as he demonstrates the power of word and sound to prove that the combination of
these forces “A FIRE”.
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Dub poet Delroy “D.Y.C.R.” Chandler was born in Devon Pen, St. Mary, Jamaica. Farming is the
livelihood of St. Mary so after leaving the Stony Hill All Age School; he worked as a farm supervisor at
Temple Hall Farms.
D.Y.C.R. was drawn to poetry from the age of fifteen, after reading
material like, “The Plough & The Pen” and other literary works by
Omar Khayyam. His first recording was for Ossie Thomas entitled “To
Be Saved” which was released on the label Black Solidarity. He then
met producer Milton Moore of Sound Proof Productions, two years
later the poet recorded the album “Fire” for this producer who began
seriously assisting with his career. The growing popularity of D.Y.C.R.
earned him the valued spot of being the first dub poet to perform on
Jamaica’s largest one night dancehall event “Sting” in 1996. The
album “Fire” was well received and promoted at MIDEM 97 in the
Sounds Of Jamaica music catalog by JAMPRO. The three singles
from that album that gained him recognition was “Fire”, “Rasta Rise
Again”, and “Hold It Down”. In addition there are singles like “Sucker”,
“Smikle”, Dem Man Deh, “Cashew” recorded for producer Ritchie
Stephens on the Pot Of Gold label and the most successful one
“Delroy” which climbed the New York reggae charts and was number
one for eight weeks in Atlanta, was recorded for Bobby Digital.
The poetry society began to recognize D.Y.C.R. as a unique and unchained spirit, who was definitely a
force to be reckoned with, especially after he released music videos for the singles “Flame Fire”, “Gallong
Charm” with Ritchie Stephens and “Sting”, which highlighted the incident that occurred at “Sting 2003”.
D.Y.C.R. has won two international awards for best dub poet in 2004; they are “The Martins Award” in
New York and the “Reggae Soca Award” in Miami.
Now D.Y.C.R. has recently signed to DownSound Records
and recorded some of his latest singles such as
“Misunderstanding” on the Invasion Riddim, “Sammy” a
combination with Ritchie Spice and the Olympic Tribute to
Veronica Campbell entitled “Run Veronica Run”. D.Y.C.R. has
much bigger things in store for his many fans, as he in the
process of doing a music video for “Misunderstanding” which
states “don’t say you’re going chop bush, say you are going to
chop grass, because misunderstandings can get you into bad,
bad trouble”. The video is being produced by DownSound
Records and will be released in September 2004.
D.Y.C.R. continues to chant, for justice and love in a realistic way that is pure and authentic to the
Jamaican culture, as he demonstrates the power of word and sound to prove that the combination of
these forces “A FIRE”.
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