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SHOWKI RU {WAYNE WONDER PROTÉGÉ} PRONOUNS SHO-KEE RU A.KA SHAWKI SMITH WAS BORN IN WESTERN KINGSTON TO CLAUDETTE SICARD AND GASCEL SMITH. HE IS THE 3RD FOR HIS MOTHER AND 5TH FOR HIS FATHER, ALTOGETHER SHOWKI RU HAS 4 BROTHERS AND 2 SISTERS.



THE DJ (REGGAE DANCEHALL SINGER) UP COMING STARTED IN A FAIRLY MID-CLASS ENVIRONMENT IN PORTMORE, ST. CATHERINE JAMAICA WERE HE LIVED FOR THE FIRST 11 YEARS OF HIS LIFE. DURING THIS TIME THE DJ LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER, FATHER AND 2 BROTHERS. LIFE AT THIS TIME WAS FUN FOR SHOWKI THOUGH HIS MOTHER WAS A STRICT PARENT SHE WAS ALSO VERY DOWN TO EARTH AND ALLOWED THE DJ FREEDOM TO PARTICIPATE IN A LOT OF SOCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING PARTIES HELD IN THE COMMUNITY.



SHOWKI AND HIS SIBBLINS WERE INTRODUCED TO REGGAE DANCEHALL AT A TENDER AGE SINCE BOTH PARENTS ARE MUSIC LOVERS OF REGGAE MUSIC. HIS FIRST INTEREST IN DANCEHALL MUSIC WAS TO BE A SELECTOR {SOUND SYSTEM OPERTOR} HE, HIS OLDER BROTHER {AKILIBOY} AND A FRIEND GOT THEIR HANDS ON A OLD TAPE DECK AT THE TIME WITH 2 SPEAKER BOXES AND A PHILLIPS TURN TABLE AND FORM THEIR FIRST SOUND SYSTEM {MOON FORCE} AT THIS TIME THE DJ WASNT MORE THAN 5 OR 6 YEARS OLD.



AT AGE 11 HE FORMED HIS SECOND SOUND, THIS TIME WITH 2 FRIENDS, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET 2 DUBS EACH FROM BABY WAYNE AND GRINDS MAN WHO LIVED IN NEIGHBOURING COMMUNITIES. DURING THIS TIME WHILE STILL IN ALL AGE SCHOOL THE DJ WOULD ALSO SING OVER POPULAR DANCEHALL SONGS FOR HIS CLASSMATES AND OLDER STUDENTS.



IN THE EARLY NINETIES BOTH PARENTS MIGRATED TO THE STATES LEAVING THE DJ WITH AN AUNT IN PORTMORE, BUT SHORTLY AFTER HE WENT TO LIVE WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER {MUMSIE} IN LIGUANEA KINGSTON 6 WHICH HE REPRESENTS TODAY. LIVING WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER HE SAID WAS GREAT HE HAD A LOT OF FUN.



SHOWKI RUS SECOND INTEREST IN DANCEHALL WAS NOT DEEJAYING BUT SINGING (STYLE LIKE WAYNE WONDER}. AT THIS TIME HE WAS CALLED LITTLE WAYNE, THIS LASTED FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS. FINALLY HE DECIDED TO DO HIS NOW CRAFT DEE JAYING. HIS MUSICAL INSPIRATION CAME FROM WAYNE WONDER AND BUJU BANTON BUT LOVE AND RESPECTED ALL THE DJS AND SINGERS BEFORE.



IN 1999 THE DJ DID IS FIRST RECORDING CERTAIN GAL FOR DEAN MONDAY (SHOCKING VIBES LABEL), AIR PLAY WAS LITTLE TO NONE. HE WENT AGAIN IN 2000 AND RECORDED BEAT OUT AND DONE ON WAYNE WONDERS AMBUSH RIDDIM, THE SAME YEAR SUMMER RECORDED PLATINUM MALL WITH WAYNE WONDER WHICH WAS ALSO FEATURED ON WONDERS SCHIZOPHRENIC ALBUM.

2002 THE DJ DID HOW WE ROLL WITH WAYNE WONDER FOR JABBA AND BOBBY KONDERS. LATER THAT YEAR HE RECORD A TRACK FOR PRODUCER DONNAVAN GERMAINE OF PENTHOUSE AND TWO TRACKS FOR BYG FAMILY POPPING UP AND HANDS IN THE AIR.THE REASON FOR RECORDS COMING OUT IN SUCH SMALL QUANTITY, WAS BECAUSE OF TOURING WITH WAYNE WONDER. SHOWKI TRAVELS EXTENSIVELY, TO PLACES LIKE PARIS, GERMANY, LONDON, TRINIDAD, BAHAMAS, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, ST. KITTS AND 42 STATES IN AMERICA.



IN RECENT TIMES THE DJ WORKED WITH PRODUCERS LIKE DONNAVAN GERMIANE, LENKY, SNOW CONE, JAH MIKE, PYRANA, BIRCH AND WIN GLEN.

PRESENTLY SHOWKI RU IS WORKING ON SOME SINGLES WITH THE LIKES OF WAYNE WONDER, BULBY, PLATINUM RECORDS AND BYG FAMILY MUSIK/ KINGSTONS 6 REKORDS WHICH HE CONSIDERS HOME.



SHOWKI RU IS DETERMINE TO MAKE A HUGE IMPACT ON REGGAE MUSIC WHICH HE LOVES SO MUCH AND HOPES TO DO SO WITH HIS TREMENDOUS STYLE AND VERSITILITY.( HARDCORE DANCEHALL HE EMPHASIZE}.



N.B. SHOWKI RU PERFORMED BOTH SUMFEST AND HOT SHOT 2003 ALONGSIDE WAYNE WONDER.



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