“People like Ky-Mani Marley was there and the feeling was good, but what I liked about the director is that he allowed us to add our creativity and so many of the lines were changed. However, the promise turned out to be valid as he was presented with a script and found himself in a room with several cast members running through their lines. I was never the one to live on promises either so when my manager, Charles 'Chuck B' Higgins, came and told me his friend was working on a movie, I, having heard this all the time, was not excited,” he said. If I can recall, I never ever idolised any television character as most kids did in my time. “As a youth I never had acting in my mind. The deejay, who said he never harboured acting aspirations, shared how he got cast into the role. This is not a life people should aspire to,” he warned. The storyline of Shottas includes extortion and murder. “Whenever I look back at my role I sometimes have some concern.
Its storyline surrounds two childhood friends-cum-drug dealers (Biggs and Wayne) who are deported from the United States but re-enter the country and continue their violent ways.
He was killed at age 17 by the police in Kingston on August 23, 2008. Carlyle Grant is the deejay's son, who had played a younger version of him in the film. It stars Ky-Mani Marley as Biggs, Spragga Benz (Wayne), Paul Campbell (Mad Max), and Louie Rankin (Teddy Bruck Shut). The movie, released February 27, 2002, celebrates 20 years this month. The production was authentic and Jamaicans love to see themselves - in fact, the world is fascinated by Jamaican life and culture,” Spragga Benz told the Jamaica Observer. “ Shottas survived because the story surrounds the lives of real people, so one can easily identify with it. “The Original Don DaDa On Set Shooting A Major Movie In Toronto with #jamaica #ReturnOfTheDonDaDa #AlbumDone,” he wrote.SPRAGGA Benz believes the cult classic Shottas will always resonate with Jamaicans and those who are fascinated with Jamaican life. On Sunday, Louie Rankin announced on Instagram that he was in Toronto filming a movie and that he was working on a new album. I Hope That The Music and Film Industry Give U All The Flowers U Deserve. You Were An Outrageous, Unapologetic, Loud, and Proud Jamaican. You Supported Me When I Was On My Face! We Made A Song Called Back From The Dead But Your Passion For Life Was Probably The Most Contagious Thing About You. Telling Me To Hurry Up And Come To The Studio Cuz U Wanted Me On It. U Called Me Just Last Week Excited About Ur New Album. He added, “Ur Friendship Is What I Will Miss Most. Mississauga rapper JD Era posted a lengthy tribute in which he said he “cried all yesterday at the news of ur loss.” Your memories are forever!!!” Popcaan stated on Instagram. “Legends don’t die!!!! Rest up fada Louie. Ky-Mani Marley ( Shottas), Nas ( Belly), Sizzla, Bounty Killer, Chi Ching Ching, Spice, Jahvinci, Popcaan, Gramps Morgan, Nas, Stefflon Don and DJ Khaled all paid tribute on social media. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters. The verified Twitter account of Teddy Bruckshut on Monday evening issued a statement: “It saddens us to have to announce that The “ORGINAL DON DADA” “Trail Blazer” the legend – Louie Ox Rankin passed away this morning!” The Ontario Provincial Police report that the sixty-six-year-old entertainer, who was living in Canada at the time, was killed when the vehicle he was driving in collided with a transport truck near Shelburne, Ontario, around 9:15 a.m. Major news outlets, such as the Toronto News, ABC News, NY Daily News, Metro UK, Daily Mail, St Lucian News, Sun UK, the UK Standard,, The Mirror,, , Complex, TMZ, BET, Metro, Daily Express and Hip Hop Wired all carried reports on the car crash in Canada which claimed Louie Rankin’s life.
He also appeared in the Netflix Movie The Intent Two, in which dancehall star Popcaan made his acting debut. However, it was as an actor – Teddy Bruckshut ( Shottas, 2002) and Ox ( Belly, 1998) – that the man born Leonard Ford was best known and remembered. Louie Rankin, who often referred to himself as the ‘Original Don Dada’’, had made a name for himself in the music world, and even won a Grammy award in 1992 for his popular song, Typewriter. He had previously stated on Instagram, “Mi don’t even want to believe. Rankin’s peers in the entertainment and film industries have since paid tribute to a “cultural icon.”Įntertainer and actor Spragga Benz, who starred alongside him in the movie Shottas, was in no mood to talk, but he told The Gleaner yesterday that he was feeling “total sorrow and mourning right now”. The death of Jamaican dancehall artiste and actor Louie Rankin has sent shock waves and made headlines around the world.
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