Damion Darrel Warren better known by his stage name Teacha Dee, is a Jamaican reggae

Reggae

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

 singer and classroom teacher. He is perhaps known for his 2006 single "Smoke and fly" and 2007 single "smuggling weed". He has been a classroom teacher at the secondary level in Jamaica for ten years as of September 2010 and has also recorded his most popular songs whilst in service to the Ministry of Education Youth and Culture, Jamaica

Jamaica

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n. The name "Teacha Dee" was given to him to mean a teacher that sings reggae music.

Early life

At the age of 16 he moved to Montego Bay, Saint James from westmoreland Jamaica where he attended Teachers College. In 2000 he graduated from Sam Sharpe Teacher's College as a Trained Teacher and began to teach immediately after. In May 2005, he entered the inaugural staging of Rising Stars a talent search competition where he was discovered by Jamaica on television. It was during this time of local popularity that he was given the opportunity to record for some major German production labels.

Music career

In 2006 Teacha Dee recorded "Life Goes on", which was a reggae song sung in the melody of the The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 hit entitled "[Ob La Di]" which was released on a compilation CD entitled "First Sight Riddim" produced by Powpow movements based in Germany. That same year he recorded "Them A Play" on the "Gloria Riddim" for Dasvibes Productions also based in Germany.

In 2007 he recorded "Revolution" on the "wes Roc Riddim" for the La Familia Wes record label, "If yuh have it hard" on the "wild West Riddim" for Master j Productions both from Jamaica and "Leading cause of death" on the "Ice Ice Riddim V2" for Rising Son Records based in Germany. His hits of the year however were, "Smuggling Weed" for Powpow Movements and "Smoke and Fly" recorded on the "Kingston Town" instrumental made popular by an Italian reggae superstar Alberto Dascola aka Alborosie

Alborosie

Alberto D'Ascola , better known by his stage name Alborosie, is an Italian reggae artist. Born and raised in Marsala, Sicily, Italy, but now residing in Kingston, Jamaica. He is a multi-instrumentalist, being proficient in guitar, bass, drums and keyboard...

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In 2008, Teacha Dee recorded "Blaming Game" on the "True Life Riddim" for Master J Productions and "Reggae Souljahs" on the "Ilove Riddim Pt2" for Rootdown Records based in Germany. In 2009 the recorded "The System" on the "TNT Riddim" for Dasvibes Productions.

In August 2010, Teacha Dee recorded three singles for his label entitled "Within my soul" on the "Hotbox Riddim" and "Mr. Thirteen" on the "Thirteen Riddim" and "What I pray" which is a collaboration with 'Determine' an artiste famous for a massive hit with Beenie Man

Beenie Man

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. In June 2010 Teacha Dee accepted the Ras Tafari way of life and grew his locks.

Discography

Albums

• 2011: What i pray (featuring "Determine")

Singles

• 2006: Life Goes On
• 2007: Revolution
• 2007: If yuh have it hard
• 2007: Smuggling Weed
• 2007: Leading Cause of Death
• 2008: Blaming Game
• 2008: Reggae Souljahs
• 2008: Mama Is Crying
• 2009: The System
• 2010: What I pray(featuring Determine)
• 2010: Within my soul
• 2010: Smoke and fly
• 2010: Everywhere
• 2010: Mr. Thirteen
• 2010: Crazy Vibes (featuring silas style)

Unofficial releases and singles

• 2007: "Smoke and Fly" on the Kingston Town Riddim aka When I Fall in Love
• 2008: "All them Soldiers on the Fallen Soldiers Riddim

Mixtapes

• 2005: Young and Sexy Vol 9 - DJ L and DJ Suss one
• 2006: Young and Sexy Vol 10 - DJ L and DJ Suss One
• 2008: Bad Boys, We Run This - Urban World Wireless and Bad Boy Records
• 2009: Rise to the top - DJ Mess and Ghetto Youth Sounds
• 2009: Austriamaica Vol 1 - by Chiquitaman and San Clemente

External links

• Teacha Dee's Official Myspace Page