PAPA DEE - Great Music, CLIVE DAVIS & Shocking Revelations from Sweden’s finest
Papa Dee
59m 33sPapa Dee's early career was full of promise, from execs who were determined to make him the next big thing in Europe and the States. But although he didn't reach the international career heights of Shaggy, whom Clive Davis saw him as, he still maintained a long and successful career in Sweden, and the maturity to choose the music he wanted to do.
This is a very human story. Born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and a Ghanaian father who left when he was very young, music became the compensation for his father's departure. He's had success, experienced the highs and lows of fame, and has even been falsely accused of a crime. Yet music, whether pop, dancehall, reggae, soul, or funk, has clearly been a motivator, and compensator, and provided a backbone to his life.
Back in 1989, when I was at MTV Europe, Papa Dee had been labeled as the next break-out artist from Sweden. He was a nice guy back then and has lost none of his charms today.
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