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Billy Boyo is tagged as: reggae, rub-a-dub, dancehall, dub, roots

Just like his contemporaries Little John and Little Harry Billy Boyo was still in his teens when he came in the early eighties at that time a new era in Jamaican music had begun as roots reggae became dancehall Since one of the most prolific and influential producers in Dancehall music was the late Henry "Junjo" Lawes, he more or less launched dancehall as a fully developed musical style and records of his "Arrival" and "Volcano" labels dominated the dancehall market trend

With the powerful Roots Radics Band and innovative young engineer Hopeton " Overton "Brown aka scientists working on most of his releases," Junjo "Lawes began voicing a dazzling array of talent including Michael Prophet Barry Brown, Frankie Paul Wailing Souls and Johnny Osbourne Quick to spot new talent he also employed rather unknown names like a young boy who called himself Billy Boyo In 1982 "Junjo" Lawes in this talented youthman deejay together with Little Harry for a two artist "clash" album entitled "DJ Clash Volume 2" was released by Greensleeves Records Billy Boyo also became part of Junjo's famous Volcano sound system and performed with Burro Banton Littlejohn Toyan Josey Wales, Lee Van Cleef Yellowman and others

In 1983 Billy Boyo (together with Little John and ranking Toy...
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