For those who don't know about Gappy, shame on you. Educate yourself with the below....
Gappy Ranks, born gifted, half-Dominican half-Jamaican, Jacob Lee WilliamsAKA Gappy Ranks spent his younger years discovering his passion for music and strengthening his own musical talents. At school he devoted time in lessons to his own creative writing assignments that built the foundations upon which the persona Gappy Ranks was created.
His strong cultural roots from theCaribbean are evident in his music and many of his musical inspirations can be predicted such as Bob Marley, Alton Ellis and Gregory Isaacs. Yet his love for music is not limited to the dancehall genre, he considers himself to be inspired by artists of various music genres such as Ottis Reading, Micheal Jackson, and Celine Dion.
After leaving school Gappy’s life took a detour, as a result of issues such as homelessness and problems with the police, his music was no longer a primary concern. After tackling these issues Gappy started back in the heart of Harlesden to promote himself and his music. Throughout the years with the help of local sound selectors like Movie Star Jonny and local radio stations he decided to collaborate with uprising dancehall music group, Suncycle. This meant that his time was being spent in the studio, through which he began the learning process of studio engineering but later decided to expand his musical talent as a solo artist.
Being so diverse Gappy was able to collaborate with producers Kray Twinz, rapper Twista and MC Lethal B with the help of UK Producer Sticky. The new single What We Do Is out in all major record stores around the country and is receiving mass airplay on many mainstream radio stations. Some of his greatest musical achievements have been performing at Earl's Court for a crowd of 17,000 people and also performing live at the Kiss Awards, which was also televised worldwide. However, Gappy still feels strong about his community and regularly commits himself in to Live performances around the area and surrounding areas.
His current agenda is never ending with new projects on a regular basis. Gappy's forthcoming projects include his highly anticipated album 2nd album, Thanks & Praise that he is currently working on.
His strong cultural roots from the
After leaving school Gappy’s life took a detour, as a result of issues such as homelessness and problems with the police, his music was no longer a primary concern. After tackling these issues Gappy started back in the heart of Harlesden to promote himself and his music. Throughout the years with the help of local sound selectors like Movie Star Jonny and local radio stations he decided to collaborate with uprising dancehall music group, Suncycle. This meant that his time was being spent in the studio, through which he began the learning process of studio engineering but later decided to expand his musical talent as a solo artist.
Being so diverse Gappy was able to collaborate with producers Kray Twinz, rapper Twista and MC Lethal B with the help of UK Producer Sticky. The new single What We Do Is out in all major record stores around the country and is receiving mass airplay on many mainstream radio stations. Some of his greatest musical achievements have been performing at Earl's Court for a crowd of 17,000 people and also performing live at the Kiss Awards, which was also televised worldwide. However, Gappy still feels strong about his community and regularly commits himself in to Live performances around the area and surrounding areas.
His current agenda is never ending with new projects on a regular basis. Gappy's forthcoming projects include his highly anticipated album 2nd album, Thanks & Praise that he is currently working on.
Catch him in the studio with Lynnike & Sefa TODAY TODAY TODAY Thursday (12TH May) from 6pm. You can listen by clicking this link>> http://www.bangradio.fm or WATCH live studio action here>> http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bang-103-6-fm
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