Yellowman

<html> <head> <title>Yellowman</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/820/000116472/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool><br clear="all"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Yellowman</b></font><p><img src="yellowman.jpg" height=349 width=240 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Yellowman"><b>AKA</b> Winston Foster<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/958/000105643/" class=proflink>1959</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> Negril, Jamaica<br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Religion:</b> <a href="/lists/554/000117203/" class=proflink>Rastafarian</a><br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> Black<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/988/000096700/" class=proflink>Rapper</a><p><b>Nationality:</b> Jamaica<br><b>Executive summary:</b> Albino toaster, <i>Yellowman Rides Again</i><p>Born an orphaned albino, Yellowman grew up an outcast, but was during the late 1970s he able to use his condition to gain notoriety as a rapper (or "toaster" in dancehall parlance) infamous for his improbable boasts of sexual potency. His first album, <i>Mister Yellowman</i>, produced by Henry "Junjo" Lawes, was released in 1982, a year after the death of <a href="/people/858/000031765/">Bob Marley</a>; it proved a modest success on international markets, and was succeeded by <i>Zungguzungguguzungguzeng</i> (1983). Yellowman was increasingly criticized for the homophobia and sexism present in his lyrics, so by the mid-80s his songs were gaining a greater degree of social consciousness -- sexual songs like "Want A Virgin" tempered by others like "Ease Up, <a href="/people/737/000022671/">President Botha</a>" or the cautionary "A.I.D.S." A bout with skin cancer in the early 90s nearly took his life, but Yellowman recovered, and beginning with <i>Prayer</i> (1994) his later output is suffused with a greater degree of spirituality. <p>    Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/817/000116469/">Albinism</a>, <a href="/lists/110/000084855/">Homophobia</a>, <a href="/lists/792/000180252/">Skin Cancer</a>, <a href="/lists/352/000083103/">Marijuana</a><br> <p> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=116472" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>

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