Snow on 'Informer' Blowing Up, Based on Attempted Murders, Con Calma w/ Daddy Yankee(Full Interview)
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- In this VladTV exclusive, Canadian Reggae musician, rapper and singer Snow sat down with DJ Vlad and detailed his life and career. He talked about being born and raised in Toronto before beating two attempted murder charges. After dodging major prison time, Snow explained how he got into music and attended Reggae house parties. After recording "Informer," which would go on to become the biggest-selling Reggae song of all time, he had to witness the record's success from prison. Snow went on to discuss recording his first and second albums, as well as the issues and lawsuits he was faced with after his success. He also detailed his partnerships and collaborations with brands and artists, such as Yahoo!, Scott Storch, Cool N' Dre, and Daddy Yankee. To hear more, check out the full interview.
This guy is a music historian with great stories. Snow you should start a podcast, I don't think anyone expected you to be so got damn humble and ridiculously interesting.
Definitely not what I expected! Pleasantly surprised!!! Was a big fan when he came out & more so now after watching this interview
Right he's just so humble and blessed talks of this life of crime but what I believe is Jamaica and losing all that American tour money and the strange course of events like does that DJ from Jamaica queens push his record if his dog wasn't fed tacos for the first-time snow was prolly a legend in that group of People he hung out with in newyork
Yeah, I'm still watching and expected to CLICK and click away! But the dude is interesting tho!!! I can't lie!!!😏
He defiantly should have a podcast or channel
He’s dope af
One thing about us Jamaicans. We love when people from other cultures embrace our culture. We don't care if you're from Australia, Canada, Germany, where ever. As long as the art is good. We will show the support and give you the love. It's when you don't acknowledge that you're using our culture. It's when you don't give us our roses, we have a problem. Love it, embrace it, use it. Just acknowledge us and where it came from. Big up Snow for that. One song they forgot to mention that was remixed and re-released, became a hit was "The Train is Coming" by Shaggy and Ken Boothe. The original by Ken Boothe.
What about Bulgarians?
They love when nonblacks but especially whites embrace their culture. I hear complaints about appropriation when someone like Beyonce does a song like Baby Boy.
And Jamaicans ,Guyanese,Trinidadians,ect. Are true blend of cultures snow ❄️ is Irish the original raga muffins I have Irish ☘️ in me and I’m black lol 😂 so I know
Africa lends itself to Jamaica, you're welcome
One love
Before I saw this interview I thought he was a poser D-bag.......but after seeing this I've completely changed my mind!! Snow is a really down to earth, genuine guy. So humble and respectful and always paying homage to real reggae artists. Glad I saw this because now I'm a fan for life!!
Same he looked like a preppy d bag in the video
Watch him on drink champs with MC Shan
@@unclejoe6811
same here
I guess the ole saying 'never judge a book by it's cover' is actually true most of the time.
being from toronto. this mans always gotten respect. .. informer was a huge hit, but he's no one hit wonder.
Humble dude. Not there to make himself look like a G, he's just telling his story.
After decades, never knew all this stuff about Snow. Very good interview..
You have to give this man the respect that is due. Big up to him for being honest in telling his story and not putting on a front. This was a great interview.
Always loved Snow. He was ahead of his time. Glad he's doing good.
He not doing good
That’s my guy, smoked a backwoods with him a few weeks ago, did y’all see the drink champs interview??
lol "ahead of his time" stop it son!
@@panorisholidaythe3rd791 he just got paid of Con Calma and toured the world off it. That doesn’t sound like he’s doing terrible
Nothing you said is true
I remember getting the cassette of 12 inches of Snow in 1993. I was about 8 or 9 at the time. I remember that I went to Puerto Rico for that summer. I remember playing it for the kids out there, and they lost their fucking minds. They wanted to play it all day. Someone eventually got me for my tape when it was time to leave.
When I came back to the States, I started getting CDs as I had gotten a CD player. I bought this kid's CD book with a couple of CDs in it. 12 Inches of Snow was one of the CDs. Haven't stopped listening to that album for almost 30 years now. Cant tell you how many memories in my life are associated with Snow's music.
The 90s were a magical time for hip hop and entertainment in general.
@Dan or maybe I can write what I want with the internet and phone that i pay for, and your wife can go down on me.
No one mentioned writing a book. He said he purchased a cd book or. A binder full of cds.
@Dan if he didn’t write about this memory, then how the hell would we have been reminded to think about our time in the 90s
I was 13 when got the album...one of my first music albums bought...memories
@@buabdallah1980 Yeah I also had it when I was around that age, maybe 11/12. Great album, I've just been dipping back into it this week.
His whole family was in jail he was in jail when the song came out and people called him “imposter”😂😂😂 He lived it.
People hate on Vlad and sometimes I get it BUT he doing Interviews like this, hearing these Stories by Snow, is dope. 👌🏾
@@damnbadger8242 didn't saw the Drink Champs Ep so...
He instigates too much shit
Vlad does good interviews. You're correct. People hate him because.. let's face it, he's white. If Vlad was black, his tough questions would be considered "keeping it real".
I literally never heard of Vlad till just now, but WTF is his problem??? I'm 45:35 into this interview and I'm pissed the fuck off at how many times Snow mentioned that he's banned in the US, banned in Japan, literally throwing the bait for these stories at him to ask why, and he deadass refuses to bite and let him tell these stories of why he's banned from these countries!!! WTF!!!!
@Tony Teresi money in the pocket
Man.. I was literally 10 when my cousin played informer & heard it for the first time.. didn’t understand a thing, but was hooked on the song for years! I am 38 today. The 90s will forever hold a special place in my heart!
Much respect to snow,I'm from a Irish fam and love reggae too! Theres are a lot of similaritys between the Irish & Jamaican's, when both cultures came to England they lived together in the same areas that's when they could get a place, There were signs saying No Irish, No Blacks & No dogs! His story really resonates with me as I'm poor most of my fam have spent time in prison, and probs with drinking & what not! Big up Snow! REWIND MY SELECTA!!🇮🇪🤜🏼🤛🏾🇯🇲💯🔥🔥🔥
The "no irish, no blacks, no dogs" only came about after a photo appeared in the 80s, which has been debunked as a fake. But its funny how myths like this come about.
Can confirm this, as a son of Jamaican parents living in London. The Irish where the first community that we were part of. 🇮🇪🇯🇲
@@Strafuzz Same here in Leeds. Irish family. West Indian community right next to the Irish areas and always mixed well. We also had to put up with the 'No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish' shit too.
The Irish you either love us or hate us
Lots of Jamaicans have Irish and Scottish ancestry...
This man's voice has NOT changed since any interviews he did in the 90's. He Still has the same tone & intonation.
Huh? Is that abnormal or something? Or even note worthy. Why would he sound different, it's the still him...
@@flowshine74peoples voices changed as they progress in age.... I mean do you still sound like you did when you were in 3rd grade? 😂
I’m from Toronto and worked in the music scene for a while as a hopeful producer and studio assistant. Snow always showed respect to everyone in the studio and in the street. And no one joked on him. He was not to be trifled with. I remember saying hello to him when he was with lots of people, most popular artists don’t have time to say hello, but Snow always said hello and went a step further to ask how you were doing and blessed you. This is a real one! Ask anyone in Toronto, from rexdale to scarborough Snow is a real one! 🙏❤️
He's an original Toronto man's for sure.
10mins into the interview and I am totally a snow fan.
Best interview I’ve ever seen, I could listen to him all day. True legend 🙌🏻
Dude has music in his soul...he name dropped some LEGENDS!!!!
What a humble guy I was already a Snow fan but I have a new found respect. Great interview.
He’s a real one fo sho. Whenever we cross paths downtown, he throws his schedule out the window and we smoke a woods
I'm from Blake street in Toronto another Jamaican neighborhood and yes Snow I won the excellence award in grade 6, I'm 7 years younger than Snow but went to highschool with one of his siblings at MPC, so I know exactly what he's talking about.
I see Americans on here who say "I thought he was a poser" without understanding Toronto isn't a segregated American city, I was a white kid in a Jamaican 7th day Adventist church but when my mom got sick there was a meal train from the congregation, we all struggled but no one went hungry no matter what color your skin.
In Canada we're all Canadians. I live in America now and here you barely say hi to your next door neighbor.
For real bro! America is just not what it used to be! I'm 49, graduated in '92 and I cant help but feel like that was one of the greatest times to be young. I swear the whole shit completely changed when Trump thought he could run a country. Everything got real weird and I hardly recognize my own country anymore. Like everybody is in on something that I'm not, it's hard to explain...but it sad.
I love Canada; we moved here from England 34 years ago. We have great neighbours.
@@flowshine74u must love it now we biden n trump finally out
Dang man, Snow the definition of a real one. 💯
How can you not like this guy?? He has such a big heart. And sounds like a doting uncle, one that you love to have around.
That doesn’t always sell records though. There’s a lot more variables to keep being able to sell records in music.
Snow was way ahead of his time, he continued to make amazing music for decades, wayyy under rated.
Said no one ever
@eagle___empire3175 said me, right there, with the 55 likes 🤷
@@malawigold747 A whopping 55 likes in a world of Billions of people. You must be bad at math
@eagle___empire3175 are you dumb? 55 > "no one"
@@eagle___empire3175but why u hatin?
This dude is a legend. Glad to see he’s still alive and kicking.
He seems very authentic and genuine. Respect
1995 as a refugee from Somalia in Toronto. Snow was fire 🔥
Snow topped charts for six months with him shooting in the trail jail. Sending my love Amy❤✌️✊🇿🇦
what a fascinating interview, he's so transparent and tells a vivid story
Shout out to all my Irish Newfies/maritimers from the hoods in the GTA back in that era. We blended in with ALL cultures like extended family. Much love to everybody, here and gone.
Bro I am 43 and grew up in NY. Irish and Polish parents. We ALL got along. This new age racism shit is a creation of the people that pretend to want to cull it. Thats all they talk about thus proliferating it.
I remember having Snow's album and listening to it when it was super popular. I wish I knew more about Snow back then. Much respect to this man for how he lived, what he accomplished, and how he turned out.
In the UK, Informer was in the top 3 of our charts, with Shaggy's Oh Carolina and Shabba Ranks Mr Loverman. And i think that's the only time when the top 3 slots in the chart have been taken by reggae artists.
I'm a '90s kid. I still can remember the first time I saw the song Informer and I'm still listening to it to this day
Anything For You is one of the best songs ever made !
Me too
Yeah I'm Australian and heard it back in 1992 when I was about 10 years old.
Me 2- was abt same age in ‘92…I miss being a kid back in simpler and happier times 😢
WE ALL ACCEPT YOU SNOW YOU ARE HUMBLE AND BLESSED
Dayum! I didn’t know Snow was as real as he is!!
If Michael Rapaport had a baby with himself...
Rapaport’s a fraud
🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣
might be the funniest shit i’ve ever read in my life
Lol
Snow seems like such a rare oldskool character.... He seems like one of the most laidback easy going people I’ve ever seen... Snow is. A legend ...this interview has made me like him and appreciate him even more ....
Snow has changed into Sgt. Slaughter.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
The OG irish 🇯🇲 version
GOOD ONE 🤣🤣👍👍
That chiiiin
I’m so glad I saw this interview. I never knew how cool Snow actually is. I have whole new outlook and respect for him. You can tell when a person is really in a good head space in like and he’s there. Congratulations on everything ✌🏽
Exactly
Sadly our attention span has become laughable. I think I've seen most of this interview in the Vlad clips but watching the whole thing was definitely worth it he looks like he's in a good place and I loved it. Gave mad love and respect to who came before got him to love the music. Saw this clip about this guy from Memphis saying he coildcook MJ one on one and that was just hilarious know your place and know why you are here.
Sadly our attention span has become laughable. I think I've seen most of this interview in the Vlad clips but watching the whole thing was definitely worth it he looks like he's in a good place and I loved it. Gave mad love and respect to who came before got him to love the music. Saw this clip about this guy from Memphis saying he coildcook MJ one on one and that was just hilarious know your place and know why you are here.
Funny how everyone gets offended by this man embracing Jamaican styles and cultures EXCEPT Jamaicans…. I have never met a single Jamaican that hate on this situation…
Informer is a timeless banger.
Loved this interview!!! Snow is a real one 💯
Thanks you for this guest! Snow was one of my childhood memories growing up with no worries at like 10 - 12 years old, playing ball, watching 90s nba, cartoons, riding bike and going to summer camps! Snow, Reel to Reel, Outhere Brothers, K7 ..had on a cassette tape. Soundtrack of great times!
Jim Carrey’s skit on in living color of this dude is HILARIOUS
It likely ruined Snow’s appeal though.
It's cool to hear him describing dance hall and jamacain music legends, and giving them respect.
I really enjoyed this video Vlad. Snow is A REAL DUDE WITH A LOTTA HEART. I am glad to hear that he never let fame and success go to his head. GREAT INTERVIEW! THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH EVERYONE 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Damn, love Snow. Still playing his tunes and getting people into his tunes to this day. Glad to see he's doing good and to hear his story. 🤜🏻🤛🏻
Thanks for the shoutout too the Irish newfoundlanders snow!!! Newfie born & bred here! Can confirm they love drinking and fighting here! 💀😂
Amazing interview. What a legend
Till this day I can’t understand 98% of informer …. Jvhfthxybxyyfyc 😂 dope song !
“Informer” still gets stuck in my head and I love it to this day.
As much as I don’t like Vlad myself, I like interviews like this because there’s cool stories out there like his that make it worth watching.
I met him briefly once in Toronto, a long time ago. Very nice guy.
Bigger gangster than Drake … blacker too 💯
You literally are a goof ball
This guy was plugged in to the Jamaican comminity since the 90s. Drake didn't grow up around black people his mom's Jewish.
Pretty easy to be a bigger gamgster than Drake...
I like this guy! I had no idea how cool Snow actually is. What a humble, talented, down to earth good dude.
7:50 when he gave the guy a kick… buurruumm… yo I’m in tears 😭😂
"Okay." This interviewer lmao
😂 for reals, at least it's not "like" or "literally"
I'm glad someone else pointed out that Dominic from England was the first white reggae artist who got love in Jamaica.
Y'all can say whatever tf, about Vlad, me personally he's doing something special. I grew up in Nigeria, in the 80's, now I live in Chicago. Seeing interviews like these(this), makes me nostalgic and give me a better understanding of the struggles and stuff we saw on TV, in Nigeria. Keep up the good work Vlad. Much love and respect brother. 💪🏿
Shame the media painted him in the same light as Vanilla Ice, especially when this dude was the REAL deal. Great interview!
no they didn't. He chose to come on all the same shows and shit because that's where the attention and money is generated. And even vanilla ice was actually respected for his underground work. If people felt a certain type of way that's on them. And both artist had to deal with that.
You can dog vanilla ice all you want bubba but rap wouldn't be the same with out him 🤷 he litterly financed deathrow imagine rap with out deathrow 🤯
@@tommykahn2353 great point. You're absolutely right. Thanks for reminding me of that. 👍
@@barryschalkwijk9388 I'm not denying his accomplishments. The point I was trying to make was Vanilla Ice basically faked his backstory. However, to your point, he definitely has his place in rap history.
Ironically, as much as Snow had way more street credibility and he was certainly more talented musically than Vanilla Ice, he had a similar problem ultimately musically like him. He couldn’t really make all his different musical influences his own. Plus, dancehall reggae is a very difficult genre to begin with to even try to maintain that kind of level of mainstream success in America.
1:10 “Born and raised in the oneblsfhsgsvsjebagzkebazyewhs, yeah” - Snow
“Uhhhh Ok.” - Vlad
“Lady with the red dress” - still a huge tune to this day ❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧💯💯💯💯
Informer track was big here in the U.K, I remember being played relentlessly on the radio and in night clubs at the time!
Listen to it now, still a banger!
I probably was too drunk for this interview 💀 😅 but, I appreciate his story && yessss to the Jesus quote. He said "If Jesus was alive he'd be in jail too" ON GAWWWWD G
2024 I just introduced Informer to my son. We would bump some early 90’s dance raps after picking him up from school. He digs Informer so much. I didn’t realize Snow was legit OG.
Snow...if you ever read this,you are definitely invited to the BBQ my brotha....much love from a real one to another👍👍💪❤
Informer was big in Australia when it first came out here and I absolutely loved it 😊
That's true takes me back to the early 90s and the east coast of Australia.
Was big in NZ too 💗
Anyone else’s smile get bigger the longer the interview went on?
I haven't watched a full interview in years-this was amazing. Great interview Vlad!
good to see he's still around...i love finding these newer interviews of older stars from back in my school days....depressing to see how old we all get but nice to know they survived the years
40yo, Informer ALWAYS been my jam. Saw the vid before watching this interview and only thing that came to my head was "damn, this guy is so natural on camera"
And...... Snow, was massive in Nigeria.
2mns in, we all know the song but how engaging is the man.
Edit: I could have listened to this interview for hrs more, great interview 👍
Snow mentioned Rap City which was a show that aired on Much Music📺
The Irish have been in Jamaica for over 1 hundred years. Thank indentured servitude from Britain.
My dad went to High school with Snow! He always said that’s his real voice he ain’t just putting it on for the song (informer) 😂 legendary interview tho vlad it would mean the world to me if you could get my dad back in touch with snow sometime, he even said he probably would remember him too
Of course that's his real voice lol that was never in doubt did you listen to this interview? Lol and I seriously doubt Vlad is gonna go thru his comments and say hey snow Lucas bonner wants you to get in touch with his dad lol
This is historical shiii!
Loved Snow in 1993 and still loving him 29 years later. I N F O R M E R 2022 ❤
Really genuine guy I have always loved him but now LOVE LOVE him. Such an incredible person and talent
Wow, snow was a legit G!!!…..my friend told me years ago he was a real one and was blowing up in Jamaica but I didn’t believe him I thought he was winding me up 🤣…..my bad Snow!!!!
Oh, so you're the guy?
@@atrainswrld1960 ??? Are you asking if I’m the guy?? The guy for what, a trans world??!….I’m confused what you’re asking but yeah, if you want a trans world that’s fine,I’m happily married but I’m not hating on your lifestyle, do you!
I am the man though if you’re asking who’s the coolest
Nah, I was just playing. That's really cool though.
@@learnguitarfool9443 Where did that come from you sipping on that moonshine lol..clearly was a joke.. and his name is ATrains WRLD...not ATrans WRLD....LOL
Ran into “Shan”. How the hell could he just happen to record a banger with MC Shan with no experience. This is a crazy story.
Hey , All a gift from the "Big Man " above.
@@uchoward1ify It seems this is how it happens. For real some people just get lucky AF and we can only praise Jesus for that.
This was a great interview.
Big up Snow 👊
gotta love the Jim Carrey version of Informer lol
My God!!! This guy was a game changer in my life..takes me back to my 5th and 6th grade...I listen to Informer for years..I love this dude..I finally get to hear his story and on fucking VLAD TV!!! Thank you!!!!
He and Mestro put Canada on the map. Drake needs to bow down to these pioneers here.
At least put them on a joint
Drake would never do that because Drake loves Aubrey and Aubrey loves Drake. But us old school guys we know what's up. Representing Toronto to the fullest.
Plot twist, the dude we thought was an industry implant was one of the realest in the industry.
Lol real talk
Jamaicans never thought he was an "implant".. He had lots of love in Jamaica.
THIS IS LIKE TOP 5 PLOT TWISTS IN URBAN MUSIC OF THE LAST 30 YEARS!!
Big up legend snow !
Snow is a legend! I'm 40 years old and when he dropped he had shit on lock. This dude will always be a respected figure in music in my household. His song Runway is my favorite, he absolutely killed that shit. Hook and beat was out of this world.
Runway was the best til he dropped shame
I always liked Snow, great artist, glad he's still with us.
I only really knew the song "informer" by this dude. After this interview checked out his other tunes. Damn! What a talent! But seriously, what a humble, ego- free, nice guy. One of a kind in the music industry.
listen to Drunken Styles and have that bass up, just saying dude
Wow!!! Huge snow fan, have every CD, this has to be one of the best interviews ive ever seen. God bless you snow!!!
Snow is Amazing cause he doesn't claim reggae he just claims to love it. I know the neighborhood he grew up in its new condos now but there were nuff yaadies. My brother was one.
Dope Interview, never knew much about Snow till now. Respect 💯🙌
Been pumping anything for you since the beginning, my favorite song ever. Snows hits stand up to time and till this day make those party’s jump.
Dude has a voice and a vibe for a mean ass hook. Much love from BC canada, I remember my buddy showing up to grade 4 in like 93 with a snow tape and that was the shit. We constantly got in shit for taking turns listening to it on his walkman in class.
Love him for all of the memories from the dance flor..it was war in Croatia 92/93.but we dance in "Veslo" Šibenik like there was no tomorow and no war ...Thanks mr.Snow❤
On my mama I love this dudes vibes. Real good brotha
This is a bit of a shame, man. Around the @14:00 mark when the subject of Marvin Prince came up. This dude wouldn’t have a career at all if it wasn’t for Prince. I went to Ajax High School with Marvin. We lived about a minute walk up the street from eachother and hung out a good bit. He’d play me demos of this crazy Irish white dude he met that sounded Jamaican. We were pretty close friends so he’d tell me about pretty much everything that was goin on with the two of em. The house parties, New York with Shan, the Arsenio thing, the tours, etc. Then eventually told me the entire sad story of how he got completely cut off and done dirty by Snow and the people around him. The crazy lawsuit…everything. Marv had a HUGE part in this cat’s career. His own mother said so herself in the documentary you can find on UA-cam. Praised and credited Prince for what he did for her son. So shittin on him on Vlad is pretty uncool, man.
What did Snow do? I dont really know much about that story.
If it wasnt for Marvin, Snow would either be in prison, dead or living in social housing.
@@ChojinLove Marvin Prince is the one who gave him a career. Snow is just a liar. Snow is giving the impression he did it all by himself. If Snow did everything by himself, HOW did he reach NEW YORK? OR WHY WAS HE GOING TO NEW YORK????
Dominic was the first white reggae dancehall artist to blow up in Jamaica back in the 80s with his hit record boy George
Yes! Dominic was di original 😬
@@redpillras3456 Yes I
I'm glad he's still at it. His shit blew up when I was like 10. Doesn't lie or skirt the truth it seems
Snow is a real one this hour interview went by so fast
Thinking the same thing...part 2/3/4 needed for sure 👍
This boy is nice.Snow we love you man,Yardy for life.
hands down my favorite artist to this day !!!!!
Serious?
@@joshrobinson6785 can't be. Just got a lil too hype and capp'd for the comment
Most underrated talents out there. Not all of his music was amazing but he should have been a guest on all the top artists tracks.
What I find hilarious is that when I was about 9-11 years old or so Snow was one of the only things I liked that my mother would let me listen to. Along with kriss kross and Marky mark. Meanwhile I was getting grounded for a doggystyle or chronic album. Yet, Snow is and was actually a badass who grew up with gangsters and allegedly Dre is mostly a studio gangster lol. Then later on I was allowed to listen to bone Thugs because mom said she acknowledged the talent at least. Yet, was still forbidden from Eazy E and Dre and snoop. Ahahahaha that tickles me big time.
I love that. And Bone was something else tho
Funny Marky Mark was with the shits too surprisingly lol
Look up his 60
Minutes interview
Bone 🔥
Exactly the same here! LOL Playing Ice Cube and Cypress Hill quiet as possible, but then blaring out Snow and Kris Kross. That first Kris Kross album though 'TOTALLY KROSSED OUT' 😎
Well Snoop is a Crip and was a gang banger who became a successful rapper. That Chronic album with Dre & Snoop as well as Doggystyle goes hard. They spoke of what was going on in the hood. I can see why your Mother wasn't ok with their music. Those albums have illicit lyrics. Dre may not have been a gangster he is a real one. He was around people who did that type stuff.