Bounty Killer

Bounty Killer is one of those artists whose ferocity gets read as menace when it is really survival turned into art. To me, the so-called gun talk and street-tough delivery were never the whole story; underneath the aggression is a lyricist of genuine craft and conviction, which is exactly why he is named among dancehall's most influential voices. I respect how Kingston's hardest realities became the raw material for something that still electrifies and inspires younger artists. The grit is the point. He earned his reputation the hard way, and his fingerprints are all over modern Jamaican music.

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Name (English)

Bounty Killer

Name (Japanese)

バウンティ・キラー

Reading

ばうんてぃ・きらー

Born

June 12, 1972 (age 54)

Origin

Kingston, Jamaica

Occupation

singer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rat

• Official sitehttp://www.bountykiller.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty%20Killer
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q848590

Tags

• singer

Last updated

September 29, 2026

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