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Earlando Arrington Neil, better known by his stage name Early B, was an early dancehall and reggae deejay whose lyrics had a cultural bent, noted mainly in his hits "Visit of King Selassie", "History of Jamaica" and "Wheely Wheely", the latter an ode to bicycle-riding in Jamaica. Early B's lyrics reflected the Jamaican cultural condition expressed through everyday livity on the island.Early B began his career in the early 1980's deejaying exclusively for Killamanjaro alongside his sparring partner Super Cat, whom he brought to the sound at a young age (and was known then as Cat-A-Rock). Early B was a well-respected lyricist by the sound system deejay fraternity, possibly the best of the early-to-mid '80s dancehall era. Early recorded several albums during the mid-80s, which remain well-circulated in the digital age today.Early performed throughout the US & England, as well as Jamaica, until 1994, when he was tragically gunned down while ons

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