Busy Signal

Stage Name: Busy Signal

Real Name: Reanno Gordon

Birth Date: January 24

STAR: Which high school did you attend?

Busy: Brown's Town High in St Ann."

STAR: How did you get started in the business?

Busy: Delano from Renaissance gave me my first opportunity in studio to do more music, the engineers were Factor and Dr Dre.

STAR: What has been your greatest challenge in the business yet?

Busy: To try, every day, to overcome bad mind and hypocrisy. That's a great challenge. It's hard to escape from the hypocrites though, but yuh haffi go through.

STAR: What have you been up to lately?

Busy: Making more music, making videos, trying to create a new sound, being creative, being me.

STAR: Do you look up to any specific artiste?

Busy: Most definitely. Bounty Killer, Sizzla, Buju Banton and Burning Spear.

STAR: Are you happy with the way things are going for your career?

Busy: Most definitely most happy, I'm thankful to God and to my fans, I can't say thanks enough.

STAR: Anything you'd like to change about it?

Busy: Nuting, I just need more exposure.

STAR: What are your future plans?

Busy: Music, more, more, more music, trying to put dancehall further and further and bring Jamaican culture further and further.

STAR: Do you have any advice for young artistes coming up?

Busy: Be focused, be creative and stay out of trouble. Yuh caan be an artiste and bad man. Be one and be the artiste/musician. I would advise the parents to teach your kids to play an instrument or to sing. Music is life so do sumting musical.

- Krista Henry