- Ikhephu nguDarrin O'Brien, rapper emhlophe yereggae evela eAllenbury Gardens, ekwisithili saseToronto kuMntla York. Ngexesha lokufikisa kuka-O'Brien, indawo ahlala kuyo yafumana ukuthontelana kwabantu baseJamaican abakhuthaze kuye uthando lomculo we-dancehall reggae. Bamthiya isiqhulo umhlobo wabo waseCaucasian uSnow, exhomekeke ekubeni ngubani obalisa ibali, mhlawumbi sisishunqulelo seSuper Notorious Outrageous Whiteboy, okanye inguqulelo efinyeziweyo yelinye igama ababembiza ngalo: Snow White.
- Ngelixa wayekwibheyile yezityholo zokuzama ukubulala, uSnow wathatha iholide eQueens, eNew York apho wadibana khona nerapper kunye nomvelisi uM.C. UShan. Esi sibini savelisa idemo yeengoma ezine, nto leyo eyamenza wafumana isivumelwano kunye nenkampani yeMotor Jam Records, eyathi emva koko yanika ilayisenisi yomculo wakhe kwi-East West Records. (Ke ikhaya kwizenzo ezinkulu ezifana ne-En Vogue).
Kungekudala emva koko, uSnow kwafuneka abuyele eKhanada ukuya kujongana nesigwebo. Nangona wakhululwa kuzo zozibini izityholo zokuzama ukubulala, waqalisa ukuthothoza isigwebo seenyanga ezisibhozo eToronto ngenxa yokubetha.
'Informer' yaqhuma kwiitshathi zeBillboard ngelixa wayevalelwe, echitha iiveki ezisixhenxe ezilandelelanayo kwi-#1 kwi-Hot 100 kwaye wafikelela kwi-10 ephezulu kwiitshathi ezizimeleyo kwihlabathi jikelele. Ngexesha lokukhululwa kwakhe entolongweni, uSnow wayesele eligama lamazwe ngamazwe. - I-Snow's patois-laced single isekelwe kwisiganeko esahlukileyo sika-1989 xa wayemangalelwa ngamacala amabini okuzama ukubulala ngenxa yokubandakanyeka kwakhe kumlo wemela. Kuphela ngabaphulaphuli bereggae abanobunzima bokuqonda ukuba wayecula ngantoni ngaphandle kwephepha lokuguqulela leengoma.
'Ndandinotata nomntakwethu kwisisele sam,' wakhumbula njalo Ingqondi . 'Xa ndandiseluvalelweni, ndabhala elaa cwecwe lincinane [licula]: 'Unondaba, umcuphi uthi uTata uSnow wahlaba umntu ezantsi kwendlela.' Ndandingafuni nokuba yimvumi – yayingathi ndihambisa iidemos. Ndenze nje kuba ndixhwiliwe. Apho ndakhulela khona, kwintsapho yakowethu, yayimbi le nto.'
Iintlawulo ze-Snow zancitshiswa ukuba zihlaselwe ngokugqithiseleyo, kwaye ekugqibeleni wakhululwa kwaye wakhululwa. Ingoma egqityiweyo, awayigqiba noM.C. Uncedo lukaShan, iinkcukacha zexesha lomculi esentolongweni, ezantsi ukuya kukhangelo lomngxunya. - Ividiyo yomculo ethi 'Informer' yadutshulwa ngaphambi kokuba uSnow aye entolongweni okwesibini. Yenze uphawu lwayo kwiBhokisi, isitishi sentambo esivumela abantu ukuba bacele iividiyo ngokufowunela inombolo ye-900. Ixesha lokuqala uSnow wayibona ivela entolongweni.
I-MTV ayizange idlale i-rap eninzi, xa yaba yividiyo eceliwe kakhulu kwiBhokisi, baqaphela. Abaphathi bekhephu bahambisa inguqulelo kwi-MTV enemibhalo engezantsi ukuze ababukeli bamqonde. Oku kwakuthetha ukuba abaphulaphuli bepop bakwazile ukwamkela intsomi yomculo we-reggae yokuhluthwa. - Ingoma yokuqala ka-Snow yayiyi-'Lonely Monday Morning,' apho adlwengula khona malunga nexesha lakhe entolongweni. Yayikhutshwa ingenafoto ukuze abaphulaphuli bangamazi ukuba umhlophe. 'I-Informer' yayiyi-single yakhe elandelayo, eyalandelwa kunye ne 'Intombazana Ndiye Ndibuhlungu.' Lowo ufikelele kwi-#19 kwi-Billboard Hot 100, kodwa i-Snow yayivaliwe ekutyeleleni i-US ngenxa yerekhodi lakhe lobugebengu. Umsebenzi wakhe waphelelwa ngamandla, kodwa waba nempumelelo ethile eCanada ngo-2002 ethi 'Wonke umntu ufuna ukufana nawe,' eyafikelela kwi-#2, indawo ephezulu kune 'Informer' efike kwilizwe lakhe lokuzalwa.
- Ezinye iingoma ezintlanu ze-reggae (okanye ubuncinci zinempembelelo ye-reggae) zibethe #1 kwi-Hot 100 ngaphambi kokuba ikhephu lifike apho: ' Ndibona Ngokucacileyo Ngoku' nguJohnny Nash, ' I Shot The Sheriff' ngu-Eric Clapton, ' The Tide Is High. ' nguBlondie, ' Iwayini eBomvu eBomvu ' ngu-UB40 kunye ne' Close to You ' nguMaxi Priest. Oku kuthetha ukuba ezine kwezintandathu zokuqala iitshathi zereggae eMelika yayingamagcisa amhlophe.
- Ingoma ethi 'Informer' yabetha #1 eMelika ngoMatshi 13, 1993. Kwiveki elandelayo, yahlala phezulu ngelixa i-'Oh Carolina ' ka-Shaggy ibethe #1 e-UK, iphawula okokuqala ukuba iingoma ezahlukeneyo zereggae zibambe indawo ephezulu zombini i-US ne-UK.
Iveki yesibini 'I-Informer' yayikwi-#1 (ngoMatshi 20, 1993), ibambe ingoma yokuqala kaDkt Dre, ' Nuthin 'Kodwa A G Thang,' ukusuka kwindawo ephezulu. - Ngo-2019 i-Snow idibaniswe ne-rapper yasePuerto Rican u-Daddy Yankee ukurekhoda 'uCon Calma,' ukucinga kwakhona kwe-'Informer.' Utoliko oluhlaziyiweyo lubonisa amazwi amatsha malunga nentombazana esebenzisa amakhubalo akhe amabhinqa kwaye ingumdanisi olungileyo. Yabuyisela ikhephu kwi-Hot 100 okokuqala ngqa kwiminyaka eyi-16, ekugqibeleni yafikelela kwi-#22.
- Ukulandela impumelelo ye-remix ethi 'Informer', u-Daddy Yankee kunye no-Katy Perry badibanisa ukukhulula inguqu entsha ye-'Con Calma.' Ingoma inamazwi amatsha abhalwe kwaye aculwa nguPerry kwaye yakhululwa nge-19 ka-Epreli 2019.
