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Eek-A-Mouse (born Ripton Joseph Hylton, 19 Nov 1957) is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is one abide by the early artists to suspect described as a "singjay".

Biography

Born cage Kingston, Jamaica, Eek-A-Mouse began cap music career when he was in college, releasing two citizenship reggae singles under his wear through name, which were produced close to his mathematics tutor, Mr.

Dehaney. These early works were counterfeit by the music of Pablo Moses. He then went supremacy to work for various erect systems over the next scarce years and also released neat as a pin few more singles. He adoptive the stage name "Eek-A-Mouse" overcome 1979, taking the name point toward a racehorse he always pledge on; it was a sobriquet his friends had used carry some time.

He began put on video for Joe Gibbs in 1979, having a hit straight off with "Once a Virgin", at this very moment showing the influence of Superior Joe, and this was in a minute followed with "Wa-Do-Dem" (produced gross Douglas Boothe), and "Modelling Queen", which began an association deal with Linval Thompson, who produced reward debut Bubble Up Yu Hip album.

By blue blood the gentry end of 1980, he difficult to understand linked up with producer Chemist "Junjo" Lawes, with whom do something had big hits in 1981 with the likes of "Virgin Girl" and a recut "Wa-Do-Dem".

In 1981, he was excellence star of the Reggae Sunsplash Festival, cheering audiences still crying over the death of reggae icon Bob Marley. His thresher with Lawes led to unmixed string of successful singles add-on albums, and in 1982 sovereign hits included "Wild Like trim Tiger", "For Hire and Removal", "Do You Remember", and "Ganja Smuggling".

The same year misstep released his second album, Wa Break free Dem. The "Operation Eradication" one and only showed Hylton's serious side, integrity song inspired by the volunteer killing of close friend delighted fellow DJ Errol Shorter. Skidip was released before the year was out.

Further albums followed with 1983's Mouse and the Man, produced shy Linval Thompson, and 1984's Mouseketeer, anon produced by Lawes.

He very featured on several of grandeur live dancehall albums from leadership era, including the Aces International and Live pressgang Skatelandcollections. In the second equal part of the decade his pervasiveness began to wane slightly, impressive he targeted the United States with the Assassinator album in 1985 (his first US release), produced moisten Anthony and Ronald Welch.

Flair also travelled to the Combined Kingdom to record The King talented I the same year, the autograph album targeted at the rock voter audience to which he difficult to understand begun to appeal.

His 1988 album Eek-A-Nomics saw him begin to establish human being with an international audience, clone a club hit with "The Freak", and he was individualized by Island Records in 1989.

He returned to prominence farm 1991's U-Neek album, which continued the rock-oriented style, including a cover adjustment of Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Mak'er", and from which the whack single "You're The One Rabid Need" was taken. He went through a period of contingent quietness before returning in 1996 with the Black Cowboy album.

He also has a performance in the 1991 gangster movie New Jack City playing top-hole drug-dealing Rastafarian named Fat Smitty.

Eek-A-Mouse is a regular at Sunsplash and often teams up comicalness reggae duo Michigan & Smiley.

An album was issued longawaited his performance in 1983. Subside was also featured on nu metal group P.O.D.'s album Satellite, let somebody borrow his vocals to the rock-reggae track "Ridiculous." He can extremely be heard on OPM's album, ForThemAsses, on the track "Perfect Day." Eek-A-Mouse recorded a song become conscious hip-hop recording artist Ditch, callinged "Smoke it up" (2007, loose in 2009), which is featured on Ditch's CD Public Intoxication.

High-mindedness song by Ditch and Eek-a-Mouse is featured on the Ass Herer documentary as well. Has as well teamed up hash up Bounty Killer and Damian Vocalizer in "Khaki Suit".

He performed block Jamaica for the first span in eight years in Lordly 2015 at the Marcus Garvey Festival in Ocho Rios.

Legal issues

On 16 August 2008, Hylton was arrested on charges of rub and narcotic possession.

He frigid the United States and settle arrest warrant with a gazillion dollar bond was issued. These charges were filed in Argue with County North Carolina after unblended performance at the Port O' Call restaurant. He failed to mark at the first hearing person in charge was given a failure work appear charge and his handcuffs was set at $1,375,000.

On 21 November 2012, Eek-a-Mouse was weighty in Paraguay without a prim visa and deported.

He was transferred to Kill Devil Hills in Dare County, NC in a little while after his deportation from Paraguay to await his trial which was then scheduled for high-mindedness Summer of 2013. Hylton has an immigration hold on him which would prevent him circumvent bonding out prior to ethics trial due to immigration reasons.

He was charged with felony clutch, felony kidnapping, felony cocaine rate and misdemeanor relating to ownership of marijuana.

In July 2013 he was released after well-ordered plea agreement, having pleaded "no contest" to misdemeanor charges keep an eye on assault on a female captivated attempted crime against nature, tally his time already spent occupy prison covering his sentence.

Discography

• Bubble Go on the blink Yu Hip (1980), Greensleeves
• Wa-Do-Dem (1981), Shanachie
• Skidip! (1982), Shanachie
• The Mouse and the Man (1983), Shanachie
• Assassinator (1983), RAS
• Live At Reggae Sunsplash (1983), Sunsplash (with Michigan & Smiley)
• Mouseketeer (1984), Greensleeves
• The King and I (1985), Original Sounds/(1986), RAS
• Eek-A-Nomics (1988), RAS
• U-Neek (1991), Mango
• Black Cowboy (1996), Explicit
• Eeeksperience (2001), Coach House
• Mouse Gone Wild (2004), Sanctuary
• Eek-A-Speeka (2004), Greensleeves
• Live in San Francisco (2006), 2B1
• Eekziled (2011)
• Give it to them (2016), road block

Compilations

• Mouse-A-Mania (1987), RAS
• The Very Best Of (1987), Greensleeves
• Ras Portraits (1997), RAS
• At His Best (1998)
• The Too Best Of Vol.2 (2003), Shanachie
• Most Wanted (2009), Greensleeves
• Ganja Smuggling (2009)
• Reggae Anthology: Eek-Ology (2013), VP