Here comes Fudgie…30 years later

According to Jamaica Observer (Entertainment), Dancehall artiste and producer Mr G, aka Goofy, credits his breakthrough 1996 hit Fudgie for opening several doors for his career. The deejay, who started his Young Blood Records label in 1999, went on to score major success as a producer. “Fudgie changed my life drastically,” he told the Jamaica Observer in a recent interview. “Mi buss [got the breakthrough] at the end of August and, within months, I signed a deal with EMI/BMG Records in the United Kingdom. Early the next year I was able to purchase my first apartment in Kingston,” Mr G recalled. Fudgie, produced by Danny Browne of Main Street Records, opened the floodgates for subsequent hits, including I Don’t Give a Damn, Big Man Little Yute with Red Rat, Buff Bay, Normal, Nah Stoop Low (with Chico), and Brush Yuh Teeth from Mawning. Mr G shared the back story behind the origins of Fudgie and how the song became a hit. “Me and [recor