Snow records a drop for Toronto Reggae.
Informer Rapper Snow Drops ‘Shame’ for Cancer, Wants To Help Inmates
“I’m going to entertain for two more years. After that, I’m going to start doing some real goodness, real charity, real helping,” rapper Snow tells Samaritanmag.
Having grown up in Toronto’s Allenbury Gardens housing projects, the 45-year-old always has charity at the back of his mind from helping disadvantaged kids in his old ‘hood to nurturing the artistic potential of inmates, something he wants to do next.
But now he is doing something else that hits close to home.
All of the proceeds from his long-awaited new single “Shame” — featuring reggae legend Mykal Rose (Black Uhuru) and produced by Kent Jones and Cool & Dre — goes to the U.S.-based Karen E. Mumford Cancer Foundation (KEM) in honour of his late wife.
“Tamei passed away five years ago. It just came out of nowhere. We knew for like two weeks,” says Snow, whose real name is Darrin O’Brien.
Tamei Edberg died of uterine cancer just after receiving the terrible news. According to the Canadian Cancer Society, it is the most common cancer of the female reproductive organs but unfortunately in Tamei’s case was diagnosed too late and wasn’t able to be treated.
98 Seconds with … Snow
Snow is interviewed on G98.7 web series, “98 seconds with … “. Snow talks about his long hiatus from the music business, his influences, and what makes him a legend in the T-Dot!
Dubs Haffi Nice Sound Clash
Snow makes an appearance at the Dubs Haffi Nice Sound Clash in Toronto on the 22 November 2014.
Snow Returns, Joins Cancer Fight
The international reggae industry is buzzing with talk about the return of Canadian artiste Daddy Snow to the dancehall game with the single, Shame, after a 15-year hiatus.
Produced by Florida-based Kent Jones and Cool & Dre, Shame was recorded with former Black Uhuru singer, Mykal Rose.
“It is a song really about where I have been in my life emotionally. I have been far away and I just expressed it in this single,” the 44-year-old veteran said. He recently released a video for the project which is the first single from a work-in-progress EP.
But Daddy Snow is not just focusing solely on music, he participates in philanthropic activities as well. Herecently cemented a partnership with the cancer organisation Karen E. Mumford cancer foundation (KEM), a national non-profit group that provides financial assistance and debt relief to cancer patients for their revolving expenses.