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Ninjaman

Desmond John Ballentine (born January 24, 1966), better known as Ninjaman, and sometimes as Don Gorgon is a popular Jamaican reggae dancehall deejay and actor, known for his controversial and pro-gun lyrics and his stuttering and melodramatic style. He launched his deejay career with the Black Culture Sound System at age 14 as "Double Ugly".

In 1980, he joined the Killamanjaro sound system, where he got the chance to learn from established deejays Super Cat and Early B, and released his debut single as "Uglyman". Yet another name change made him the now, well-known Ninjaman. In 1987, Ninjaman recorded - and produced himself - his first hit single "Protection", a duet with Courtney Melody.

The following years brought many prolific collaborations with producers like King Jammy, Lloyd "Pickout" Dennis, Witty, Xterminator, Philip "Fatis" Burrell, Redman, Ini Kamoze, Bobby Digital, Augustus "Gussie" Clarke, and Steely & Clevie and Henry "Junjo" Lawes. It had been said that Ninjaman came up with all of his lyrics on the spot in the recording studio, in a freestyle manner. In 2017, he received a life sentence for murder.

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Peel seemed to have first played Ninjaman in 1988 and would continue play his material on his BBC Radio One shows until sometime near the mid-90's, although he did play a track from the artist in 2001 on his Radio Eins programme. In 1993, Peel chose Ninjaman's track, 'Swear In', which was a collaboration with Cocoa Tea, for his Peel Out In The States (Program 02) show.

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