Mikey Dangerous is the stage name of Michael Glanville, Jamaican/Canadian reggae artist. Dangerous was presented with a Juno Award for best Reggae Recording"Feist starts off strong with two nods at pre-Juno Award gala" . Canada.com."Juno Award - 2008 | Winners & Nominees". awardsandwinners.com. by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for his single "Don’t Go Pretending" (MBoss Records)."Artist Summary - The JUNO Awards". junoawards.ca."2008 Juno Award Winners". thespec.com.
Early life
Dangerous was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica."MONTREAL’S JUNO AWARD WINNER MIKEY DANGEROUS NOMINATED FOR A 2015 JUNO AWARD". Vision Newspaper, January 28, 2015
Career
Mikey Dangerous' first single is entitled "Rasta Don’t Dwell" which was released on 45 rpm 7-inch by Young Lions label. The song was later released on a compilation titled after the single. The Young Lions label released another six singles for Dangerous on 45 rpm 7-inch, starting with "Gal Yuh a Di Wife". His next single "Performance Drive" appeared on the Millennium Dancehall Style Vol. 1 compilation (VP Records).
Dangerous has recorded a number of songs, including "Don't Go Pretending", "Higher Than High", "So Proud" "You Are So Fine" (MBoss Records), "Your Love" (WildGeese Records), "The Only One" (Rootdown Records, Germany; 7inch 45’), "MR. MURDERAH" (MBoss Records), "Can’t Stop My Flow" featured on Poirier's Album "Running High" (Ninjatune Records.)"Poirier Muses Over His Juno Nomination". Exclaim!, By David Dacks, Apr 16, 2010 "Opposites Attract" (Mountain Edge Productions), and "Silent Treatment" (Socalled).
In addition to his own recordings, Dangerous has been a featured guest in a variety of collaborations, including a song with Dubmatique, another feature on Malicious’ album Music starts with M in "Harder", and one with R&B group Addictive in "Little Game".
Dangerous has performed at many festivals."Here’s what you missed at House of Vans at VICE Island" . CBC Music, Chris Dart Jun 20, 2014 He twice was given top billing at the Saskatoon Reggae and World Music Festival."Planet S Magazine" . planetsmag.com. He also performed at Ottawa's Jam Day 2013 Celebration, JUNOFEST, Montreal's Jamaica Day Celebrations, Toronto's Jamaica Day, Hamilton's Biggest Canada Day Celebration "It’s Your Festival", Toronto's Irie Fest, Montreal International Reggae Festival, the Calgary International Reggae Festival, Saskatoon International Reggae Festival, (if3.ca) International FreeSki Film Festival (for three consecutive years), Barbados Reggae Splash, and Montreal International Tropical Festival. He has also performed at clubs,"Drop The Riddim V.10", 23 April 2013 concerts, arts events"Fou kick-off party d'Osheaga au Bain Mathieu avec Joey Badass, Tommy Kruise, etc.". Night Life, David Afriat 31 juillet, 2015 - 11:11 and charity fundraisers."Moroccan Of The Month: Sarah K [ May, 2013 ]"Moroccan Connections in America. wafin.com.
Dangerous’ music has appeared on TV shows/commercials including Canadian produced sitcom "Da kink in my hair".
In 2008 he won a Juno Award for Best Reggae Recording."Mikey Dangerous wins Juno Award for Best Reggae Recording". YardFlex.com.Big Up Magazine. "ISSUU - Big Up Magazine - Volume Five by Big Up Magazine". Issuu. The winning song was "Don't Go Pretending""Feist wins 1,2,3,4,5 Junos". Niagara Falls Review, Cassandra Szklarski, April 7, 2008
In 2015 Dangerous was once again nominated for a Juno award for Reggae recording of the year with his song "Wake Up!"." The problem with the Junos: They’re unreachable for grassroots talent but irrelevant to the biggest stars". Josh O’Kane, Hamilton, Ont. — The Globe and Mail, Mar. 16, 2015"Magic! leads 2015 Juno Award nominations with 5". CBC News, Jan 27, 2015
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