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Is Super Cat Black?

Exploring Jamaican cultural identity and the Metaphysical essence of Blackness

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Adika Butler
Aug 27, 2024
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Super Cat is an iconic Jamaican dancehall artist who started his deejaying career in the 1980s before rising to global prominence in the early 1990s.

Much of that success can be attributed to the songs on his 1992 landmark album, Don Dada. The title is a Jamaican ghetto euphemism for “Head Nigga In Charge.”

The album featured “Big and Ready” alongside Hea…

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