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When did Nardo Ranks start making music?
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Nardo Ranks's first song “Me No Like Rikers Island” released in 1991.
Internationally renowned for his hair-trigger wordplay and easy fusion of politically conscious lyrics and bass-driven hooks, ghetto-born Jamaican reggae superstar Nardo Ranks is credited as one of the first dancehall artists to cross over into the US mainstream.
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