Talk:Snow (musician)

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Detail about murder attempt?[edit]

For being a celebrity, I think we should know the details about his criminal past. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.253.186.62 (talk) 20:10, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's very suspicious that this part was left out. Or was it even deleted? I remember reading an article about his crime and thought it was here on Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.253.186.62 (talk) 19:50, 19 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Birthdate[edit]

Does anybody have a reference to confirm his birthdate? The body text says 1968, but he's filed in Category:1971 births. Bearcat 11:12, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide says 1969-10-30, which is what the article now says. --Paul Erik 04:26, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Guinness Claims[edit]

I've tried to confirm the claim that "Informer" holds some kind of sales record but I can't. I don't think it is true and I can't find anything to back it up so maybe it should be removed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.158.28.28 (talk) 21:46, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of "Informer"[edit]

The article does not at present mention (not even indirectly) the song "Informer" -- Snow's major, if not his only, hit and claim to fame -- there are external links related to it, but nothing in the main text. Can someone please add something? Thanks... --Cotoco 10:45, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to user 66.36.149.132 for fixing this; apparently the song was previously mentioned, but someone changed the title to "Bulger". 66.36.149.132 reverted it to "Informer". --Cotoco 17:35, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who knows why vandals do what they do... Bearcat 19:28, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Un(w)rapping a myth[edit]

I've had to revert entirely too many people who added Category:White rappers to this article, so I'm going to clarify this again: Snow is not a rapper, he's a reggae singer. I know "Informer" was done in a kind of speak-singing style that some people parsed as rap, but it wasn't rap; that's a normal reggae style. It's no more correct to classify Snow as a rapper than it would be to classify Buju Banton, Shaggy or Beenie Man that way. Bearcat 18:24, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting then, that the All Music Guide biography on Snow - here [1] starts with the line "Canadian rapper Snow ..." Derek R Bullamore 14:25, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's a regular thing that happens in reggae, especially in ragga/dancehall. I beleive they call it "deejaying", or "toasting". Brittany Ka (talk) 11:04, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Imprisoned?[edit]

Anyone have any idea what for? --BradBeattie 04:11, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Awards[edit]

The first sentence says hes an award winning musician, however i dont think he has won any major awards. --User:Blackjays 08:50, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How is O'Brien related to Steven Page?[edit]

Other than the fact they are both from Toronto and are professional recording artists, I question the relationship of Darren O'Brien to Steven Page of Barenaked Ladies. Can anyone provide a reliable reference?--SidP 20:22, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Snow music.jpg[edit]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:06, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Unsourced"[edit]

Well, I tried linking to a vid of the parody and that was reverted by a robot (wtf), and now I'm getting shit because someone wants a source. Nice Catch-22 as always, wiki. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.71.73.243 (talk • contribs) 01:15, 14 December 2008

The disputed text is, in part, "Snow faced criticism from many of the blacker aspects of the American community". Sourcing this to a single sketch on In Living Color is not sufficient for the purposes of Wikipedia's policies of verifiability and no original research, especially when a biography of a living person is involved. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 17:50, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Unnecessary" quotes "all up in" this article[edit]

What "gives?" Is this vandalism "or" just bad writing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.28.236.188 (talk) 02:42, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The quotes are used generously in the "legal dispute over 12 Inches of Snow" section because they are derived from court records. By using the quotes, I am using the words of the participants to properly convey their arguments. Another article is not being cited and the narrative is based on a primary document (court records). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whimedywhama (talk • contribs) 08:37, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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jim carrey parodies critics?[edit]

i thought it was obvious to anyone that he parodies snow, ha ha — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.201.211.167 (talk) 08:48, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Article title sucks[edit]

Article was named Snow (musician) to disambiguate between another musician? Sounds like a job poorly done. --Bxj (talk) 02:41, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Or to disambiguate from the precipitation? Goliath cobalt (talk) 01:32, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

But who is Marvin Prince ?[edit]

After befriending Marvin Prince, Prince began referring to Snow with a phrased backronym meaning "Superb Notorious Outrageous Whiteboy."