King Yellowman: From Rejection and Albinism to Reggae Stardom

 

Jamaican reggae star, King Yellowman. 

Winston Foster, better known on stage as King Yellowman, was born on January 15, 1956, in Kingston, Jamaica. He was abandoned as a newborn, most likely due to his albinism. Prejudice against Albinos persists in the Caribbean and Africa.

 

Yellowman said in an interview in one of his videos that a garbage collector had discovered him in a shopping mall. One of my favorite reggae performers since the early 1980s in Nigeria, I was overcome with emotion when I heard this depressing comment from such a wonderful artist whose music transformed the reggae scene.

 

King Yellowman: The Reggae Legend Who Revolutionized the 1980s

Jamaican reggae star, King Yellowman



In the early eighties, the reggae world took another dimension when a Jamaican artist by the name  King Yellowman stormed the reggae scene with classic recordings that gave him international stardom.

Yellowman was born Winston Foster on 15 January 1956 in Kingston, Jamaica. As a dancehall deejay, Yellowman used his talent to compose great songs, establishing his identity as a true reggae icon in Jamaica.