What Ethnicity Is Shaggy

Orville Richard Burrell CD (born October 22, 1968), better known by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican-American reggae musician, singer, DJ, and actor who scored hits with the songs “It Wasn’t Me”, “Boombastic”, “In The Summertime”, “Oh Carolina”, and “Angel”.

Where was Shaggy born and raised?

Shaggy grew up in Kingston, Jamaica, and moved to Brooklyn with his mother, Veronica Miller, when he was 18.

What is Shaggy accent?

“A lot of people think I might speak with a heavy accent,” said the Jamaican-born singer. “But I put my best foot forward, and once they realized I could read fast, they gave me a lot more important lines.”