Brother Shortman

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Everard Romany aka ^[1] Brother Shortman, also known as Rapso Rebel, is a rhythm poet and musician from Trinidad and Tobago.

Biography[]

Born in Trinidad in 1951, Brother Shortman (Bro. Shortman) became, together with Brother Resistance, the lead singer of the in 1979.^[2] They developed a hybrid of soca and rap that they called rapso, a genre for which they credited Lancelot Layne as originator.^[2][3]

Network Riddum Bands début album 1981, Busting Out, became a major hit, defining the musical genre that would come to be known as rapso. Busting Out was the first album to use the word rapso.^[4] After the release of the album Rapso Explosion, Brother Shortman left^[5] Network Riddum Band and did not appear on the music scene until 2004, when he released the album The Awakening Vol. 1 as Rapso Rebel, after living in Sweden for more than a decade.

Discography[]

Singles[]

• "Busting Out", Squatters Chant (Everard Romany) / Dancing Shoes (Bro. Resistance) (1981)
• "Panic", (Everard Romany) (1982)
• "Long Live Kaiso", (Everard Romany) (1983)

Albums[]

• Rapso Explosion (1984)

References[]

External Links[]

• Brother Shortman discography at Discogs

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