Michael Alexander Johnson (born 29 March 1968), better known as Daddy Screw is a Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

n dancehall

Dancehall

Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...

 deejay

Deejay

A deejay is a reggae or dancehall musician who sings and toasts to an instrumental riddim .Deejays are not to be confused with disc jockeys from other music genres like hip-hop, where they select and play music. Dancehall/reggae DJs who select riddims to play are called selectors...

 best known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s.

Biography

Johnson was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...

, and first began to deejay while still a student at Vauxhall Comprehensive High School. He released his first single ("Dimbo Bucket") in 1984 and worked on sound systems such as Black Stone. He recorded "Madda Mampie" for Tuff Gong Records, and through Tuff Gong producer Tony Kelly he met Dave Kelly

Dave Kelly (producer)

Dave Kelly is a Jamaican Record Producer. He began his career as an Engineer in the late eighties. After getting into producing at the "Penthouse" label of Donovan Germain, he started his own label "Madhouse" together with business partner Janet Davidson in 1991...

, who produced much of his later work, including several Jamaican hit singles. Screw also toured as part of Kelly's 'Mad House Crew', and performance as part of the 'Champions In Action' tour with Tiger

Tiger (musician)

Norman Washington Jackson , better known as Tiger, is a Jamaican dancehall musician active since the late 1970s. He is known for his "growling" style of deejaying, often imitated by other dancehall deejays since his initial rise to fame....

, Sanchez

Sanchez (singer)

Sanchez is a Jamaican Reggae and dancehall singer-Biography:Jackson was given the nickname 'Sanchez' due to his football skills - a reference to a footballer of that name. After working with several Kingston sound systems he began recording and had his first hit with "Lady In Red", recorded for...

, and Terror Fabulous

Terror Fabulous

Cecil Campbell , better known as Terror Fabulous is a Jamaican dancehall deejay, who had success in the 1990s.-Biography:Campbell was introduced to producer Dave Kelly after completing a course in electrical engineering. His recording career began in the early 1990s, with singles such as "Gwaney...

. Two albums were released in the 1990s — Loverman (1993, VP

VP Records

VP Records is an independent reggae record label, located in Queens, New York. It is best known for producing Caribbean singers.-The foundation:...

) and Multiple Choice (1996, Steely & Clevie) — and he also appeared on the live album Mad House Crew Live, released in 1994 by French label Pipper.

Daddy Screw has also recorded collaborations and made guest appearances on tracks by several other artists including Terror Fabulous

Terror Fabulous

Cecil Campbell , better known as Terror Fabulous is a Jamaican dancehall deejay, who had success in the 1990s.-Biography:Campbell was introduced to producer Dave Kelly after completing a course in electrical engineering. His recording career began in the early 1990s, with singles such as "Gwaney...

 ("Broke Wine Butterfly"), Sharon Forrester

Sharon Forrester

Sharon Forrester is a Jamaican reggae singer who had success in the 1970s and 1990s.-Biography:Born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1956, Forrester was born into a musical family and began singing at an early age, singing in church choirs from the age of six...

 ("Money Isn't Everything"), Tinga Stewart

Tinga Stewart

Tinga Stewart is a reggae singer. Stewart won the Festival Song Contest three times, twice as a singer and once as a songwriter.-Biography:...

 ("Dancehall Maniac"), Maxi Priest

Maxi Priest

Max Alfred "Maxi" Priest is a British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He is best known for singing reggae music with a R&B influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion, and became one of the first international successes who regularly dabbled in the genre as well as being one of the most...

 ("Heartbreaker"), Toyin Adekale ("Man Wid De Agony" and "Second to None") and Barrington Levy

Barrington Levy

Barrington Levy is a reggae and dancehall artist from Jamaica.-Career:In 1976, Levy formed a band with his cousin, Everton Dacres, called the Mighty Multitude; the pair released "My Black Girl" in 1977...

 ("Girl I Like Your Style").

Screw moved to the United States for a while to live with his parents, but returned to Jamaica in the 2000s, recording the single "Caribbean Girls" with Price Oret.

Discography

• Loverman (1993), VP
  VP Records
  VP Records is an independent reggae record label, located in Queens, New York. It is best known for producing Caribbean singers.-The foundation:...
  
  
• Multiple Choice (1996), Steely & Clevie

Live albums:

• Mad House Crew Live (1994), Pipper - with Terror Fabulous & Louie Culture