Garnett Silk

Garnet Silk
Background information
Birth nameGarnet Damion Smith
Born2 April 1966
OriginManchester, Jamaica
Died9 December 1994(1994-12-09) (aged 28)
Mandeville, Jamaica
GenresReggae, dancehall
Years activelate 1970s–1994
LabelsVP, Greensleeves, Heartbeat, Atlantic, Penthouse

Garnet Silk (born Garnet Damion Smith; 2 April 1966 – 9 December 1994) was a Jamaican reggae musician and Rastafarian, known for his diverse, emotive, powerful and smooth voice. During the early 1990s he was hailed as a rising talent, however his career was ended by his early death in 1994, while attempting to save his mother from her burning house.

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