For years, Shaggy‘s 2000 hit “It Wasn’t Me” has been a running meme thanks to its borderline ridiculous insistence on repeating the title after being caught in all sorts of compromising positions.

The year 2000 felt like a fresh new time for music and plenty of it was being released, especially in hip-hop, which was all but the voice of young America and dominating radio and video playlists.

The musician and rapper opened up about the origin of his sound in TikTok video on Saturday Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously ...

Shaggy raised eyebrows this holiday season by including his 2000 song “It Wasn’t Me” in a medley of hits during the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The surprising performance unfolded as the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a new interview with Yahoo Entertainment, Shaggy talked about the origins of “It Wasn’t Me,” which was inspired by an Eddie ...

From Peter Tosh covering The Beatles' "Here Comes The Sun" back in 1971 to present-day Protoje confessing his secret affinity for Lana Del Rey, reggae and pop music have always been low-key bedfellows ...

It wasn’t the me-aning. Shaggy, 54, told People that fans have long misunderstood the sentiment behind his 2000 sing-along smash hit “It Wasn’t Me.” “It was a big misconception with that song because ...

Hip-hop and R&B may initially come to mind when you think of black music, reggae is also a big part of the sonic landscape. And though domestically it may be an afterthought in comparison to those ...