Garrison Hawk (also known as "Hawkman," born 23 October 1978) is a Jamaican singer and dancehall artist. He is best known for his work on Tricky’s 2001 album '' Blowback''. Tricky praised the collaboration, telling

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magazine, "Hawk is my partner, musically. It's almost like my career is changing, and I am finding all the right people to work with." In the same year, he collaborated with

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, adding a rap part over the intro of "Reflection" during their tour with Tricky. Born in Mandeville, Jamaica, Hawk was a teenager when he moved with his family to the Bronx, New York, where he cultivated a distinctive singing and rapping style. He started performing with local sound systems, and eventually shared a stage with

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and

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on an East Coast tour in the late '90s. After releasing a series of underground singles—including "3 the Yard Way," with DJ Excel, and "Addicted" (the flip side to "An It Don’t Stop" by

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)—he received significant airplay on New York’s

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radio station and broke through on several club charts in Europe. In 1999, he was approached by producers

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and Armand Van Helden to perform on some club mixes for the AV8 label. In 2001, he collaborated with

, adding a rap part over the intro of "Reflection" during their tour with Tricky.

References

External links

* http://www.discogs.com/artist/Hawkman
M.O.D. Technologies websiteMethod of Defiance"Sweet Music" official video"Running Red" official video (via NME)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hawk, Garrison 1978 births Living people Jamaican reggae singers People from Mandeville, Jamaica Jamaican dancehall musicians Jamaican rappers Musicians from the Bronx