Popcaan
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Popcaan at Summerjam Festival 2013
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| Birth name | Andrae Hugh Sutherland |
| Also known as | Propcaan, Poptart, Microwave |
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19 July 1988 Saint Thomas, Jamaica |
| Origin | Portmore, Jamaica |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Mixpak |
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| Website | popcaan |
Andrae Hugh Sutherland (born 19 July 1988), known professionally as Popcaan, is a Jamaican deejay, singer and songwriter.
In 2014, Popcaan signed with Mixpak Records and released his debut studio album, the critically acclaimed Where We Come From. Popcaan has also collaborated with a number of international artists, most notably Drake, Jamie XX and Pusha T.
Born In Saint Thomas, Jamaica, Sutherland grew up in Portmore, St Catherine. As young as seven years old, Sutherland trained himself as a vocalist and performer and Popcaan continued to follow his musical calling.
In 2007, Popcaan approached Vybz Kartel at a local jam called 'My Scheme' where Kartel recruited the young deejay to his Portmore Empire (music group), becoming both a producer and mentor. Besides showing Popcaan the ropes of the music game, Kartel took him on major shows like Sting and Reggae Sumfest.
Popcaan began making music for Adidjaheim Productions with then in-house producer NotNice, the first person to voice him professionally. He got off to a strong start with "Gal Wine" on the Gal Farm riddim,clarks, which he did with Vybz Kartel following up with hits including "It Nuh Work So", "Jah Jah Protect Me", “Gangsta City", "Dream", "Gangsta City Part Second", and "Hot Grabba".
Popcaan's breakthrough came in 2010 with "Clarks", a collaboration with Kartel. The song achieved international success, causing a worldwide spike in sales of the British shoe. In 2011, Popcaan received the Excellence in Music and Entertainment (EME) Award for 'Best New Artist', and 'Collaboration of the Year' for "Clarks", which also won 'Song of the Year – Dancehall'.
At the end January 2012 Popcaan released a new mixtape, Chromatic presents Yiy Change—the follow-up to his 2010 mixtape Hot Skull, Fry Yiy, Boil Brainz. In March "Only Man She Want" gave Popcaan his first Billboard entry at No. 89 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song was later officially remixed by rapper Busta Rhymes.
Popcaan was also featured in The New York Times speaking on the growing impact of "Only Man She Want."
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