Mad Anju was born in Kingston, Jamaica and raised in various parishes of Jamaica in "country an town." He states a number of areas, "Ochi, Portland, Falmouth, St. Mary... St. Andrew." He got his stage name from friends who attributed it to his personality. He says, "My changing moods... one minute I'm up there, the next minute I'm quiet." He was first called Madd Bwoy and then Anju decided to coin the moniker Mad Anju as his DJ name.The big names of Shabba Ranks and Super Cat are who Mad Anju cites as his inspiration to get into the business. He felt that prior to Shabba most stories in Dancehall songs "nuh stay together". He says, "When Shabba start DJ, him DJ bout a girl an de whole ting, de whole concept. Everyting jus stay together, everything relate back. De first verse lead to de second, to de third, to de chorus an dat got me interested in music." As far as Super Cat, Anju liked his sound as it was "smooth an melodious an relaxed."Anju was originally part of the Main Street Crew. He wrote songs for the Main Street artists such as Red Rat, Goofy, Buccaneer and General Degree. He says, "I got a little frustrated" and this led to him forming his own group with Red Rat, Italee and Red Rat's brother, Genius. They called themselves the Down So Crew and were together for a couple of years until Red Rat buss with the tune 'Shelly Ann'.
Although the group split up, Anju's break was just around the corner. He did a song for Goofy that he had previously recorded for a friend on a Hip Hop rhythm. The friend never released the track and also did not pursue his career in the music business. Anju had the song on a cassette and Goofy heard it one day and asked Anju to record it on a new rhythm. That song was 'Wha Dis Fadda' and catapulted Anju into the international reggae market with its witty, yet comical take on life.Anju is not just an artist and writer, he has also dabbled in production. When he was with Down So Crew, they produced around 9 to 10 of their own tracks and he says, "When Goofy produce, Red Rat produce" and as such Red Rat produced Anju's song 'Wha Dis Fadda' and he did the track 'Nuh Play Chess' for Red Rat's label Brat Pack.
Anju has worked with Jah Mikes from Reggae Vibes, Donovan Germain, Bankeylous, Colin from Fat Eyes Production and King Jammys to name a few. He has performed at loads of stage shows including Sunsplash, Spectrum, Sting, Champions in Action, Fully Loaded, and Reggae Explosion concerts in the US.This multi-talented artist began working with MBIG Music in 2003 and has been a home for him since with their family of artists that includes Spragga Benz, Merciless, Calibe, Romeo 4x4 and others. His first single release was on their Shaolin Temple riddim called ‘No Drawers’ and follwed by ‘Buggin’ on the Rootal riddim. He has continued to work on numerous tracks to release on his to be his self titled album scheduled for January 2008 release on the MBIG Music label with a international tour to follow.“Watch our for di madness !â€www.MBIGMusic.com / www.MySpace.com/maddanju03all .. make
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