He's a white Canadian guy who grew up in a housing project with a lot of Jamaican immigrants in Canada and was actually locked up when this song came out. He learned Jamaican Patois in like 1983 when he fell in love with reggae music which is why the people he grew up with in the projects had no problem with him doing this song because they heard him speak it since he was a kid.
I watched a couple of other reaction videos to this same song and I ended up watching an interview with him. I really enjoyed listening to him talk. Seemed so down to earth and humble which made me like him even more than I did in 1992 🙌 🇦🇺
In 1988, Snow was involved in an incident at a North York pub, in which two people were stabbed "in the lane"; he was accused, and was subsequently charged with two counts of attempted murder. Rather than tell authorities who the perpetrator was, Snow served eight months in jail before a jury acquitted him on both counts. While he was in jail, he went to school and wrote music, which he performed for fellow inmates. One song was called "Informer"
Snow was actually in jail for attempted murder when this song was released. The first time he saw the video himself was when it came on the TV while other inmates were watching.
to be honest. Your type of content is not my normal thing. But the era of your music is. And to see a person your age with your passion has kept me checking your stuff out! Keep up the great work!
Was NOT expecting to see SNOW here... song of my youth, artist from my hood... and the reaction? Classic!!!! "What is he saying? Is he Jamaican? What's happening? This song is catchy!!" Ahahaha... really enjoying your channel. The beastie boy reacts were excellent!
Cypress Hill "Insane in the Brain", "I Ain't Going Out Like That", "Dr. Greenthumb", "Hits From the Bong". Sublime "What I Got", "Santeria", "Wrong Way", "Garden Grove", "Doin' Time", "April 29th, 1992", "Caress Me Down", "Get Ready"
This was hot when I was a kid. As a white kid who grew up in a 80% black neighborhood, I can tell you the culture and the verbiage sticks to you. It's urban culture; street culture. Snow is Canadian but grew up in an enclave of mostly Jamaican immigrants, so that verbiage came to him naturally
He was a Ragamuffin artist. A sub-genre of Dance Hall. It was regionally popular in the late 80s. Snow jumped on the fact that there was a lot of folks who never heard the style outside of areas with a large Jamaican population. Shabba Ranks, Tiger, Yellowman, Ninja Man, Beenie Man, Bounty Killer, Shinehead, etc. are folks to start your rabbit hole dive with. My all time favorite is "Tiger - Bam Bam".
This is the real right here. Listened to this one on my Walkman and Mr. Wilson took it away during my 2nd period French class. Never got it back either 😭
My favorite song by Snow is actually "Anything for You". He went to Jamaica and recorded it with like 5 dancehall legends including Beenie Man and Buju Banton.
Lickey = Chamber a round into a 9mm pistol. Boom-Boom = Pull the trigger twice. Down = The snitch is down and dead. So yeah, Snow wrote this song while in jail for murder (or attempted murder). Through a quirk in the Canadian legal system, he got off the charge and was not convicted. In every interview, he mentions that he "beat the rap". But, he never says he didn't do it. Snow was a legitimate gangster. But, at the urging of (among others) prison guards and convicted felons in prison, he pursued a music career. It paid off, he had success, and it almost certainly saved his life, taking him off the path of self destruction. Snow, if you are watching, God bless you big guy. Your music is awesome! Thank you for bringing joy into our lives.
Don't let nobody fool you. Snow is 100% legit! He grew up in a gangster type family. He did not grow up rich. He was immersed in the Jamaican culture in Toronto, and loved the sounds and vibes. He did do time for a stabbing, and if I remember correctly he didn't do. His friend did it but he was the one busted for it. He did the right thing by keeping his mouth shut and did the time for his boy. I've seen a bunch of interviews with him and he seems very down to earth and honest.
Oh man this was the song of the day. Everywhere you'd go people would be singing : "informer, shebooblee yabba dawaba bada dabba dabba dayo, I lick your boom booms now " 😂
Yes, saw Warren G in concert a few yrs ago with Snoop and the whole arena went crazy and sang along! Soon as the beat dropped everyone went wild! It was something I will never forget!!
I just had a crazy idea. This guy, Snow he has a podcast (of course) and I 100% bet he would agree to stream an interview with you. Maybe consider a list of questions and pitch the idea to him. You could slowly build up interviews of artists you have reacted to. The bigger your channel gets and the growing list of completed interviews will net you more interviews and before you know it you have several hundred thousand subs and are scoring interviews with legit living legends. It all starts with one. Snow could be your one. I'd watch the interview.
The crazy thing is that he was actually in jail when this video came out. The first time he saw the video was in the rec room with all the other inmates.
In 1989 he was charged with two counts of attempted murder, this was reduced to aggravated assault which he was latter acquitted for. He was famously serving time while this was playing on the radio and it would eventually reach no. 1 of the billboard top 100.
@@ICTS22 they also published a how to guide (pdf format) for having a hit pop record including recommendations regarding key, tempo and even sample arranging.... 28 people have used it successfully
@martymar1964 I believe he still lives in Jamaica these days, but grew up in North York and wrote this song while in the East in Scarborough. The same area I grew up
"Informer" was featured in an episode of Derry Girls, a BBC drama/comedy set in 1990's Northern Ireland. Just goes to show what a worldwide hit this was.
This was and will always be my jam! Me and my BFF would driving around in my 91 Geo tracker with the top down, listening to this on blast. Those were the days! Snow rules🎉❤🎉❤
If you haven't done it, Chub Rock Treat em Right, you wanna know where Biggie got a lot of his flow and hear a hype song, that's the one. Another fun one would be Mr. Big Stuff by Heavy D.
Loved the reaction. You should definitely check out more 90s rap, especially from the females, when they had talent, rapped about more than their ‘WAP’ and didn’t dress and act like s*x workers. I’m talking early Missy Elliot, Lauryn Hill, Queen Latifah and Salt ‘N’ Pepa.
Glad I discovered your channel! You have me entertained, intrigued, and laughing during your reactions. Nicely done! Float back to 1989. Probably some of the catchiest tunes with brilliant lyrics that’s not on most people’s radar. Def Jeff - on the real tip.
Mc Shan is a LEGEND also!! "The Bridge is Over" would be a dope reaction to early days of hip hop especially with the "beefs" lately. The days when bangin on wax never led to lawsuits 😂
I learned how to sing this while I was in college. I've done it for karaoke at a couple bars and people seem to get a kick out of it. It's basically become my party trick.
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He's a white Canadian guy who grew up in a housing project with a lot of Jamaican immigrants in Canada and was actually locked up when this song came out. He learned Jamaican Patois in like 1983 when he fell in love with reggae music which is why the people he grew up with in the projects had no problem with him doing this song because they heard him speak it since he was a kid.
I remember when this came out!! He coulda been huge!! 😢😮
Sounds like he was listening to some Black Uhuru and Eek-a-Mouse
A white Canadian? Never heard of such thing.
It was also before some idiots decided that doing accents was racist.
@@samgod That's where the snowman went.
All of y'all snowflakes melted.
None of us knew what he was saying back in the day but it still hits
Yep, we got "Informer..........boom boom down" and mumbled our way through the rest of it. 🙂
I always knew 90% or more, I just couldn't sing it as quickly as him
South Florida knew
AGREED.But,this tune is straight-FIRE !! LOL.
boom boom was a clean way of saying bumboclaat
Snow is a good dude. He is known to show up in the comments sections. Keep your eyes open and show some love.
I watched a couple of other reaction videos to this same song and I ended up watching an interview with him. I really enjoyed listening to him talk. Seemed so down to earth and humble which made me like him even more than I did in 1992 🙌 🇦🇺
Hi dis is me SNOW .I’m glad you like ma music mun .🙋♂️
@@shelleyshocked
Jim Carrey ruined his career on InLiving Color. He was done after that parody.
@@jeddrance6863this isn't really snow. Snow's handle is @jedrance6863 it's close he almost fooled me bc that's exactly how snow types too
@@roems6396 That wasn't Snow, that was Vanilla Ice.
Licky boom boom down means he’s gonna shoot someone, the snitch who said he stabbed someone when he didn’t.
@@danrumble74I did lol
It's *leaky, but everybody says *licky.
I thought is was "I lick ya, boom-boom, down". To lick ya is to kill ya.
Thought he was saying "lick your boom boom now", I thought boom boom means @ss, and the shaking @asses didn't help either lol.
its " A licky boom-boom dem"
Onyx - "Slam"
Cypress Hill - "Insane In The Brain"
Wreckx N Effect - "Rump Shaker"
Were all on replay in the 90's too.
Slam!!
The first two cypress hill albums are so good
Oh God, please not Onyx.
I like the version with biohazard from judgement night soundtrack
Black Sunday best album.
De La Soul - Me, Myself & I
This.
Another classic
I love that song!!!!!!
Yesssss!
Or just about anything from 3 Feet High And Rising
Snow is legit...and a nice guy
Yep, met him and can confirm he's cool.
In 1988, Snow was involved in an incident at a North York pub, in which two people were stabbed "in the lane"; he was accused, and was subsequently charged with two counts of attempted murder. Rather than tell authorities who the perpetrator was, Snow served eight months in jail before a jury acquitted him on both counts. While he was in jail, he went to school and wrote music, which he performed for fellow inmates. One song was called "Informer"
Excellent info!
Great,thx,known a lil bit .i m a Gen moonlanding 😂🤣😂🤭.the 80s were my hurricane and storm period.🤭🤭🤭 Greetings from Germany
He ain't no informer.
Snow was actually in jail for attempted murder when this song was released. The first time he saw the video himself was when it came on the TV while other inmates were watching.
It was actually a double homicide
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock - It Takes Two 🔥 🔥🔥
YES THIS!!!!!!!
100%
Joy & Pain is better, imo
@@jeffreycairns767Joy & Pain wasn't for me...
@hardfordcollective3037 Fair enough
SNOW is a Canadian ...LEGEND.. Toronto brother
He's from Toronto , which has a huge Jamaican population.
we rep all the islands
He was also a real gangster in the Jamaican gang.
Isn't the old joke that everyone in Jamaica has family living in Toronto?
@@scottsthaname1 I read his step dad was an Italian gangster,
Naughty by Nature O.P.P. video
& Feel Me Flow
"Dave- drop a load on 'em!"
Yesss! 😊
Oh hell yeah!
Uptown Anthem too‼️💯
LIcky boom boom down is Jamaican slang for--'i'm going to k you' He's telling that to the 'informer' who ratted him out.
lol hit a Lick
This needs more upvotes so people get it. The jamaican community in toronto is big and a part of the city's culture.
Thank you I wish to know from my 14 year and now have 44
to be honest. Your type of content is not my normal thing. But the era of your music is. And to see a person your age with your passion has kept me checking your stuff out! Keep up the great work!
Supersonic!!! Omg ... Rappers Delight!! Going back to Cali! So excited
I enjoyed it very much. Everyone ragging on Snow , but believe me they were jamming to this shit just like i was and still am. ❤ Much love Boogie❤
Was NOT expecting to see SNOW here... song of my youth, artist from my hood... and the reaction? Classic!!!! "What is he saying? Is he Jamaican? What's happening? This song is catchy!!" Ahahaha... really enjoying your channel. The beastie boy reacts were excellent!
Pharcyde- She keeps
On passing me by. Classic.
Yup
Classic
Yessir.,
@@kerry7713 an absolute classic
One of the best.
Cypress Hill "Insane in the Brain", "I Ain't Going Out Like That", "Dr. Greenthumb", "Hits From the Bong".
Sublime "What I Got", "Santeria", "Wrong Way", "Garden Grove", "Doin' Time", "April 29th, 1992", "Caress Me Down", "Get Ready"
Cypress Hill nice choice forever
Warren G and Nate Dogg - Regulators
Yessss 👍🏾
Great suggestion
It’s just regulate
This was hot when I was a kid. As a white kid who grew up in a 80% black neighborhood, I can tell you the culture and the verbiage sticks to you. It's urban culture; street culture. Snow is Canadian but grew up in an enclave of mostly Jamaican immigrants, so that verbiage came to him naturally
Grandmaster flash !!!!!!!!The message. !!!!!!! that’s some of the true roots
Epic
From 1980: Blondie - Rapture
(The 1st white female rap song!)
first song with Rap that went #1.. which points us to making sure Boogie checks out Rappers Delight
"Check the Rhime" - A Tribe Called Quest
Yesssss A Tribe Called Quest is in my top 5 of all time
Nice and Smooth "Sometimes I rhyme slow"... you'll like the story...👍
Good one
Rappers Delight brought rap into mainstream music. Classic.
Sugarhill !
He was a Ragamuffin artist. A sub-genre of Dance Hall. It was regionally popular in the late 80s.
Snow jumped on the fact that there was a lot of folks who never heard the style outside of areas with a large Jamaican population.
Shabba Ranks, Tiger, Yellowman, Ninja Man, Beenie Man, Bounty Killer, Shinehead, etc. are folks to start your rabbit hole dive with.
My all time favorite is "Tiger - Bam Bam".
I love this. Snow is a badass, this song is a true story.
Yes, he did go to jail. Snow is more than what his surface says.
Digable Planets - Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
Definitely!
Yassss love this one
It’s the opposite vibe of this song & it is equally dipe
100%
This is the real right here. Listened to this one on my Walkman and Mr. Wilson took it away during my 2nd period French class. Never got it back either 😭
MC Breed - Ain’t No Future In Yo Frontin…….N2Deep - Back To The Hotel
My favorite song by Snow is actually "Anything for You". He went to Jamaica and recorded it with like 5 dancehall legends including Beenie Man and Buju Banton.
THANK YOU!!!!! That song was so damn good, and I'm surprised more people haven't mentioned it.
Indeed, that song was fire.
3rd Bass - Steppin to the AM.🔥🔥🔥
MC Hammer - Can’t touch this!
I worked on a movie with Snow a few years ago called The Movie Out Here. He was a super nice dude and still making music.
Which part did you play ??? And is your movie good ???
The group Onyx the song "Slam" 😎👍
Onyx
Onyx & type EXPLICIT OFFICIAL VIDEO
Lickey = Chamber a round into a 9mm pistol.
Boom-Boom = Pull the trigger twice.
Down = The snitch is down and dead.
So yeah, Snow wrote this song while in jail for murder (or attempted murder).
Through a quirk in the Canadian legal system, he got off the charge and was not convicted.
In every interview, he mentions that he "beat the rap".
But, he never says he didn't do it.
Snow was a legitimate gangster. But, at the urging of (among others) prison guards and convicted felons in prison, he pursued a music career.
It paid off, he had success, and it almost certainly saved his life, taking him off the path of self destruction.
Snow, if you are watching, God bless you big guy. Your music is awesome! Thank you for bringing joy into our lives.
Souls Of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity 🔥🔥🔥
Informer is basically your typical "Snitches End Up in Ditches" kind of song.
Don't let nobody fool you. Snow is 100% legit! He grew up in a gangster type family. He did not grow up rich. He was immersed in the Jamaican culture in Toronto, and loved the sounds and vibes. He did do time for a stabbing, and if I remember correctly he didn't do. His friend did it but he was the one busted for it. He did the right thing by keeping his mouth shut and did the time for his boy. I've seen a bunch of interviews with him and he seems very down to earth and honest.
Oh man this was the song of the day. Everywhere you'd go people would be singing : "informer, shebooblee yabba dawaba bada dabba dabba dayo, I lick your boom booms now "
😂
Yep - pre-internet and you couldn't replay this enough on a cassette to have a clue what in the hell he was saying! 🤣
@@racing2cat for real.
Most had no clue what any of what he actually said
The first time i heard this was in highschool and I had no clue what he was saying except informer that was in the 90s
Kool Moe Dee- Wild, Wild West!!
@@LoriCollis THIS!! ^^^
Yes! And, anything by the Jungle Brothers!
12 inches of Snow.... gotta give him props for a great album name.
The official music video to Herbie Hancock "Rockit". There are no words. (and this is true on multiple levels)
Didn't he do the popcorn song?
Here comes the hot steppa. By Ina Kamoze!!! Banger back in the day!!
Still is today. I still listen to it regularly
Newcleus - Jam On It
This is the first reference to Jam on it I have ever seen. My favourite old school jam.
Blast from the past!! Love this song! 🎉🎉❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉❤❤
@@indo42O I sent jam on it revenge
Slick Rick...Teenage Love
@Cholo652 "Don't, Don't hurt me again. Don't Don't Don't hurt me again" 🔥🔥
Regulate by Warren G
Yes, saw Warren G in concert a few yrs ago with Snoop and the whole arena went crazy and sang along! Soon as the beat dropped everyone went wild! It was something I will never forget!!
Definitely
Regulators
@@Johnnytwogunz mount up!
I just had a crazy idea. This guy, Snow he has a podcast (of course) and I 100% bet he would agree to stream an interview with you. Maybe consider a list of questions and pitch the idea to him. You could slowly build up interviews of artists you have reacted to. The bigger your channel gets and the growing list of completed interviews will net you more interviews and before you know it you have several hundred thousand subs and are scoring interviews with legit living legends. It all starts with one. Snow could be your one. I'd watch the interview.
This is important right here because it’s a natural progression. Boogie might just be starting out but this is attainable. 💯
@@michellopez8312 this guy gets it ^^^^^
I love this track. Thanks for adding it to your library of reactions to classic hip hop videos.
Song name ..Informer...This dude "Did he go to prison?!" 😂
So glad youre doing Rappers Delight! OG of the OGs..
90’s was the greatest 🎤
@@charlesxavier5681 💯💯
The crazy thing is that he was actually in jail when this video came out. The first time he saw the video was in the rec room with all the other inmates.
He wrote it in jail
Arrested Development - Tennessee or Mr Wendel
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@truther4life oh most definitely 💯 the classic anthem of hiphop
I assume you mean part 2
I haven't heard this in ages. Love it! 💃 💃
The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
Special Ed "I got it Made"
@@Sam-cz2ws yesss
Think you should check out .... Das EFX - They Want EFX and also Special Ed - I'm The Magnificent
Yes yes yes!!!
Public Enemy and Anthrax "Bring the Noise", House of Pain "Jump Around"...
Snow is real cool,he was #1 over here in UK 🇬🇧👍
My grandchildren have come to hear this through these reactions and are are absolutely amazed that thier old nanny knows all the words 😂🇬🇧
Add Del the Funky Homosapien - Mistadobalina to your list.
@@tonykimball2319 Mister Bob Dobalina!!!
Banger
He was locked up for a double attempted murder but beat the charges.
Snow also had another hit song here in Canada, called Everybody Wants to be Like You.
In 1989 he was charged with two counts of attempted murder, this was reduced to aggravated assault which he was latter acquitted for. He was famously serving time while this was playing on the radio and it would eventually reach no. 1 of the billboard top 100.
The KLF (Feat Tammy Wynette) ~ Justified and Ancient...you are finally ready for this level of cray cray.
3 a.m. Eternal is even better
The album is quite nuts
3am eternal ❤
That group was straight up crazy. They physically burned a million dollars.
@@ICTS22 they also published a how to guide (pdf format) for having a hit pop record including recommendations regarding key, tempo and even sample arranging.... 28 people have used it successfully
Need to do DJ Quik "Tonite"
@dhen7633 oh... this was the first rap album I bought... I'd like to see him react to "Black Pu$$y" and "Born and Raised in Compton"...👍
@scottsthaname1 the 1st rap album I bought was AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube
@dhen7633 Evil Dick...🤣...I had that one also
You gotta watch the Jim Carrey parody of this he did on In Living Color, its too good xD
It's really not. 1 Canadian making fun of another. Both from the same general area, Scarborough
nobody needs to watch that
You need to place the anthem into rotation. Shaggy- It Wasn't Me.
Nas...N.Y. State of mind
And yes he was in jail when this video came out and the whole pod watched it on tv.
because of his case, the United States wouldn't let him come here to tour. He's still not allowed into the US.
@martymar1964 I believe he still lives in Jamaica these days, but grew up in North York and wrote this song while in the East in Scarborough. The same area I grew up
Some R.U.N DMC
My Adidas, Run's House, It's Like That, Peter Piper, Down With the Kings. They have a lot to choose from.
@rochellelove3785 Mary Mary is a good one... Yeah I just said DMC cause lots to choose
@scottsavinski9311 I thought of more too. Couldn't decide on one. I forgot Walk This Way for the mix in genres.
L'Trimm - Cars With The Boom
Taking me back to the dance floor now!
Rare moment when the music is so good that no matter what you say, it sounds good!
SNAP! by The Power
3AM Eternal by The KLF
"Informer" was featured in an episode of Derry Girls, a BBC drama/comedy set in 1990's Northern Ireland. Just goes to show what a worldwide hit this was.
Bell Biv DeVoe the song Poison
Never trust a big butt and a smile
Mainsource..."Looking At The Front Door ".
he from canadian projects, where he was false blamed. thats why he did the song
This was and will always be my jam! Me and my BFF would driving around in my 91 Geo tracker with the top down, listening to this on blast. Those were the days! Snow rules🎉❤🎉❤
Here’s one for you. Bloodhound Gang Bad Touch.
Skee Lo-I wish
Good suggestion.
@@PollyHistor thanks!
Yeah. 🔥🔥
A Lick in Jamaican is like saying a hit
EPMD Whatcha Sayin
A Tribe Called Quest - Buggin' Out
If you haven't done it, Chub Rock Treat em Right, you wanna know where Biggie got a lot of his flow and hear a hype song, that's the one. Another fun one would be Mr. Big Stuff by Heavy D.
Loved the reaction. You should definitely check out more 90s rap, especially from the females, when they had talent, rapped about more than their ‘WAP’ and didn’t dress and act like s*x workers. I’m talking early Missy Elliot, Lauryn Hill, Queen Latifah and Salt ‘N’ Pepa.
MC Lyte is a must on the women's list.
Glad I discovered your channel! You have me entertained, intrigued, and laughing during your reactions. Nicely done!
Float back to 1989. Probably some of the catchiest tunes with brilliant lyrics that’s not on most people’s radar.
Def Jeff - on the real tip.
"Tyrone" by Erykah Badu
@Itzbandeto please please please do this! Not enough reactors give this classic love
@@Itzbandeto Yes! excellent song for sure
"Tyrone" is legendary because it was freestyled live on stage. Erykah Badu and her background singers totally killed it!
People made fun of this song when it came out (because he’s white) but actually the song is 🔥
Funniest part was the name of this album "12 inches of Snow"
😂
This is my jam. I thought it was forgotten. Thanks for keeping it alive.
Prince, "When Doves Cry."
Almost 15K!!! Moving up Boogie!
LMAO! Gen X grew up with a different code. Snitches feed fishes.....
The whole album, 12 inches of Snow is a BANGER 🔥🔥🔥
Mc Shan is a LEGEND also!!
"The Bridge is Over" would be a dope reaction to early days of hip hop especially with the "beefs" lately. The days when bangin on wax never led to lawsuits 😂
I learned how to sing this while I was in college. I've done it for karaoke at a couple bars and people seem to get a kick out of it. It's basically become my party trick.
💛 Brilliant to see people discovering this !