What Happened To Snow? | Is He Really Jamaican?, Getting Sued By His DJ & Finding Love After Loss

He was born in the cold, raised in subsidized housing, caught a case in his teens and was even denied business opportunities because of his race. But, none of that was going to keep Darrin Kenneth O’Brien, later known to the world as Snow, from achieving his dreams in the music industry.
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[@danavixen6274]

While I still LOVE Informer, I can't get over how FUNNY the well written In Living Color sketch that featured Jim Carrey and Tommy Davidson was! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@tcrawford8430]

Classic 😂

[@donaldtramp3861]

Me too

[@Tc696464]

Lmaoo! That sketch is the first thing I thought about when I saw the video thumbnail.

[@sexysenior8934]

🤣🤣🤣😂🤣😂😂😂

[@jessicajackson2438]

Man a straight classic Jim Carry Had me too weak 😂😂😂

[@JustK009]

I applaud Snow for his philanthropy..Stepping up where others don’t

[@beaniegee5129]

Infomer by Snow is and still is banger to this day

[@msfancy6622]

He actually seems sincere and not a culture vulture…

[@amandadunn7678]

Nope. He was definitely a culture vulture. He completely screwed Marvin Prince (i.e. the guy @ 4:23 who initially discovered him in Canada). Prince tells his story about how Snow screwed him over here on KZbin. Hearing how Snow screwed that dude over pissed me off!

[@aundreshabazz9624]

@@amandadunn7678 😱🥴 yeah all things fair, you got to give credit where credit is due.

[@amandadunn7678]

@@aundreshabazz9624 I'm not giving credit to Snow if that's what you mean.🤪

[@blairturner139]

@@amandadunn7678 that's not a culture vulture you really don't understand the meaning

[@amandadunn7678]

@@blairturner139 Do you even know what Snow did and, why I'm calling him a culture vulture? Look up Marvin Prince's story here on KZbin.

[@CJCrump]

He has been through the storm. He deserves an applause for standing strong.

[@missshannon9790]

No he don't.

[@mramadiz22]

@@missshannon9790 stop being a hater all your life

[@kacey5324]

In living color and their skits were funny asf😫😫🤣🤣🤣💀💀

[@beaniegee5129]

Gotta love that N.O.R.E gave him and MC Shan their flowers while they're still here on Drink Champs this year

[@lonelyenchantress2172]

I just found out last year that the creator of Love & Hip Hop Mona Scott-Young was one of the dancers in the video Informer. She was the one with the circle chain belt!! 😄💃🏽🎶

[@Hains22]

Snow actually made dope music. “Anything for You” remix still goes hard.

[@Iwant2BYRLova]

Yessssss One of my favorite tunes

[@candacehood9864]

Love this song!!

[@bklyn1444]

🔥🔥🔥

[@man0war777]

Yes sir! I still listen to it till date! And tbh, he held his own on that track with the big boys like Buju B, Beenie Man, Louie Culture 😀

[@ashleyl1267]

I can’t unsee the Jim Carey’s impersonation of him 🤣🤣🤣

[@JuicyPopEntertainment]

Me either! 😂

[@sexysenior8934]

Ikr...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mayashibrionne]

THIS!!! 😂😂😂

[@darrylcarter3691]

Do one on Lisa Stansfield please. She sings been around the world.

[@evaneleven17]

+1

[@sarahmoses1910]

I liked her a lot in the eighties. I love the compilation with Barry white, someday from the body guard sound track.

[@IllDawgable]

Woah! I was thinking about that song yesterday.

[@krislatoya7556]

🎶Been around the world and Iiiii, I can't find my baby🎶 I had a moment Sorry 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@rvegas81]

I agree. I wrote a quick review and got over 500 views. Folks are defaintely interested in Lisa.

[@ellenekanem]

In Nigeria, we all used this song to tease anyone named Ifeoma.

[@rashidareeves78]

"revealed that Snow was white" 🤣 that's hilarious.

[@aghasearmyshawolblinkonce8039]

🤣

[@tadd8210]

💀

[@kozmikoblivion]

I can’t get over how he implicated himself in ‘Informer’. That song is notorious, for multiple reasons.

[@nellywilliams2776]

Do tell 👀👀👀👀🍿🍿🍿🍿

[@lexkanyima2195]

It was a message

[@missshannon9790]

??!?

[@beemocha]

“Informer,yaknowskdskskkebeduhlayung,& layum & lick ya boom boom down,yaknowsibideibssukoslllayum,& lick ya boom boom down” yasss that’s my song! 🎶❤️

[@JuicyPopEntertainment]

Yes! You got those lyrics down. 😂

[@jayvaelev5881]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@beemocha]

@@JuicyPopEntertainment Shole’ did!! 😃💀

[@beemocha]

@@jayvaelev5881 😂😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀

[@itsnice420]

I hollered 😂😂

[@Castellanocreep]

Man I was in 4th grade when informer came out. I remember that dope ass jam. Loved it. I’m 40 years old now . Time flys

[@KrazyC2008]

I was in the 10th grade.

[@DarthMasiah]

here's to 40 more 💨

[@montgomeryx3852]

Same lol

[@philipgomez349]

Daddy Yankee sampled "Informer" for his song "Con calma." It also became a huge hit, and Snow was featured in the song and music video.

[@nataliemscrzysxycoolharris]

I thoroughly was INFORMed about Snow. I remember him being clowned for his rendition of Reggae. But if that’s all he was exposed to and he liked it then why not? INFORMER had us all turning up the volume, trying to learn lyrics and dancing. I see that demons were chasing him. It’s great that he figured it all out and got back to the music.

[@itsnice420]

It didn’t bother people that much back then. Folks nowadays like to walk around with a stick up their ass about everything.

[@b1bo840]

reggae is not all he was exposed to, he was into rock before reggae

[@blu_rey8656]

I think it’s a shame that he couldn’t or wouldn’t give dude Marvin any compensation for his contribution. Marvin did teach him the Reggae format. As usual, blacks give themselves and talent to other groups, just to get shut out.🤷🏾‍♀️

[@mefman9]

Damn even a "one hit wonder" from the 90s has more street cred than Takashi 69. 🤣🤣🤣

[@MightMouse2174]

He's not a one hit wonder

[@prayingwarrioressaminah9798]

In France, "Informer" was a hiiiiit omgosh😲!!!!! I was do obsessed with it, trying to use phonetics to sing it, without success of course, pfff😅. its only recently that I discovered his real skin colour because I never saw the official video... Ugh, good good times 😖😭💔... Thanks for the upload, lady! Blessings!

[@sadiki1980]

Snow was just on Drink Champs recently with MC Shan. Good to see the two are still rocking to this day.

[@missshannon9790]

Shan a crackhead. Admittedly He still on that shit or is he clean now? He was sooo handsome back in the day

[@cadillacdeville5828]

Thank-you 😁I watch even when I don't recognize the artist.

[@JuicyPopEntertainment]

You're a real one for that! Thank you! 😉

[@damemarthafalker6738]

An Irish dude pumping out solid, BOMB dancehall tracks like 'Anything For You.' Trips me out. I still refer to that heavily on my play list to this day. When I think of it, an Irishman inspired by Jamaican influences is not as outlandish as it may seem. Ireland has a history with Jamaica dating back centuries. Jamaican, here, and part Irish myself. Even the patois dialect native to the island has been influenced by Irish immigrants who help honed it from they first landed on Jamaica. Small world.

[@TaiwoWilliams]

Yep. That history is largely enslavement. Just keeping it real.

[@damemarthafalker6738]

@@TaiwoWilliams Somebody always has to make it their purpose to interject that like it’s breaking news. Thank you, Captain Obvious. Just keeping it real.

[@lexkanyima2195]

Then why we never about black irish ?

[@mercygraceful4924]

Exactly 💯 agree as BW

[@ukjamaican4488]

He’s Canadian not Irish. To be Irish you’d have be born in Ireland. You’re right though, it’s not outlandish. We Jamaicans are some of the most influential and imitated people on the planet.

[@ptrco5]

That was a good blast from the past. Nice to see him doing well and putting back into the community.

[@SagittariusQueen1980]

I used to hear his song "Informer" all over the place when I was a kid in early 90s. I was surprised that he was white when I saw his video on MTV because I thought a black reggae singer sung it.

[@sarahsimpkins1311]

I saw his video on B.E.T

[@gbae636]

OMG THATS RACIST!!!

[@ubahfly5409]

Well, *nobody* was expecting him to be a whiteboy! Upon this revelation, one's thoughts quickly shifted to his stage name, & a collective chortle- groan cud be heard as it dawned on us how thoroughly we'd been trolled! LOL

[@beaniegee5129]

I hope you do more stories on Maestro Fresh Wes, All-4-One, Ini Kamoze, Diana King, Da Youngsta's, Chi-Ali, The Beatnuts, Jayo Felony, Xzibit, Portrait, Men at Large, The Rude Boys and Nicole Wray!!

[@jessevolkwyn4145]

How about what happened to remedy?

[@andrewbloom7637]

Maestro Fresh Wes (also known as "Maestro" and as "Wes Williams" in his acting career) is Canadian, just like Snow is.

[@jonightshade2252]

Diana King 😍

[@portcityperson]

Maestro moved to my little city a few years ago. He is loved here and does much for the community. He would like my IG pics, then he moved here. So I realized he was checking out my city. It was cool. Stick to your vision.

[@OddOneOut99]

Couldn’t click fast enough for this vid…👀 I wondered what happened to him 🤔

[@Shayoyeye5223]

As soon as I saw this, I automatically started singing “Informer…” my daughter was giving me the side eye 😒 😆. I honestly thought his was a “one hit wonder” never knew he went on to do more. Also it was the only song he did in DJ Cassidy’s “pass the mic”. Thank you for sharing

[@Caliku123]

I remember Informer coming on the radio in the car, and my young Son said Mommy…. I like that song 😁

[@uniquelyme3581]

Informer was the song PERIOD!!!!

[@tndyamond2]

I didnt know Snow was white until Pass the Mic with DJ Cassidy and been singing the song since I was a child.

[@IllDawgable]

His "informer" song is a highlight of my childhood and the '90s.

[@laalaa4562]

I've got "Girl I've been hurt" on repeat in my car for past week!! Got the sigke CD with 5 different versions of the same song..😂🤣. Love it!!

[@chanelcaldwell6844]

Didn't understand all of the words to Informer, but loved it 🥰

[@coleh.2074]

So happy you did this!!!

[@nightvisiongoggles]

Marvin Prince, a Jamaican, collaborated with Snow, an Irish. Sting, an Irish, collaborated with Shaggy, a Jamaican. The world is a circle.

[@lorrygeewhizzbang9521]

He's not Irish. He's Canadian. Irish people don't talk crap like that.

[@Stargazer3131]

This song was MASSIVE the world over and my classmate Nikki use to sing it all the time!😆 it was 'Cod reggae' but not gonna deny how catchy/iconic it was/ still is!😁 I'm British born with Jamaican parents so it was interesting to here from a white boy...😏🇯🇲🇬🇧

[@leelee185]

wow, I always wondered about this guy so glad he is doing well and its very refreshing to hear that he is helping the community. Thank you for getting to the root.

[@Shahzadkhan-dm3cv]

What an absolute legend.... Been a very big fan of SNOW since His first album release... "12 INCHES OF SNOW"... My all time favourite has to be "HEY PRETTY LOVE"....

[@beaniegee5129]

Love these stories

[@amygravel6383]

Informer still a good song lol and i always wondered what happened to him!!! Sad to hear about his wife but iam glad to hear he is still out here doing his thing and a fire collab with Daddy Yankee too!!!

[@djdigitaldread]

Thank you so much for stating the facts of everything that happened back then.

[@Chi_Rebel89]

Gotta love the 90s. So many gems. Would you do Natasha Bedingfield?

[@CoCoBella83]

Thanks so much for this ❣️🖤💚💯

[@dashiajames1882]

Do one on T.O.K, Buju Bonton, Jennifer Hudson, Eric Benet, Redman, Bone-Thugz-n Harmony or Method Man please. I love this channel yall be introducing me to ppl I never even knew or heard about.

[@CRIMELAB357]

Big up yuself Daddy Snow mi brudda. Mi give thx for ur contributions .

[@torriebrown9607]

His record landed in the Guinness books of records of being the best Reggae song? This is a insult not because of his color. He has not paying his dues. This is a Slap in the face to all reggae Artist for me. ijs

[@09NXN06]

Eminem, Elvis and Snow all benefit greatly for doing black music all due to White supremacy!

[@rockowilson2320]

They never said best Reggae song, they said best selling.

[@lexkanyima2195]

?

[@torriebrown9607]

@@lexkanyima2195 ?????

[@TGFLdn24]

I am sure most true Reggae artist of that time and now need not seek validation from mainstream companies or "Western" standards of what a "popular" record/song is. True Reggae fans don't even acknowledge that fact of the Guinness record either....

[@ladya3302]

That Michael Jordan gif took me out after that Yahoo rap. LMAOOOO

[@sexysenior8934]

Wow ..Always wanted to know what happens to him ..I love the song ..Informer...💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽😁

[@taneeshathomas2090]

Much respect to him...I remember the vanilla ice comparisons when he came out...they definitely weren't warranted Snow is the real deal...

[@mewesquirrel6720]

😂😂 okay. I mean he's hotter than Ice but the real deal? okay 😂

[@taneeshathomas2090]

@@mewesquirrel6720 comparisons in terms of being a culture vulture...but since ur focused on their looks go awf...or jerk off whichever u prefer...

[@PJ-po7fu]

@@mewesquirrel6720 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@brodieharper4599]

@@mewesquirrel6720 he is. Grew up in the projects, heavy Jamaican presence where he grew up, write the song in prison after being falsely accused of double homicide. Dude is more legit than most.

[@bigfoot131]

Nice to know he still doing his thing.

[@martinfrazier5176]

Informer is 1 of those catchy tracks that stays in your mind from the 1st moment! My mama likes IT!🔥🔥🔥

[@melamela.]

Bro I was dying at that Yahoo jingle 🤣

[@tomfoolery342]

Wow, got a new respect for Snow, he's the real deal!!

[@LK-hs3tz]

Awesome braddah still kicking an d top of the charts , Congratulations Snow

[@blackamerican40]

Informer is still in my favorite #500 song list of all time.

[@kincamell2]

Heavy. Ps Much Gratitude

[@English_]

Big up Snow! Informer is still a bop to this day. I used to have that on replay, lol. ❤️

[@marvinsinclair9245]

Ur covering my island 🏝️ sweet

[@kimoraarmoni7760]

Sale out I saw him do that symbol 🤣

[@TeeCee1]

I still have his first CD!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰 Thank you for this update, I didn't know he's done so much over the years! Your videos are always hittin sis!

[@mochap19]

Informer was the jam

[@doreensika837]

I licky boom boom down 😂😂😂😂😂

[@doggfather211]

I kid you not, this freaking Informer SONG was in my head two weeks ago!

[@krislatoya7556]

🎶Informer you know seh Daddy Snow mi ah go blame🎶 A BANGER. I also love his feature on 🎶I will do anything just for you🎶. Ironically my dad has/had his cd home and all I knew was Informer 😭

[@jd517]

He seems to be consistent with the music (even with the highs and lows) which I can respect. One thing I do know is that I would've been jamming out while waiting on the phone bc I love a little jingle lol.

[@m.sierra2391]

Informer.....humbada wawa woo woo inga waka chuwu kema dow.......that was my favorite part

[@SweetTea742]

I actually thought this video would be about "All 4 One" thinking Snow was the white guy from that group lol. I just can't unsee Jim Carey, he was splendid in that parody lol 🙈

[@TGFLdn24]

Got to add to others request for a video for Lisa Stanfield and Soul2Soul but also, one about Craig David (especially where it went wrong when he tried to crack America after his debut album) it would be interesting to hear Americans take on him and why it never worked for him and the garage genre in the US.

[@ronj9933]

Craig David is amazing, I just think he wasn’t marketed properly.

[@ajstacks41510]

One of the hardest songs to Grace the '90s.

[@purgetheheretic]

Always liked the dude

[@cutecurlypuffs112]

I'm pretty sure he was on an episode of the Fuse show "True Dating Story" it's originally a Canadian show and I had no idea who he was. Really enjoyed this video 💕

[@babadook-qr6pv]

Snow is the man. I remember being a little kid listening to him in the 90's. He's a white boy from the good. Gotta respect it

[@yolandahoward1099]

Wow, I just talked about him, the other day.

[@valencia4253]

Snow is gotta be related to Chet Hanks lol

[@k.c.5426]

🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@dgatsby6495]

Love the videos keep up the good work 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇳🇬🍻🤜

[@vivalafonz]

You should do a video on East 17, they had some heavily influenced hip hop hits

[@martymart1048]

So he must be the original culture vulture not vanilla ice

[@smokey3570]

Love that tune, I didnt realise he kept making music all these years

[@laverneclarkson5298]

Can you do one on the mid 90s RnB group 'Tha Truth' and "Whitehead Brothers'

[@chaostheory2219]

Best Canadian Rapper ever! Yeah I said it!

[@johnwalbridge7883]

Tom McDonald isnt too bad also jmho.

[@chaostheory2219]

@@johnwalbridge7883 fkk that right wing idiot and you!

[@itaizim5527]

Infomer is still fire to this day

[@Stargazer3131]

Snow has a channel on here and comments on clips when channel holders do reactions to his song! 😁💯🎵

[@lunab3118]

Great vid! Did he have a run in with 3rd Bass back in the day?

[@TGFLdn24]

Now that's a story I want to hear if true😂

[@ZeLuJ]

Dreams is dreams. No one can stop it. 👍👍👍🔥🔥

[@chuck9380]

This is one of the hardest one hit wonder tracks ever. If I could have one hit this might be it. Also shout out to Snow for not snitching and making a song threatening a snitch

[@thewenik6876]

I have liked Snows "Informer," since it's release. Only seen this album, too. And found a video with the video for the tune, too.

[@mcnzefili]

i never knew he's still active

[@stevensonjc21]

that Yahoo wait jingle was a MESS! "DADDY SNOW WRITE-THESE-JAM-4-U!"

[@angelofmery21]

Can you do Everlast next!?

[@trackgrad08]

The MJ laughing clip took me out 😂🤣😂🤣

[@beaniegee5129]

He also appeared on Ghetto Concept's Still Too Much along with Kardinal Offishall, Maestro Fresh Wes just to name a few

[@anthonychobotdoespopcultur7762]

He was an amazing singer

[@b1bo840]

😳 🤣🤣🤣

[@mistercohaagen]

I doubt half of his critics could sing "Informer" on Karaoke with the lyrics popping up on screen in time with the music. The fact that he put his money back into black Reggae artists shows where his heart is at. And make no mistake... the majority of the world just wants everybody to get along well enough to make good music together. I wonder if Elvis gave any money to black artists after he shined a giant spotlight on what they created. If he didn't, he should've.

[@calypzo69]

The Big Boss, El Yankee!!! Orgullosa Boricua 🇵🇷🇵🇷 and my first crush on a song, ecstasy!

[@cracklarock1941]

in 97 he went to thailand and released a song with Thai Rapper Joeyboy when I left the group after the second album,. He Crushed it! Get it SNOW!

[@cracklarock1941]

This is my no.1 party story LOL how snow "replaced me" as a token white guy in a thai hip hop group! Seriously this dude is legit

[@christines1821]

Anything for you remix still a bop til this day. Watching from toronto, Canada

[@zurimoore2545]

Do one about BUJU BANTON

[@stefansimpson7678]

🖤🖤🖤🖤 thanks

[@HaughtyHedonist]

You Didn't Mention His Smash Hit "Anything For You" 💔

[@PJ-po7fu]

They did. Coz i didn't even know he had another record after informer.

[@HaughtyHedonist]

@@PJ-po7fu No, It Wasn't Mentioned In This Video.......