In 1992, during an appearance on Channel 4 music show The Word, he was asked to give his thoughts on the subject of the hit song, "Boom Bye Bye", by Buju Banton. In August 2013, he was reportedly working on a new album. He was featured in the remix alongside Migos and Busta Rhymes on 23 November 2013.
In 2013, Shabba was also mentioned in A$AP Ferg's song " Shabba," and has a cameo near the end of the music video. In 2012, Shabba was featured on Tech N9ne's EP E.B.A.H. Shabba released a single on Big Ship's Pepper Riddim called "None A Dem", in April 2011. Ranks made a partial comeback in 2007 when he appeared on a song called "Clear The Air" by Busta Rhymes, which also featured Akon. Epic went on to release a greatest hits album, entitled Shabba Ranks and Friends in 1999. His third album for Epic, A Mi Shabba, was released in 1995. In 1993, Ranks scored another hit in the Addams Family Values soundtrack to which he contributed a rap/reggae version of the Sly and the Family Stone hit " Family Affair". He won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1992 for As Raw as Ever and in 1993 for X-tra Naked.
Other big tracks include "Housecall" with Maxi Priest, "Slow and Sexy" with Johnny Gill, "Respect", "Pirates Anthem", "Trailer Load A Girls", "Wicked inna Bed", "Caan Dun", and "Ting A Ling". His biggest hit single outside of Jamaica was the reggae fusion smash " Mr. The Dem Bow riddim is an integral and inseparable part of reggaeton, so much so that it has become its defining characteristic. Produced by Bobby "Digital" Dixon, the Dem Bow riddim became so popular in Puerto Rican freestyle sessions that early Puerto Rican reggaeton was simply known as "Dembow".
The stylistic origins of the genre reggaeton can be traced back to the 1990 song " Dem Bow", from Ranks' album Just Reality. He secured a recording contract with Epic Records in 1989. Ranks also worked with Chuck Berry and American rappers KRS-One and Chubb Rock. His international career started in the late 1980s, along with a number of fellow Jamaicans including reggae singers Cocoa Tea and Crystal. He gained his fame mainly by toasting (or rapping) rather than singing, like some of his dancehall contemporaries in Jamaica. She was the subject of the 2015 hit song Shabba Madda Pot from dancehall artist Dexta Daps. His mother, Constance "Mama Christie" Christie, remained in Seaview after Shabba's success, feeding the community with money sent from her son after his emigration. His father, Ivan Gordon, was a mason who died in 1990. He currently resides in the New York City area. He and his wife, Michelle, have two sons Rexton Jr and Jahwon. Ann, Jamaica, and raised in Seaview Gardens, Kingston.
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