Ranking Joe
Ranking Joe
Latest Release
- Tings & Time
- March 2024
- • 1 Song
Top Songs
| 1 | Baddest Selecta | ||
| 2 | Ganja Roll Out | ||
| 3 | Step It Down Shepherds Bush | ||
| 4 | Sweet Reggae Music | ||
| 5 | Hooligan |
Albums
Feb 2024 • 1 song
Jul 2023 • 1 song
Jun 2023 • 1 song
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About
Biography
Reggae DJ Ranking Joe was born Joseph Jackson in Kingston on June 1, 1959. Launching his recording career right around the time that the reggae/dub movement began sweeping the world during the mid-'70s, renowned producer Coxsone Dodd took Joe under his wing as he landed a DJ spot with a soundsystem called El Paso Hi-Fi. With Dodd overseeing Joe's early sessions, a debut single was issued in 1975 (under the name of Little Joe), "Gun Court." From there, Joe branched out and worked with a variety of other reggae producers (including Bunny Lee, Watty Burnett, and Derrick Howard), ...