Shelly Thunder

Shelly Thunder's birthplace (some say New York, others, Jamaica) is as perplexing as her sudden but real status as a born-again Christian. Only Thunder knows for sure. The dancehall queen broke big with "Kuff" on Mango Records in the late '80s. The Henry Whitfield production about keeping men in check was an instant hit in Jamaica in 1988. Thunder became the female equivalent to Shabba and Cutty Ranks, along with Lady Patra and Sister Charmaine, and continued to paint the chart with other man-checkers like "Sometimes a Man Fi Get Kuff," "Walk Out a Mi House," and "Bway Nuh Com...