Well known, Uk based Silverstar Dj’s, are said to grace the country by performing at the Jump Off this Easter weekend…Dj’s Randy and Gussy are currently the talk of the entertainment industry making their big mark in the UK aand set to perform in kenya during the Easter Jump Off this Weekend..
Randy and Gussy officially became ‘Silver Star’ around 1996, aged 15.
They started off playing locally, mainly in the North West London area (where they all grew up) at events such as house parties and christening’s, their growing popularity meant this soon escalated in more bookings for various other events,
Their reputation soon preceded them as their versatile styles secured them well-deserved respect from peers and elders alike. This status insured a demand and has surfaced in Silver Stars bookings for supporting top artists including Beenie Man, Sean Paul, TOK, Lexxus, Beres Hammond and many more on their UK tour dates. They have also played alongside some of the world’s top sounds and dj’s including Stone Love Movements, Tony Matterhorn, Kilamanjaro, Fire Lynx, Mighty Crown and also the UK’s very own Heartless Crew, Roll Deep, Rampage, So Solid Crew, Pay As You Go Crew and more.
Since September 2003 Silver Star have their weekly show, Silver Star Presents…. on BBC’s 1Xtra on Tuesdays midnight till 2am. This show is aired worldwide including on Homeboyz radio 91.5 fm on Fridays from 9pm till midnight.
Silver Star have now become an ‘international sound system’ themselves with dates abroad including Sweden, Switzerland ,Estonia and now Kenya going from strength to strength – for Silver Star there is no limit or capacity to the level of success they’ll achieve, it’s a question of ‘watch this space’.
Curtis Young(a.k.a Gussy), born 13th February 1981, got his name ‘Young Gussy’ through his father, DJ Gussy.
Music always played a big part in his life, especially through his father who had popular sounds called Def Jam Crew and Sound Shaper Road Show and was a radio dj on JBC (London).
Through collecting sound tapes and listening to his father his own ability and style began to develop.
His cousins also influenced him and it was with two of them; Sober G and Stevie D that the sound was originally formed. Viper then joined them and this became the beginning of Silver Star, shortly after Randy joined them and the three of them were officially ‘Silver Star’.
Gussy takes his music seriously and is hard to test on facts and figures concerning dancehall!
George Brown(a.k.a Randy) was nicked-named Randy from a very young age by his family. Born in Kingston Jamaica,it was a local sound in Portland that encouraged Randy’s love of Reggae music – as a child he would follow the sound, learning while watching.
Randy (and his brother) later came to the UK to join their mother. He found himself in North West London where he joined Copland Secondary School in Wembley. It was at this school that he met Gussy. (Randy also went to St Andrew’s & Wembley Youth Club and played football for Brent – where he got to know Viper), Randy went to a local party where he MC’d for the first time in the UK, which Gussy heard about – this emerged as the beginning of Randy joining Silver Star.
His taste in music leans to the conscious – Roots / Culture / Reggae – though ready to get hype when necessary.
Randy is a chilled, laid back character that is very grounded – he has a good strong spirit that leaves its effective mark.
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