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b. Paul Love, c.1955, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Love began his musical career as the operator for Echo Bell and later U-Roy’s Stur Gav sound system with DJ Little Joe, aka Ranking Joe. Love’s period as Stur Gav’s operator ended when the sound was destroyed during the 1980 elections in Jamaica. The duo then joined Ray Symbolics Hi Fi. The sound system toured the UK to rave reviews, but was marred by tragedy when Ray returned to Jamaica. Stories relating to Ray’s death were plentiful, and varied from drink driving to a shoot-out with the police. Ranking Joe and Love embarked on a production partnership with their own Sharp Axe label and had hits in 1982 with ‘Ice Cream Style’ and Armageddon. In 1984 Love produced Barrington Levy’s ‘Under Mi Sensi’, which led to a long and successful partnership. His production of ‘Here I Come’ was accompanied by national radio and television exposure when licensed to London Records. The label also released ‘Money Moves’, which flopped. Love also set up his own Time One production stable. In 1988 Love released his production of Levy’s ‘She’s Mine’, and ‘Step Up In Life’ with Sassafras. In the late 80s, as a performer he recorded ‘Original Soundboy Killer’ for Wildfire, although he found greater success in the role of producer. In 1991 ‘Dancehall Rock’, a variation on Bob Marley’s ‘Trenchtown Rock’, topped the reggae charts when Love, now known as Jah Screw, teamed Levy with DJ Cutty Ranks. A year later Jah Screw produced a number of notable hits with artists including Dennis Brown, Reggie Stepper and Chaka Demus. In 1994 he produced DJ Beenie Man for the ragga remix of ‘Under Mi Sensi 94 Spliff’, resulting in another reggae chart-topper. Following Jah Screw’s success in pairing up Levy with the DJs, he then recruited Bounty Killer for 1995’s ‘Living Dangerously’.