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== Early life == Bailey was born in [[Islington, Jamaica|Islington]] in [[Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica|St. Mary]] in 1967.<ref name="Walters20120720">Walters, Basil (2012) "[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Entertainment/Capleton-lauded-for-charity-work_11982686 Capleton lauded for charity work] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723034412/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Capleton-lauded-for-charity-work_11982686 |date=23 July 2012 }}", ''[[Jamaica Observer]]'', 20 July 2012, retrieved 29 July 2012</ref> As a youth, he was given the surname of a popular St. Mary lawyer and friend of the family, Capleton, as a nickname by his relatives and friends.<ref name=Chi>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110708143725/http://www.chicagoreggae.com/capletoninterview.htm Capleton interview]}}. ChicagoReggae.com. Retrieved 24 January 2011.</ref> Capleton rejects the name given to him at birth. He now prefers "King Shango", given its roots in the [[Yoruba language]].<ref>Barrow, Musa. [http://www.foroyaa.gm/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1562 Art and Music: Interview With Jamaican Reggae Star, Capleton] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721031958/http://www.foroyaa.gm/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1562 |date=21 July 2011 }}. ''Foroyaa Online''. 4 June 2008.</ref> As a teenager, he sneaked out of his home to catch local dancehall acts, eventually leaving St. Mary for Kingston at the age of 18 to work on his career as a dancehall deejay.<ref>"Capleton." Contemporary Musicians. Ed. Leigh Ann DeRemer. Vol. 40. Gale Cengage, 2003. eNotes.com. 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2011. [http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/capleton-biography]</ref>
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