Editing Capleton (section)

=== Early career ===
[[File:Capleton.JPG|thumb|Capleton performing in Germany in 2006]]
In 1989, he got his first big international exposure. Stewart Brown, owner of a [[Toronto]]-based sound called African Star, gave the untested artist his first break, flying him to Canada for a stage show alongside [[Ninjaman]] and Flourgon.<ref name=Chi />

When Capleton first arrived on the scene in the late 1980s, [[Slackness (Jamaican music)|slackness]] and gun talk were the dominant lyrics in the dancehalls. The pre-Rasta Capleton had a string of hit songs from "Bumbo Red" to "Number One on the Look Good Chart" and "No Lotion Man".

He recorded the song that began to establish his significant place in dancehall, "Alms House" in 1992. The tune became a big hit in the dancehall, followed up immediately by "Music is a Mission" and the massive hit "Tour". By 1993, he was voicing tunes which became increasingly conscious, such as "Prophet" and "Cold Blooded Murderer".

Tunes such as "Tour" and "Wings of the Morning" earned him a deal with Russell Simmons' [[Def Jam Recordings]],<ref>Campbell, Howard. [http://www.vprecords.com/index.php?page=ArtistNewsRuz&a_id=16&n_id=126219 Capleton Finds His Way Back To VP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531053832/http://www.vprecords.com/index.php?page=artistNewsRuz&a_id=16&n_id=126219 |date=31 May 2012 }}. VPRecords.com. 30 June 2010.</ref> which culminated in the ''[[Prophecy (Capleton album)|Prophecy]]'' and ''[[I-Testament]]'' albums of the mid-1990s.
Grammy Nominated in 2003 Album "Still Blazin" VP Records Executive Produce by Errol "GenErral" Adams / Joel Chin