Shane O Responds To Claims That He’s One Of The Most Underrated Dancehall Artists

Shane O has weighed in on his reputation as one of the most underrated Dancehall artists in Jamaica.

“It’s just life, I don’t feel any way about it, and if people ago seh mi underrated, that mean dem know mi,” Shane O told DancehallMag.  “If mi did underrated, nobody wouldn’t know me, suh mi nuh wah nobody a talk bout underrated, cause if mi did underrated, dem wouldn’t know me.”

He added: “Mi just a live and do my work, mi nuh business wah people wan seh.” 

Over the last two years, Shane O, whose real name is Rushain McDonald, has released over two dozen songs including Island Breeze with Shane E, Pslam 23, Learn, Gone Too Soon, and Dark Room which gained the attention of American record executive, DJ Khaled.  With Khaled’s endorsement, a new wave of fans and success followed suit.

However, the notion that he’s an “underrated”, albeit, an immeasurably talented songwriter persists.

The video for his latest release, Rich Time, produced by Damage Musiq, bears the example.

One commenter expressed, “Shane O is the most underrated artist, and he is one of the best artist Jamaica has ever seen, Shane O never disappoints his fans”.

“Shane O and Deep Jahi a two a di most competent and potent musicians in Jamaica. I will do anything just to see a positive collaboration between these two underrated giants,” another shared.

“Underrated, it’s always the positive singers who remain underrated,” Kmat wrote, which garnered thousands of likes in agreement on Shane O’s Dark Room video.

“I hate how Shane O is underrated… such a talented youth, wish he’ll get more credit,” another stated.

“They didn’t believe in us. God did. Been listening Shane O since I was a youth, this man is so talented yet so underrated at the same time,” one fan wrote.

In 2004, Shane O exploded on the Jamaican music scene at a mere 16 years old with the track Lightning Flash on the popular Applause Riddim.

Some of his other songs include A Million, Last Days, Hold On, Keep Yuh Hail, Good Life, and On & Off Loyalty.