Bio

Bling Dawg His moniker would suggest that he is aggressive, territorial and fierce but actually he is increasingly affable and laidback until, its time for work. This ‘bling-bling canine’ who enjoys surfing the internet and parrin’ with friends is then quick to turn the jokes into hard-hitting lyrics, pen his life experiences onto paper and channel his mood into the microphone. When performing, the innate characteristics of the ‘dawg’ are exposed. Un-muzzled and unafraid he commands attention, defends his territory – the stage—and growls fiercely into the microphone to incite widespread vibes and entertainment pandemonium, “Its Ricky Rudie a.k.a Bling Dawg!!” Bussing out in the late nineties was by no means an easy feat for Marlon “Bling Dawg” Williams but his assertive self-proclaiming delivery and style had the audience ‘sayin his name each and every day’. After leaving Portland at age 11 to live in Miami, Florida, Bling Dawg returned to Jamaica in 1994 thoroughly encouraged and primarily inspired by artiste Louie Culture, also a Portland native, to get into the music business. Three other artistes, Dugsy Ranks, Biko Bailey and one such Rodney ‘Bounti Killa’ Pryce also passed on words of encouragement to the young talent and thus began Ricky Rudie a.k.a Bling Dawg’s irrevocable journey into music. His astute senses led him to Shocking Vibes where he and label mate Beenie Man recorded the hit ‘Circumstances’. Radio ‘lapped’ it up and constantly rotated the following hits like ‘It’s Major, It’s Minor’ and ‘If a Shotta Ting’. The new deejay’s fan base exploded when patrons heard lyrics of ‘Say My Name’ and “If U Nuh Like Bling Dawg’: “If yu nuh like Bling Dawg gwan go suck an egg”. The hilarious song was followed by reinvention of the artiste; Ricky Rudie a.k.a Bling Dawg dropped his Ricky Rudie stage name and was called thereafter just ‘Bling Dawg’. Bling Dawg and his label Shocking Vibes eventually parted ways and the DJ has since been on his own. However, that did not inhibit his work ethic; the hits kept coming and in turn, so did local and international airplay. ‘Stress Free’ cemented the DJ as a true part of the Dancehall fraternity and as he rode on the wave of his growing popularity, Bling Dawg became a must-have on all the hot riddims, a staple on all local and international stage shows and a regular on numerous music production projects home and abroad. In 2002, Bling Dawg staged his own show, “Bling Dawg’s Summer Jam’ in his home parish Portland roping in fellow DJ’s Bounti Killa, Wayne Marshall, Sizzla among others using some of the proceeds to provide assistance to several Portland charitable organizations. Following his show’s success was the formation of another moniker - ‘Tweeter’ stemming from his new signature accent ‘tweeter voice’. His song also gave rise to the term ‘tweeter fanita’ meaning ‘girlfriend/good looking girl’. This term became integrated into daily lingo and the DJ had ladies all over wanting to be a ‘tweeter fanita’. Bling Dawg was undeniably a trendsetter. “They caan floss like we do, caan touch we levels…man flavour brand new like fresh cold vegetables...” proved to be a prophetic line by the artiste because his fresh flavour was evident with subsequent successes like ‘Nicky -Ann’, ‘Roll Out’ and the acclaimed collaboration with lyricist Vybz Kartel ‘Phone Call’. ‘Tweeter’ professes to date that ‘Phone Call’ is his favourite song to perform and favourite on the whole. The following year Bling Dawg reinvented himself once again and enlisted all the ladies in his aerobics class: “You ready for Bling Dawg’s summer aerobics class baby’ With a hot video and himself a few pounds lighter, Bling Dawg developed his ‘Summer Body’ and belted out another platinum innovative hit ‘Exercise’ on the Jonkanoo riddim. Certified hit-maker Bling Dawg then became a member of two exclusive groups: The Alliance and Tristate Crew. The Alliance, which consists of fellow DJ’s Bounti Killa, Wayne Marshall, Vybz Kartel, Mavado, Aidonia, Munga among others and Tristate with Vybz Kartel and Wayne Marshall which is all about “a partnership” says the DJ. “We par and in di studios alot together so we help out each other…everybody have individual careers but we working together”. Undeniably a group of amazing talent, great things are destined for the unit predicts Bling Dawg. Renaissance Disco produced the Icebreaker Riddim in summer 2005 and instantly Bling Dawg had another hit. The tune ‘Run di Place’ was complemented by another ‘boomblast’ video shot during Negril’s famed Independence weekend. For his 2006 endeavours, Bling Dawg has already recorded on the season’s hottest riddims like Inspector, Red Bull and Guiness, Octane, Yellow Tape, Sweat and Tropical Storm, amassed an enviable following for his annual event Summer Jam, opened his own Barber shop Bling Kutt Barbers and is getting ready to drop another album. The album he says will not disappoint and contains the hit ‘Phone Call’ among other new material. Bling has also done some producing of his own, dropping his own hot riddim called Pitbull proving that he is multi-talented and versatile. A regular performer in New York, London, Miami, Bling is more than just an average DJ, he is superlative. He has worked with famed musicians and engineers such as Sly and Robbie, Q45, Steven ‘Lenky’ Marshall, Don Corleon and the renowned Salaam Remi who have all certainly complemented his own musical talent. “For future projects,” he says, he aspires to do some work with international Producer Dr Dre and Mad House genius Dave Kelly. “Every artiste,” he says, “is unique in his or her own way” and Bling stands testimony to that. Defining himself as hardworking is an understatement. With cutting edge lyrics, unmatched performances on ‘Sting’, ‘Fully Loaded’, ‘Sumfest’, ‘It’s tha Party’ and his own Summer Jam, versatility to spare and a ‘summer body’ to flaunt, Bling Dawg asserts that he wants to “keep on doing good work and stay pretty like the city” and is rightfully deserving of a ‘big up big up big up big up’!