None of his early efforts were major hits, but all boded well for the future. Demus cut his first singles for Jammy's, debuting with "Increase Your Knowledge in 1985. But by the time the DJ began recording in the mid-'80s, he had taken the more original moniker Chaka Demus. Initially he toasted under the name Nicodemus Jr., his tribute to the great '80s DJ Nicodemus. Like virtually all of the island's talkative talents, he began his career as a teenager in the sound system scene, working for the Jammy's and Supreme systems. The DJ was born John Taylor, in West Kingston, Jamaica, in 1965. One of the most popular DJs of the '90s, the jovial, gruff-voiced Chaka Demus has notched up a string of hits in Jamaica, working on his own and with others, but it was his pairing with the dulcet-toned Pliers that brought the toaster a series of international chart-breakers.
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