The bromance that will bring Sting and Shaggy together for the One Fine Day music festivalIn 2018, the Jamaican rapper and singer was in Los Angeles working on an unfinished track called “Don’t Make Me Wait.” His manager, Martin Kierszenbaum — who also manages the former Police leader — heard it and thought: “This would be perfect for Sting.” Sting thought so, too.
“My first idea was that he would just guest on my album. But then I enjoyed his appearances so much that I said, ‘Let’s make this a joint project.’ And no regrets. We won a Grammy. And I think we made a great record.”, named for the country codes the buddies dial up when calling each other in England or Jamaica. It led to the pair serenading Queen Elizabeth on her 92nd birthday in 2018, and it won the best reggae album Grammy the next year.
Shaggy, however, is no stranger to discipline. After moving from Kingston to New York with his mother at 18, he enlisted in the Marines and served in the Persian Gulf War.“In Jamaica, the Police were one of the first foreign reggae bands,” Shaggy said. “And they were being played on the radio a lot, from ‘Roxanne’ all the way down. And then there’s a lot of calypso and reggae music in the U.K. So that’s where the connection was.
“While I was away, he was making hamburgers and drinking Red Stripes, singing along with a CD of Frank Sinatra. I’m hearing this in the water, and I’m thinking: He sounds pretty good.”
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