Eek-A-Mouse

Eek-a-Mouse (born Ripton Hilton November 19, 1957 in Kingston, Jamaica) is one of Jamaica's premier reggae stars. He is responsible for the creation of the reggae sub-genre singjaying. He is still reputed to perform more than 200 shows in a year in America, The Netherlands, Germany, the UK and the West Indies.

Born in Kingston, Jamaica as Ripton Hilton, Eek-a-Mouse began his foray into reggae music when he was in college, but did not begin to garner a substantial audience until 1979 with his hit "Once a Virgin". That same year, he changed his singing name to "Eek-a-Mouse", the name of the racehorse he always bet on. In 1981, he cheered up the Reggae Sunsplash Festival, which was still mourning over the death of reggae icon Bob Marley. After this, his fame continued increasing through the years 1982 until 1988, when he released "Eek-A-Nomics", his last full-length CD until 1996.

Eek-a-Mouse is a regular at the Jamaican music festival Reggae Sunsplash and often teams up with reggae duo Michigan and Smiley. He has also been featured on Christian rock group P.O.D.'s (Payable on Death) album Satellite, lending his vocals to the rock-reggae track "Ridiculous".

He also has a scene-stealing performance in the 1991 gangster movie New Jack City which also stars Wesley Snipes, playing a drug-dealing Rastafarian who comes to a shockingly grisly end. (The closing credits errorenously refers to Eek's character as Fat Smitty; the actor who portrayed Fat Smitty is an uncredited actor.)

Song List

• Anarexol
• Assassinator
• Bad Friday
• Black Cowboy
• Border Patrol
• Christmas a Come
• Crack Cocaine and Marijuana
• Creation
• De di Doo
• Do You Remember
• D'yer Mak'er (cover of the Led Zeppelin song)
• Eek a Nomics
• For Hire and Removal
• Gangster Chronicles
• Ganja Smuggling
• Go Shoppin
• Gun Shot A Cry
• How I got my name
• Hitler
• Hook me up Eek
• I like them All
• Informant
• Isn't Life a Trip
• Juicy Juicy Weedy Weedy
• Khaki Suit Featuring Damian Marley & Bounty Killer
• Let the Children Play
• Lion Sleeps Tonight
• Lonesome Journey
• Long time Ago
• Macho Man
• Modellin Queen
• My Father's Land
• Neutron Bomb
• Oh Me, Oh My
• Once a Virgin
• Operation Eradication
• Peeni Walli
• Posse
• Pretty So
• Prop 215 (I Love Weed)
• Politics
• Queen Elizabeth
• Rub A Dub Style
• Rude Boy Jamaican
• Safari (cover of The Lion Sleeps Tonight with alternative lyrics)
• Schizophrenic
• Sensee Party
• Sensi Party (Better than Sensee Party)
• Sexy Girl
• Skidip!
• Skull a Seaside
• Struggle
• Talking About The Business
• Terrorists in the City
• There's a girl in my life
• Uptown Dread
• Virgin Girl
• Wa-Do-Dem
• What me ago do
• Wild Like a Tiger
• You na Love Reggae Music
• Zum Galli

External links

• Eek A Mouse photos @ reggaephotos.de
• The Eek-a-Mouse Eeksperience
• Eek-a-Mouse fansite
• Eek-a-Mouse listing at the BBC

Eek-a-Mouse at IMDb