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 at IMDb