Shaggy on keeping his music unapologetically ‘Shaggy’

(3 Jun 2026) ASSOCIATED PRESS New York – 19 May 2026 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Shaggy, recording artist: “Well, I make records selfishly to please myself and hope to God that it connects. For the most part it does. You know, it's kept me here this long. So I don't, I don't - I don't specifically make records to reach younger people. I, you know, but like I said, with the subject matters, I will do subject matters that is relatable to all ages, you know what I mean. And because for some reason, there's this cool fact that it still rocks with me because, you know, of TikTok, or whatever at this point that connects it, you know, and so you'll go to a show now and the audience is a very mixed audience, you know, obviously really young people. And I see, you know, people of my age, you know, of my age group, which is, which is lovely, you know, to see that there, there is a middle ground that everybody could reach where Shaggy's music is concerned.” PRODUCTION: John Carucci STORYLINE: =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: [email protected]. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...