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Chaka Demus and Pliers had successful solo careers!!

Chaka Demus and Pliers had successful solo careers before joining forces in 1991. According to Pliers, they still play to packed venues even when they do not release new music.

“We see a lot of young fans at shows. When me and Chaka used to go out, we did a lot of morning shows for kids. Those kids have grown up and introduced their kids to our music. Sometimes we do shows an’ di stage an’ venue are so packed that we can barely move on stage. After all these years, I don’t know how we do it, maybe Murder She Wrote is still standing,” he said.

Despite their younger following, Pliers noted that not a lot of young people know that he and Chaka Demus originally did Murder She Wrote. The song has been sampled in El Taxi by rapper Pitbull and by Chris Brown in Post to Be.

“Dem nuh know ’bout di history of di song. We go places like Australia where we even toured in di ’90s and dem think a Pitbull originate di song. But we still bring out di young crowds, all big people, everybody come. We don’t talk bad in our lyrics, our music is really for every audience,” he said.