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Priest, who is known as the "King of Lovers Rock", is of Jamaican descent and the second youngest of nine children. His parents moved to England from Jamaica to provide more opportunity for their family and he grew up listening to gospel, reggae, R&B, and pop music. His music is sometimes closer to R&B, and pop, than to reggae music itself. His uncle, Jacob Miller, a reggae icon, was the frontman in the popular reggae group Inner Circle and his son, Ryan Elliott, was a member of the boy band Ultimate Kaos.

Priest's musical career began with him singing on the South London reggae soundsystem Saxon Studio International, after which some independent single releases followed. His first major album was the self-titled Maxi Priest (1988) which, along with his cover of Cat Stevens' "Wild World", established him as one of the top British reggae singers.

Shaggy’s real name is Orville Richard Burrill. He grew up in Jamaica and moved to Brooklyn, New York to start his singing career when he was 18.

Shaggy served as a Marine in the Gulf War. He used his downtime to write songs.

The name Shaggy came from his messy hairstyle, which he has since cleaned up.