Dem a Bleach - Lenny Sportshake & Bryan Art

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Check out Bryan art http://soundcloud.com/bryan-art

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The Artist/Producer known as Lenny Sportshake was born "Vladimir Ernesto Trench" in the Parish of Portland in Jamaica. Lenny the eldest of five children was raised in the Parish of Saint Ann in the coastal town of Priory less than ten miles from Ocho Rios. Lenny attended the Columbus Preparatory School then went on to the Saint Ann's Bay Primary and later continued to York Castle High. While attending York Castle, Lenny acquired a taste for Dancehall/Reggae as he and his colleagues would exchange the latest Dancehall session tapes. This he would have to hide from his Parents because Dancehall was a bit of a taboo at that point in time. In school, Lenny and his friends would often have lyrical battles where he would rise victorious most times, though never taking his talent seriously he would write songs just for the fun of it .His friends however would persuade him to consider a career in music but because of his shyness and lack of self-confidence Lenny would not subscribe to such suggestions. in 1988 just after Hurricane Gilbert struck Jamaica, Lenny was given a break to operate his Cousin's sound system on week-ends. Lenny's involvement with Dancehall music took a higher route and he started his own collection of records which he would purchase with the money he earned from selecting and what he saved from his allowance. Lenny's collection was showcased when he appeared as a guest Selector on Irie F.M. for a 70's and 80's segment every other Sunday from 1994 - 2007. Lenny graduated from York Castle in 1992 and after a year he attended The Brown's Town Community College where he studied Appliance Servicing and Refrigeration. After graduating Community College in 1994, Lenny experienced "The Real World" and found it difficult to find employment. He would still write songs at his leisure and would still be rated by his peers but he finally came to realization when Lyrics Lee a friend of his started a personal campaign and decided to make Lenny a part of it. So they both went in search of recognition. This was to no avail as dissapointment was met in many occassions. Lenny did not give up hope however and shortly he was invited by "Big A" to appear on The Right Stuff Programme on Irie F.M. as a guest selector. Lenny and Big A became friends as Big A was impressed by the youngsters ability to precisely deliver music of past eras. This friendship opened doors for the DJ. In 1995 Lenny attended the CPTC where he obtained a certificate in sound recording and in 1997 the Power Stuff crew was formed with Lenny Sportshake, Big A, Mighty Mike and Chris Supreme. After a break from being an artist, in 2003 he recorded a song that earned some rotation on several local Radio stations. The title of the song was "Ting deh" on Cordel "Skatta" Burrell's Coolie Dance Rhythm Lenny also recorded "If a woman" for Drop di Bass Records also in 2003. Lenny since then has recorded a number of songs for various producers such as Sno Cone (Producer of Sean Paul's multi platinum hit "Temperature") & Stephen Mcgregor of Big Ship Productions. Lenny has also tried his luck at Musical Production with his own N-Snared lable working with the likes of Spragga Benz, Madd Anju & Bryan Art to name a few. Lenny has also written, co-written & co-produced with various Artiste & Producers, one such project is the Halfway - Tree Riddim on which he has a song Titled "Dem a Bleach" a colab with friend Bryan Art,this song shed's light on: Bleaching a dangerous urban trend that is being practiced by lot of young Jamaicans. "Dem a Bleach" to Lenny's & Bryan's delight was used as a theme for a programme which was aired on BBC. Dem a Bleach was also performed at Rebel Salute 2006 to a massive crowd of 14,000 patrons adding to Lenny's popularity. 
Lenny now resides in the the Washington DC area where he mainly does productions and records songs occasionally.

Links: soundcloud.com/n-snared
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