Shaggy
The Travel Diaries
Holly Rubenstein
4.6 • 758 Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
We’re kicking off Season 10 by diving into the world of one of the most iconic figures in the music industry, a Grammy-winning artist whose distinctive voice and reggae beats have seen him top the charts over the past 30 years. That's right, we’re joined today, Shaggy. “Oh Carolina”, Shaggy’s debut single, was his big breakthrough into the music industry, all the way back in 1993. It became a chart-topping hit around the world and subsequent mega-hits like “Boombastic”, "It Wasn't Me” and “Angel” all further propelled him to global superstardom.
From Kingston, Jamaica where he spent his childhood and lives now, to the global stage, today we’re going to be getting to know the man behind the hits and the destinations in his life that have played a part along the way, from Japan to Italy, New York to North Carolina.
Destination Recap:
- New York City, USA
- Jamaica
- Kingston, Jamaica
- Japan
- North Carolina, USA
- Iraq
- Italy
- Sardinia, Italy
- Port Antonio, Jamaica
- Zimbabwe
Shaggy’s In The Mood EP is out now
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to season 10 of the Travel Diaries podcast. |
| 0:10.6 | It is great to be back with you. |
| 0:12.8 | I'm your host, journalist Holly Rubinstein, and here each week I'll be speaking to a very special guest about the seven chapters in their life's travel diaries. |
| 0:22.2 | From their earliest childhood travel memory and the first place they fell in love with to their |
| 0:27.3 | hidden gem and what's at the top of their travel bucket list, we'll be uncovering their |
| 0:32.4 | adventures around the world and the travel experiences and destinations that have shaped their lives. |
| 0:39.2 | How are you all? I hope you all had a fantastic summer or perhaps a fantastic winter if you're |
| 0:44.8 | listening in the Southern Hemisphere. No doubt a lot of you will have been traveling over the |
| 0:50.0 | last few months, adding new chapters to your own travel diaries. Have you discovered some new hidden |
| 0:56.0 | gems? Maybe you've got a brand new all-time fave or maybe there's somewhere that you'll |
| 1:01.4 | never go back to. Obviously, I hope not for that one. But let me know I'm at Holly Rubenstein |
| 1:06.7 | on Instagram, threads and TikTok. I always love to hear from you. |
| 1:12.0 | I have recently returned myself from the Greek islands. |
| 1:16.3 | Ah, the beautiful Greek islands. |
| 1:18.4 | I'll tell you more about my stay next week. |
| 1:21.3 | And I'm heading to Puglia in Italy, |
| 1:23.2 | a destination mentioned by my guests today, |
| 1:25.6 | actually, in a couple of weeks too. |
| 1:27.4 | So I'm ticking off a couple of weeks too so I'm taking off a |
| 1:28.6 | couple of destinations that have been on my own travel wish list after a stretch of really being |
| 1:33.0 | home based for the summer I try and avoid traveling in school summer holidays at the moment |
| 1:39.4 | until I need to speaking of school holes I'll be releasing another family travel special later |
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