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Gentleman

Tilmann Otto, a.k.a. Gentleman, is one of Germany’s best-known reggae artists—yet he has never shied away from stylistic experimentation. Born on April 19, 1974, the Osnabrück native has lived in Cologne since he was one year old. After being expelled from school twice, he was drawn to Jamaica, where he discovered and fell in love with the musical genre he would later come to represent like no other. With singles like “Jah Jah Never Fail” and “Heat of the Night” , he offered a preview of his debut album Trodin On (all 1998), with which he impressively revived the Caribbean reggae...