{{short description|Jamaican dancehall artist (born 1970)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Use British English|date=December 2012}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Jigsy King | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Errol King | alias = | birth_place = | birth_date = c.1970 | death_date = | origin = [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]] | genre = [[Dancehall]] | occupation = [[Deejay (Jamaican)|Deejay]] | years_active = Early 1990s-present | label = [[VP Records|VP]] | website = }}
'''Errol "Jigsy" King''' (born c.1970) is a [[Jamaica]]n [[dancehall]] artist who released several albums on [[VP Records]] in the 1990s.
==Biography== King emerged in the early 1990s, performing on [[Sound system (Jamaican)|sound systems]], with a gruff vocal style similar to [[Buju Banton]]'s.<ref name="Larkin">Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin Books, {{ISBN|0-7535-0242-9}}, pp. 157–8</ref> After several hit singles in Jamaica, he had some international success with "Work", a combination single with [[Barrington Levy]].<ref name="Larkin" /> He topped the Jamaican singles chart in 1996 with "Sweet Sensimella", a duet with British singer Jamie Irie.<ref name="Larkin" /> His other hits include "Butterfly", "Rail Up", "Haffi Get You Body", "Gal A Fuss Gal A Fight", "Real Ting" (with [[Tony Curtis (musician)|Tony Curtis]]), and "Question Ask" (with [[Freddie McGregor]]).<ref name="Cummings" />
In 2007 he was found guilty of disorderly conduct after verbally attacking the Queen of the United Kingdom and the Jamaican police on stage during his performance at Curefest in Trelawny.<ref name="Cummings">Cummings, Mark (2007) "[https://web.archive.org/web/20071017013745/http://jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20071015T220000-0500_128375_OBS_ENTERTAINER_JIGSY_KING_CHARGED_WITH_DISORDERLY_CONDUCT__.asp]''[[Jamaica Observer]]'', 16 October 2007, retrieved 2019-03-11</ref>
==Discography== *''Load It Back'' (1993), [[VP Records|VP]] *''Have to Get You'' (1993), VP *''Ashes to Ashes'' (1995), VP
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