Shaggy has revealed the truth behind his different talking and singing accents. I get criticised for it a lot, even when I do music I don't do it in the same way my peers would. Shaggy released his debut album Pure Pleasure in 1993, and found huge success in the UK when lead single Oh Carolina topped the charts. Shaggy explained that he "took a different approach" during his music career, which means people don't necessarily understand his roots. Shaggy suggested that if he had embraced certain things, he would have been shunned by the public and the industry as a whole.