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His single " Informer " spent seven weeks at No. Snow was born and raised in North York , Ontario now part of Toronto , one of four children born to an Irish-Canadian cabdriver and a homemaker. Following his parents' divorce, he was raised by his mother in the Allenbury Gardens public housing project where, he says, he was fascinated with the gangster lifestyle, fell in with a tough Irish-Canadian group and became involved in a cycle of fighting, drinking and stealing.

In , Snow served eight months of a one-year sentence after pleading guilty to beating a person with a crowbar during a bar brawl. For the next few years, they practiced in Prince's basement, and played parties, with Snow providing vocals and Prince playing records. Prince, who would claim that he helped Snow refine his reggae singing and use of the Jamaican dialect, and that he came up with the name 'Snow', told the Los Angeles Times that they passed around a lot of tapes but could not get Snow signed because he was white.

In , Snow was involved in an incident at a North York pub, in which two people were stabbed "in the lane"; he was accused, and was subsequently charged with two counts of attempted murder. Rather than tell authorities who the perpetrator was, Snow served eight months in jail before a jury acquitted him on both counts.

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While he was in jail, he went to school and wrote music, which he performed for fellow inmates. One song was called "Informer". The album had to be recorded quickly, because Snow had to return to Canada and report to prison. Shan, Eng, Salem, and Prince promoted it and, by the time Snow was released, the single " Informer " was a chart-topping hit.

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After one of Snow's neighbouring Jamaican families first introduced him to reggae, Snow began borrowing and ordering reggae dub tapes to perform over. Snow never claimed the title himself, but did continue to perform with the stage name "Snow". While touring as Snow's DJ in December , Marvin Prince abruptly left the tour after discovering that Snow, according to court documents, "was receiving more money from management than he was.

Prince alleged that Eng and Salem provided "a draft of a multi-album production and recording agreement" to both Snow and himself. Unable to understand the contract, Snow allegedly "sent a copy to his mother to get legal advice from her friend" and Prince "never saw the agreement again.