A prodigious songwriter and self-acclaimed advocate of the masses, Shurman’s sold out debut album, Save the Masses, which was released in 1989, has tracks such as Kinky Reggaeman, Tabefaction, Oladi, Judgment Day, Let them Rise, My Creator, No Train and Fight Them Back.

He left the shores of this country when the ovation was loudest, and after sojourning in the United States, Canada and Germany for close to a decade, the veteran singer returned home last year to claim his spot once more.