Everard Romany aka [1] Brother Shortman, also known as Rapso Rebel, is a rhythm poet and musician from Trinidad and Tobago.
Shortman) became, together with Brother Resistance, the lead singer of the Network Riddum Band in 1979.
[2] They developed a hybrid of soca and rap that they called rapso, a genre for which they credited Lancelot Layne as originator.
[2][3] Network Riddum Bands début album 1981, Busting Out, became a major hit, defining the musical genre that would come to be known as rapso.
He attended Rose Hill Primary School and spent his early life as a community builder in East Port of Spain.