Josey Wales OD (born Joseph Winston Sterling[c], October 9, 1958, in St. Mary, Jamaica) is a Jamaican dancehall singer.
He has been called, along with Brigadier Jerry, Yellowman and sound system partner Charlie Chaplin, one of the best Jamaican dancehall deejays of the 1980s.
His career began in the late 1970s, first starting as a deejay on the Roots Unlimited sound-system where he often sparred with Burro Banton, and later performing over U-Roy-owned King Sturgav sound system.
[2] He gained even more popularity in the early 1980s performing over Henry "Junjo" Lawes's Volcano sound system, and recording singles such as "Bobo Dread" and "Leggo Mi Hand" for Lawes' label of the same name, as well as later hits for George Phang's Power House label, most noticeably "Undercover Lover".
[3] He was shot and robbed in a Kingston bar in 1997, an incident that he dealt with in the country and western song "Bushwacked".