Sheldon “Calibiud” Stewart, the engineer/producer responsible for hit songs by Warrior King and Buju Banton, died in New York on June 30 at age 47.

His brother, Craig Dixon, said the cause of death was pancreatic cancer.

Dixon told the Jamaica Observer that Calibud had been ill for some time and went to the United States for treatment.

He was the stepson and protege of renowned engineer/producer Robert “Bobby Digital” Dixon, who died in 2020.

Calibud was the engineer for major projects including Sizzla’s Black Woman And Child album, which was produced by Bobby Digital.

He came into his own as a producer with Never Go Where Pagans Go, a 2001 hit song by Warrior King.

He also produced Buju Banton’s Mr Nine and Sweetest Time by Norris Man.

Sheldon “Calibud” Stewart was born in Hanover, but raised in Kingston, attending the Corporate Area Calabar High School. He lived in Waterhouse and later Hughenden, where Bobby Digital operated his Digital B label.

Dixon remembers his brother as a selfless person.

“He was very humble, always trying to nurture talent, always giving back to the community. Anyone could relate to my brother,” he said.

Stewart is survived by his mother, father, two children, brothers and sisters.

— Howard Campbell