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Musician,Singer,Songwriter
Born on March 18,1969 in Portland, Jamaica,
I am the 7th of nine children for my parents. I grew up in the deep
rural district of Bybrook in Portland. My talent as a singer\songwriter
emerged very early during my childwood years. I would sing at almost
all community events such as church and school concerts. It was
at about age 11 that I started to take the music seriously. Back
then, the sound systems were very popular and one-drop reggae\dancehall
rhythms were in full swing. In my town there was a sound called
TRILLER TONE HI-FI and I was one of the top DJ on it. I was known
then as Nelly Culture. This went well and I began to gain popularity
as a DJ. At age 15, though, I got a scholarship to attend ST.MARY
HIGH SCHOOL and I subsequently shifted focus from music to academics.
My love for reggae music was, however, not affected by this shift
in focus. |
In
1991 I left STATIN and started working as a technician
with the Jamaica Telephone Company, now known as Cable
& Wireless Jamaica. Soon after, I link up with
the Company’s band and did a couple gigs with
them. Towards the late 90s while still working with
the Phone Company I met Tony Nicholson at his Old
Hope Recording Studio in Kingston. This extraordinary
musician/producer/singer/songwriter who has been in
the music arena for many years was quite focus on
developing young talents and I instantly became a
part of his Roadside Production Company. We started
working together, recording and producing songs for
his Roadside Production Label. There were other artists
like Zaro and Singing Chris in the camp. By the year
2002 Roadside Production released a compilation cd
titled “Sampler” which featured two of
my tracks, “need your love” and “poor
man”. I gained some much needed exposure in
the business by way of air play on local radio stations
and a couple of Gigs on Jamaica’s North Coast
as a result of this project.
While
I still hold down a 8 to 5 with Cable & Wireless I am
still very much involve in the music. My aim is to bring love
and peace to the world through reggae music. Reggae is the
heartbeat of the people and I with my songs and sound will
be a significant part of the energy that keeps that heartbeat
going.
