REGGAE ARTISTS AND THEIR BIOGRAPHY
ROMARIO BORN ROMARIO
HYLTON,THE SON OF JER-
USALEM IS ONE OF JAMAI-
CA'S YOUNGEST UPCOMI-
NG REGGAE STAR.
JERUSALEM WAS BORN IN KINGS-
TON JAMAICA,HE IS A VERY QUIET
AND OBSERVANT PERSON WILLING
TO LEARN AND EARN .HE IS FROM A
POOR FAMILY OF 8 HIS FATHER,HIS
MOTHER,HIS TWO BROTHERS AND
THREE SISTERS.HIS EARLY SCHOOL
EDUCATION BEGAN IN HIS HOMET-
OWN WATERFORD,AT WATERFORD
INFANT,THEN WATERFORD
PRIMARYTHEN TO WOLMERS BOYS
SCHOOL.
HUSTING,GAMBLING,GANG,CRIME
WAS THE WAY OF SURVIVING FOR
MANY POOR KIDS.
JERUSALEM LIVED AND SURVIVED
THOSE DAYS BUT MANY DIDN'T .MA-
NY LIVES WERE CUT SHORT BY BU-
LLETS FROM THE POLICE OR BAD
MEN. THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THE
GHETTO WAS SPORTS OR REGGAE
MUSIC.HE CHOSE MUSIC.HIS CAR-
EER BEGAN AT A TENDER AGE
WHEN HE USED TO STEEL OUT
OF HIS PARENTS HOUSE AT NIGHTS
AND GO TO DANCES AND PARTIES,
OFTEN TIMES HE WOULD GET A
WHOPPING BUT IT WOULDN'T
BREAK OR CHANGE THE LOVE FOR
MUSIC.
HIS CAREER BLOSSOMED WHEN HE
MET SISTER ILIVE WHO LATER BEC-
AME HIS WIFE. SISTER ILIVE AN OV-
ER SEAS BASED SINGER TOOK
JERUSALEM TO CALIFORNIA WHE-
RE HIS SKILLS OF WRITING AND SI-
NGING GREW UNDER THE WATCH-
FUL EYES OF HIS WIFE.
IT WAS NOT AN EASY ROAD FOR
JERUSALEM. TRAGEDY STRUCK
WHEN ONE OF HIS SONS DIED IN
SAN FRANCISCO AND THE PRESSU-
RE OF LIVING IN EXILE CAME TO
REALITY,BUT AS TRIBULATION AND
SUFFARATION GREW,HIS MUSIC
GREW. HIS ALWAYS DEEP,CONSCIO-
US LYRICS AND HIS ENERGETIC
PERFORMANCE CAPTURED MANY,
MANY FANS.
JERUSALEM SHARE MANY STAGES
WITH SOME OF THE BEST REGGAE
ARTISTS ,BURNING SPEAR,SIZZLA,
ANDREW TOSH,BUJU BANTON,KEN
BOOTH,TONEY RABEL,DAMIAN,JUL-
IAN AND KYMANI MARLEY,LUCIANO
,YELLOW MAN, EEK A MOUSE AND
MANY MORE.
HIS DEBUT ALBUM"LIVING IN EXILE"
WILL BE RELEASED SOON.
HIS MESSAGE TO THE WORLD IS TO
BE STRONG,STAY FOCUS AND ALW-
AYS REMEMBER THAT MAMA
NATURE IS THE ONLY GOD.
RAS SOULJAH:BORN
CLIVE MILLER,THIS
GEMINI FIRST SAW THAT
HE HAD A PASSION FOR
PERFORMING AFTER
REPRESENTING CORN-
WALL COLLEGE AT THE
ANNUAL ALL SCHOOL
JAM IN MONTEGOBAY,
IT WAS ALSO IN SCHOOL
WHERE HE STARTED HIS
POETRY SKILLS WHICH
LAID THE FOUNDATION
FOR THE LYRICIST HE
IS TODAY.
HIS ALBUM ENTITLED
"SUFFARATION" IS DUE
TO BE RELEASED LATE
2008.
THE STORY OF A WARR-
IOR READ LIKE A CHAP-
TER FROM HIS LIFE,BE-
SIDE THAT HE JUST
LOOK TO SPREAD TO L-
OVE AND TEACHINGS OF
RASTARARI
1
.
JERUSALEM
MENTION
2.
3.
RAS SOULJAH
4.
ANDREW
TOSH
ANDREW TOSH A VIRTUAL CARB-
ON COPY OF HIS LATE FATHER
PETER TOSH HAS BEEN PREDIC-
TED TO CARRY ON THE FAMILY'S
MUSICAL TRADITION SINCE FIR-
ST GAINING RECOGNITION WITH
A POWERFUL PERFORMANCE AT
HIS FATHER'S FUNERAL IN 1987.
IT IS A MANTLE HE CARRIED PRO-
UDLY AND CONTINUES TO SHOU-
LDER WITH APLOMB.
ANDREW HAS BEEN BUSY WRITI-
NG, COMPOSING AND CREATING
NEW TRACKS,CURRENTLY HE
HAS A NEW ALBUM,TENTATIVELY
ENTITLED"FOCUS" WHICH IS 50
PERCENT COMPLETED.
ANDREW HAS BEEN WORKING
BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LOS
ANGELES AND HAS ABOUT FOUR
TRACKS TO DO WITH SLY & RO-
BBIE IN JAMAICA.ANDREW HAS
BEEN WORKING ON DEVELOPING
A PETER TOSH MUSEUM IN BEL-
MONT, WESTMORELAND AND
WORKING OUT LOOSE ENDS INV-
OLVED WITH THE TOSH ESTATE
AND ITS BENEFICIARIES.
ANDREW MADE AN AUSPICIOUS
RECORDED DEBUT BY COVER-
ING SEVERAL OF HIS FATHER'S
TUNE ON THE 1988 ALBUM"ORIG-
INAL MAN" WHICH WAS REMIXED
AND RE-RELEASED WITH SEVER-
AL ADDITIONAL DUB VERSION ON
HEARTBEAT RECORD IN 1994.
ANDREW 1989 ALBUM"MAKE PL-
ACE FOR THE YOUTH" WON FAV-
ORABLE REVIEW FOR THE ORIGI-
NAL COMPOSITION, AND HE PIC-
KED UP A GRAMMY NOMINATION
FOR THE EFFORT.ANDREW ALSO
CONTINUED TO FOLLOWED HIS
FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS BY TOUR-
ING WITH WORD SOUND & POW-
ER BAND.IN ADDITION, ANDREW
HAS SHARED MANY BILLS WITH
HIS UNCLE BUNNY WAILER.WITH
A STRONG REPUTATION AS A
LIVE PERFORMER,ANDREW TOSH
,LIKE ZIGGY MARLEY, IS SEEN AS
A BRIGHT HOPE FOR REGGAE'S
CURRENT GENERATION.
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