Was born in Jamaica in 1963. From the age of 11, where he started out as a drummer for such record labels as Tuff Gong, Channel One, and Dynamic Sounds, his music career started to take off. Drawing influences from everyone from Stevie Wonder to Sly Dunbar to Dennis Brown, he would go on Jamaica’s version of the Chitlin Circuit: the hotel and stage show tour of Jamaica. As a member of the band Black Culture, he would spend a good amount of time on this circuit. As a member of the Zenith Band, he would be involved in the famous Reggae Sunsplash 1984 at Jarrett Park in Montego Bay.