Jesse Royal (musician)

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Jesse Royal
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Background information
Birth nameJesse David Leroi Grey[1]
Born (1989-04-29) 29 April 1989 (age 32)[2]
OriginMaroon Town, St James Parish, Jamaica
GenresReggae, dub, roots reggae
Occupation(s)Musician, singer, songwriter
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2011–present
LabelsEasy Star

Jesse David Royal (born 29 April 1989) is a Jamaican reggae musician.

Early life[]

Jesse Royal (Jesse David Leroi Grey) was born in St James Parish, Jamaica to a family of Maroon ancestry and Rasta faith.[3] The Royal family relocated to Kingston in 1997 where his father took a job with a telecommunications firm.[4] While in school Royal became friends with Daniel Bambata Marley, son of reggae artist Ziggy Marley.[5]

Career[]

Royal began his career being mentored by the late Fatis Burrell (the father of one of Royal's classmates), who produced Jesse's first two releases, Singing the Blues and Long Days and Short Nights in 2010.[6][7] Royal toured extensively in Jamaica, Europe and the United States, before releasing his first major work Modern Day Judas which was a runaway success.[8]

In 2015, Vogue Magazine listed Royal as part of a greater ongoing "Reggae Revival" movement (along with other such artists as Chronixx, Jah9 and Protoje) happening in Jamaica and the rest of the world, revitalizing the genre of roots reggae.[9] In 2016 he featured on the Raging Fyah album ( Everlasting )in a song called Humble

In 2017 Royal recorded the album Lily of da Valley, released by Easy Star Records in October.[10] The album topped the Billboard Reggae Albums chart.[11]

Discography[]

Singles[]

  • "Butterflies" (2011)
  • "This Morning" (2012)
  • "Gimme Likkle" (2014)
  • "Modern Day Judas" (2014)
  • "Finally" (2015)
  • "Feel Your Pain" (2015)
  • "Generation" (2017)
  • "We Matter" (2018)
  • "Weight On Your Shoulders" (2019)
  • "Glad To Be" (2019)
  • "LionOrder" (2019)

[12]

Featured in

Mixtapes[]

  • Misheni - DJ Tall Up (2012, Jamaica)
  • In Comes the Small Axe'- DJ Tall Up (2013, Jamaica)
  • Major Lazer's Walshy Fire Presents - Royally Speaking Mixtape (2014, Jamaica)

EPs[]

  • Hope & Love (2015, Japan)

Albums[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Reggaeville: Jesse Royal". Reggaeville.
  2. ^ Mahddy, Rasta (2014). Jesse Royal (Reggae Vibe Summer Issue ed.). Reggae Vibe.
  3. ^ Taylor, Angus. "Interview with Jesse Royal". Reggaeville. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2015.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Mark Deming. "ALLMUSIC Artist Biography". ALLMUSIC.
  5. ^ Reggaeville. "Reggaeville: About Jesse Royal". reggaeville.com.
  6. ^ Cambell, Howard (15 December 2013). "Jesse Royal patiently awaits his break". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  7. ^ Taylor, Angus. "Interview with Jesse Royal". Reggaeville. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  8. ^ EasyStar. "EasyStar: Artist Profile".
  9. ^ Aguirre, Abby (27 October 2015). "Reggae Revival: Inside Jamaica's New Music Movement". Vogue. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  10. ^ Jackson, Kevin (2017) "Jesse Royal looks to new Generation", Jamaica Observer, 21 August 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017
  11. ^ Jackson, Kevin (2017) "Jesse Royal tops Billboard chart", Jamaica Observer, 17 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017
  12. ^ "We Matter, says Jesse Royal", Jamaica Observer, 27 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018

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