Spice

She was born on August 6, 1982, at the ‘Spanish Town Hospital’ in the St. Catherine parish of southeastern Jamaica. She was raised in the town of Portmore in Jamaica.

Her father passed away when she was 9 years old. She stayed for a few years with her grandparents in the UK. Her grandparents lived in Finsbury Park, London, UK. She completed part of her schooling in the UK before returning to Jamaica.

In Jamaica, she enrolled at the ‘St. Catherine High School.’ As a student of this school, she was a regular participant at the ‘Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’ (JCDC) festival. Over the years, she won many medals at the festival. While in school in Jamaica, she was a choir leader at the local church.

Initially, she wanted to become a chartered accountant. However, she later decided to pursue a career in music. She joined the ‘Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts’ in Kingston, Jamaica. She pursued a course in music and drama at the college.

She began her music career while she was still in college. She started experimenting with dancehall music and learnt to mix music. She started appearing at DJ events and playing at local shows.

As a singer and DJ, her first major break came at the age of 18, in the year 2000. That year, she got a chance to perform at the annual dancehall music festival named ‘Sting.’

Although she was a new and unknown artist, her performance at ‘Sting’ earned her a lot of appreciation from the audience. She was requested for several encores of her songs by the crowd at the festival.

The crowd’s response to her performance at the ‘Sting Festival’ caught the attention of music industry professionals in Jamaica, because the ‘Sting Festival’ was known for its vocal and blunt crowd. If she managed to catch the attention of the harsh crowd at the ‘Sting Festival,’ it meant she had some special talent.

After her successful debut at the ‘Sting Festival,’ she was managed by Earlton Clarke for the following two years. In 2002, while on a tour in the UK, she was spotted by Jamaican music artist Baby Cham, who introduced her to fellow Jamaican music producer David “Dave” Kelly. She started a successful collaboration with Kelly, releasing a string of singles produced by him for his record label ‘Madhouse Records.’ Her first single for ‘Madhouse Records’ was ‘Complain (Mi Gone).’ Her subsequent singles for the label were based on the “Bad Gal riddim” style of instrumentals. Two of such successful songs were ‘Right There’ (featuring Toi) and ‘Hype.’

In 2009, she won the ‘Female Deejay of the Year’ award at the ‘EME Awards’ ceremony. The same year, she won three ‘Youth View Awards.’

In 2010, she was again awarded the ‘EME Award’ for the ‘Female Deejay of the Year.’