Music was the seed that started it all.

 

At five years old, I was already recording my voice—and I never stopped. Music gave me peace, a way out of chaos, and a place to build myself. It became my sanctuary early in life, and it still is today.

 

I’m a reggae and hip-hop artist with over 100 songs released with artists and producers worldwide, building a global catalog over more than a decade. My music is a direct reflection of my inner struggles and the force that drives me forward. It comes from pressure, rebuilding, discipline, and forward motion. This isn’t trend music. It’s life music—music for forward motion and for people refusing to stay down.

 

My work has connected me with collaborators across the global reggae, hip-hop, and soul community, including Craigy T (T.O.K.), Dan Konopka (OK Go), Ras Fraser Jr., E.N. Young, and Bobby Hustle, working alongside producers whose credits include artists such as Mariah Carey, Usher, Chris Brown, Vybz Kartel, and Popcaan. I also mix and master music from my studio, Where Dreams Sail Studios, in San Jose, California.

 

I’m the author of Rise & Climb: Finding Purpose Through Pain, released through Skyhorse Publishing with worldwide distribution by Simon & Schuster. The book grew from the same place the music did: real struggle, real rebuilding, and a refusal to break. I don’t stop, and neither does the work.

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– Ben Barbic