Jr-Sky

Born Shawn Anthony Balbour on November 26th, 1987 in Kingston Jamaica, Jr.Sky is not just a new face to Dancehall music; with a diverse background in music that includes influences from Heavy Metal, and artist like Pink Floyd, Nirvana and Korn, Jr.Sky is not your typical artist. Recording and performing since the tender age of nine with local group U.L.B (Ungrateful Little Bastards), Jr.Sky has been carefully developing his unique style. Along with performing, Jr.Sky also loved writing his own music and lyrics, and it was around this time that he began constructing his abilities and unique style. A persistent study of music, Jr.Sky began developing his ear for Hip Hop at age twelve with artist like Bone Thugs and Harmony and would soon start to love Hip Hop and the sounds of artist like Tiger. Soon after Jr.Sky would take notice of the ever-popular dancehall genre with artist like Vybz Kartel, and fell in love. By the time Jr.Sky was sixteen his professional career was in full motion and he began working with local legend Joe Gibbs who was a friend of his father. Further crafting his sound in the studio with Gibbs, and visiting other studios around Kingston, local artist began to take notice of Jr.Sky’s development including Jamaica’s very own Gwallas who took the young protégé under his wing. Still holding on to his long awaited dream of being known by the world, Jr.Sky has set his sails towards a wider mainstream audience in America. Noticing the success of artist like Sean Paul, and Sean Kingston, Jr.Sky wants to set a similar path for himself and his career. A local independent record label out of south Florida Muziq Records, LLC has taken interest in Jr Sky’s style and big voice and has seen a vision into Jr. Sky’s project, “We are proud to be a part of this project and of his career and plan to take Jr. Sky’s young talent into the mainstream market”. “Signing a record deal in the U.S, visiting American studio’s and working with new producers and engineers at Da Muziq Faktory, I’m just finding myself on a different level in terms of creativity” say’s an energetic Jr.Sky who is hard at work on his debut album with the label. With the ability to write his own lyrics, twenty-year-old Jr.Sky’s talent is beyond that of a typical artist his age. Now that he has all the resources necessary to fulfill his dreams, Jr.Sky’s career is ahead of him, and as they say….”The Sky’s the limit”.