RICHIE INNOCENT

RICHIE INNOCENT AKA THE DJ POET WAS BORN IN THE CITY OF KINGSTON CAPITAL OF THE BEAUTIFUL ISLAND CALLED JAMAICA.HE WAS GIVEN THE PET NAME RICHIE ,BY MOTHER AND HIS FATHER .AT A VERY EARLY AGE RICHIE REALISED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT HE WANTED TO BE A PART OF AND THIS WAS MUSIC.THIS FEELING BROUGHT HIM GREAT JOY WHILE LISTENING THE LATE AND LEGENDARY BOB MARLEY,EARLY "B" THE ORIGINAL DOCTOR,FREDDIE MAGREGOR,JUNIOR "ONE BLOOD" REID,HALF PINT AND PAPA LEVI AND HENCE THE GEMINI NATURE OF CREATING WAS ACTIVATED.AS A YOUNGSTER HE WAS ALWAYS PERFORMING FOR HIS FRIENDS AND TWO(2)SISTERS, HE THEN WENT TO LIVE IN ST. ELIZABETH AKA DI BREADBASKET/ST.BESS WHICH WOULD PLAY AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN PREPARING HIM FOR THE MUSICAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND JOURNEY.HE ATTENDED ST.ELAZABETH TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL,AT STETHS HE WAS INVOLVED IN DRAMA CLUB, PLAYED DACOSTA CUP FOOTBALL AND WAS THEIR ENTERTAINER AT SCHOOL CONCERTS.FROM VIBES-MAN BEATING ON DESK TOP TO REPRESENTING AT "TEENS-STAR SEARCH"HOSTED BY BASIL"BAGGA"BROWN AND "RAPPING" A TELEVISION PROGRAMME HOSTED BY LISA HANNA WHO WOULD LATER BECOME MISS WORLD.HIS MOST MEMORABLE ACHIEVEMENT WAS AT THE CROWNING OF THE BEST DJ FOR ST.BESS,THERE HE WAS TOLD BY THE LATE GARNET SILK FOR THE SECOND TIME NOT TO GIVE UP.BORDER CLASH,RED DUT SHOW-CASE,GT CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA,ST.MARY MI COME FROM,PERFORMANCE AT JAMAICA HOUSE AND THE PRIME MINISTER LABOUR DAY SHOW PLUS SEVERAL PERFORMANCE MAINLY IN THE U.S ARE JUST A FEW.HE HAS DONE RECORDINGS FOR COURTNEY COLE OF ROOF INTERNATIONAL AND JAH LIFE.THESE INCLUDE COMBINATION WITH ANDREW TOSH,MICHAEL PALMER AND BEVERLY KELSO A TRACK CALLED "AFI GET A BEATEN" AND"EMRESS DRESS"(LIFE-TIME MUSIC)WHOEI WHOI(TIME HAS COME),AND PRESENTLY "CHAPEL OF DOUBT"WITH LORNA BENNETTE AND "WHENEVER AM AROUND YOU"SANCHEZ AND QUEEN YEMISI DONE FOR OWEN MILLS OF SLIIMS PRODUCTION.RICHIE RECENTLY MADE HIS ACTING DEBUT IN "MY STORY" A SONG AND VIDEO DONE BY SINGING VERNON.HE HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED BY HOWARD "WORRIES" HENDRIX OF LINKZ F.M,DJ ROY OF WRTN AND JESSIE IRIE OF 90.1FM STONY BROOKE.RICHIE IS ALSO A YOUTH ADVOCATE AND RECEIVED TRAINING THROUGH A YOUTH PROJECT FUNDED BY USAID AND THE JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT CALLED YOUTH.NOW AND WHEN HE IS NOT BOOKED FOR SHOWS HE IS BUSY TALKING TO YOUNGSTERS ON THE STREET OR IN SCHOOLS AND PLAYING AN ACTIVE PART IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.HE WAS INITIALLY CALLED "INNOCENT" BUT HAD TO MAKE ADJUSTMENT TO HIS NAME TO PREVENT CONFUSION SO HE TOOK ADVICE FROM LUCIANO TO PLACE RICHIE INSTEAD OF A LYRICAL CONFRONTATION.RICHIE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY WID EXPLANATION.