.. ..JAHSHB WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER , 22 1977 , IN PORT-AU-PRINCE , HAITI.
HE ARRIVED IN AMERICA IN 1986 AT THE AGE OF 9 AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER. ONCE HERE, JAHSHB CONFRONTED MANY OF LIFE'S HARSH REALITIES THAT ACCOMPANY GHETTO LIVING.
NO ONE SECURED A HOME FOR HIM.
HE HAD TO LIVE NOMADICALLY WITH AUNTS, UNCLES.ETC
HE GREW UP IN A CHRISTIAN FAMILY WHERE HIS GRANDFATHER JEAN YVES GRANDOIT ESTABLISHED THE FIRST FRENCH/CREOLE CHURCH IN THE COMMUNITY OF BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN,NYC.
JAHSHB BEGAN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD OF MUSIC AT THE AGE OF 10. FROM THE BEGINNING OF HIS MUSICAL EXPERIENCES ,HE HAD A POWERFUL VISION,HE WANTED TO BE ONE OF THE VOICES EXPRESSING LIBERATION THROUGH REBEL MUSIC.
IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL , JAHSHB PORTRAYED THE ROLE OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR IN A SCHOOL PLAY. AROUND THIS TIME , JAHSHB BEGAN TAKING GUITAR LESSONS AT HOME .
BY AGE 13 , HE BEGAN ATTENDING THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC TO ENHANCE HIS GUITAR SKILLS. AS TIME PROGRESSED , HE BEGAN TO LEARN OTHER INSTRUMENTS AS WELL , AMONG THEM WERE THE BASS GUITAR , PERCUSSIONS, DRUMS,ETC
JAHSHB WAS ALSO ACTIVE WITH HIS GRANDFATHERS CHURCH CHOIR AS A SONGWRITER, ARRANGER, AND SINGER. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, JAHSHB HAS EVOLVED MUSICALLY ON MANY LEVELS . JAHSHB TOOK HIS MUSIC CAREER SERIOUSLY AS A TEENAGER PLAYING INSTRUMENTS, SINGING, CHATTING REGGAE, AND MCING IN ENGLISH , CREOLE, AND FRENCH. HE WAS INSPIRED TO BROADEN HIS HORIZONS WITH REGGAE BY MARK AND CHRIST GRANT WHO OPERATE A REGGAE SOUND SYSTEM CALLED GEMTONE,AMONG OTHERS REGGAE IS A MAJOR FOCUS IN JAHSHB MUSIC BECAUSE OF HIS CONCIOUS RASTAFARIAN ROOTS WHICH EXPRESS LIBERATION OF AFRICAN PEOPLE. ROBERT NESTA MARLEY, PETER TOSH, AND THE SKATALITES WERE MAJOR INFLUENCES IN HIS MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT. JAHSHB HAS TAKING ALL HIS MUSICAL INFLUENCES AND HID GOD-GIVING TALENTS TO CREATE HIS OWN UNIQUE SOUND AND STYLE. OVER THE YEARS ,
JAHSHB HAS PERFORMED ON MANY VENUES FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE , AMONG THEM:
-JAMMINS SUMMER FEST 2001 AT KEYSPAN PARK, BROOKLYN, A CONCERT ORGANIZED AS A TRIBUTE TO BOB MARLEY AND PETER TOSH. THERE HE OPENED UP FOR ARTIST SUCH AS MAXI PRIEST , LUCIANO , WYCLEF JEAN , BEENIE MAN ETC
-JAHSHB ALSO PERFORMED AT THE KOMPAFEST 2001 ON MAY 18(HAITIAN FLAG DAY) AT THE AQUEDUCT IN QUEENS, NY ALONSIDE WELL KNOWN HAITIAN KOMPA ARTIST LIKE ZIN, TABOU COMBO, CLARCK PARENT, ETC
-STARFRONT AT EAST HAMPTON IN 2002 .
-BARCODE LIVE IN NYC,
-42 ST MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE CELEBRATING HAITIAN 200 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE IN 2004
-STAR LOUNGE NYC IN 2007
AND MANY MORE.....
AT THE PRESENT MOMENT JAHSHB IS PROMOTING HIS NEW 2008 PROJECT INTITLED ''VERITE YA AN TEYATE'' (THE TRUTH IN THEATRE).
CHECK IT OUT ON :
www.myspace.com/jahshbmusic
www.zoomoozik.com/jahshb
www.myspace.com/izahkingrecords
www.youtube.com/jahshbtv
www.bandspace.com/jahshb
www.isound.com/jahshb
www.soundclick.com/jahshb.
www.bandspace.com/jahshb.
Contact JAHSHB at:
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