Maurice Andrews born on the hot summer day of June, 24th in 1984 is a star on the rise. The talented Singjay/ Rapper who hails from Portmore, St. Cathrine attended Bridgeport high before transferring to Excelsior High School.It was during these early years that his love for music developed and with encouragement from friends he decided to take the career choice seriously. Since then he has spent a lot of time honing is craft while carving out a niche for himself. The young entertainer who goes by several monikers namely 'Gold', 'Chedda Set' and 'Willy Wicked' the latter given to him by friends because of his lyrical style and delivery has been crushing everything in his path since his debut a few years ago.The song "See Mi Amarni" unleashed at a community barbecue in Garveymeade, Portmore was the track that made everyone stopped and took note of the young talent as a force to be reckoned with. The impact his performance left would have made any international record exec think he was a signed act. Since his debut he has made appearances at several prominent events such as Spectrum 2008 at UTECH, Our World, a popular street dance held on Manchester Ave, DJ Matches (Clock International) Mixtape and was even slated to do a cameo on the latest release of the ART OF WARR double disc by infamous producer Richie Ramus.With over five years experience under his belt Gold has his eyes set of getting a piece of the pie and sees himself as one of Jamaica's top flight entertainers in another five (5) years. The father of three (3) is presently under the guidance of Mainframe's Studio boss Richie Ramus, but not been officially signed. When asked about his current projects he told 876radio.com in an exclusive interview that he has a mixtape out and three new singles set to hit the streets in the coming weeks titled "Lead In Skin", "Yardman Pimpin" and "My Life" the latter produced by his road Manager Starr Blaxxx.The talented deejay who sports a very serious persona, said he would like to be afforded the opportunity to get more airtime on the local airwaves, while given an opportunity to work with some of the island's top flight producers and artiste such as Stephen 'Di Genius' McGregor, Don Corleone, Baby G, Richie Ramus, Akon, Bounty Killer, Junior Gong and international superstar Jermaine Dupri hence his relentless drive to always give a 110%. Some of his mentors include Portmore Empire's front man Vybz Kartel, The Warlord Bounty Killer, Damion 'Junior Gong' Marley, Super Cat, International Rap sensation Lil' Wayne and his own manager Starr Blaxxx.Gold who is steadfast in his craft has one message for other young aspiring entertainers and his detractors "Just live up and never give up, don't let badmind people get you down, no matter what dem seh". Also look out for his video coming soon to a television screen near you.For more information on Gold check out his myspace page at www.myspace.com/goldymp or contact his management at
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