yankey boy

Yankey Boy (6 to 1) was born Kevon Heath on January 10, 1981 in the beautiful island of Trinidad & Tobago. He was raised in the ghettos of East Trinidad from Pinto Road Arima & Get Well Avenue. Elevating himself from the ghetto was always his dream. Growing up, Yankey adopted, and has continued to utilize a personal slogan in which he strongly believes in. This slogan reflects directly upon him; his motivational slogan is: "Too positive to be doubtful, too optimistic to be fearful and too determined to be defeated". Yankey Boy started playing steel pan music in 1995 with Arima Senior Comprehensive School Steel Orchestra where he excelled to become a three time Junior Steelband Music Festival Winner. Yankey Boy also received a scholarship for reading and writing music at Trinidad University of The West Indies.Yankey Boy then relocated to The United States of America in the year 2000 where he has then since called Brooklyn, NY his new home. He has a vision set on one goal and that is to become the best singer/songwriter that his culture has to offer. It was about three years ago, in 2005, that Yankey decided writing lyrics and performing was a talent he always had in him that he wanted to put to paper. Since beginning to write music Yankey Boy has done numerous recordings with STUDIO 53 and PREMIERE STUDIO, working alongside artists like Khari Kill, Zeblon, I-Sasha, Jah Bami, Mr King and Mr Slaughter; well-known studios and artists in the Island of Trinidad whom are no stranger to Stardom.Yankey Boy now records from his own studio; a studio he developed as a means and way to get his music and recordings out there. Yankey calls his Studio 6 to 1, based on his area of Brooklyn where he works alongside artists like Khari Kill. Yankey Boy got his name from the ghettos of Trinidad, where once he migrated to New York, his trips back home were all to donate time, money and effort into the well-being and upbringing of the ghettos he once called home.Yankey Boy is a man that has a sense of humor, a sense of style and is willing to surpass all struggles and obstacles that stand in his way on the road to perfection. He is soon going to be a forced to be reckoned with. Believing that there is nothing or no one that can stop him from achieving what he wants, Yankey is willing to work harder than ever and dedicate more time than time itself has to offer in achieving the one thing that the bad mind and the negative aspects in life don't want to see him achieve and that is SUCCESS. Yankey Boy is destined to excel over all negativity and aim to be the best in what he does, Yankey Boy through his music is on a conclusive search and quest in finding the cure to bad mind.