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Elijah Prophet was born and raised in Westmoreland,
Jamaica, West Indies. At a young age, Elijah began
singing under the mentoring of Garnet Silk and Uton
Green. These years were spent in the cool hills of
Parish of Manchester. At the time, Garnet Silk was
unknown to the world of music and was dj’ing under
the name “Bimbo”. Singer Uton Green took on the dual
role of godfather and teacher and remains to this
day a mentor to Elijah. The next step was in 1991,
when Garnett Silk would take Elijah to Courtney
Cole’s Roof Talent Show every year and Elijah would
sing with the band. These live appearances helped
Elijah earn a reputation as a singer with a powerful
voice and a strong stage performance.
Elijah first visited a recording studio in 1996 with
producer Jimmy Hinds. This session produced the
singles “Mr. Badman” and “Mankind”. The same year,
Elijah Prophet received the “Best New Artist” award
in the Stone Love star search contest. This award
caught the attention of other Jamaican producers,
leading to a series of singles like: “I Can See
Dem”, “Burn Down The Walls Of Babylon” and “War A
Gwaan”. These conscious and often unapologetic
nature of Elijah’s lyric drew immediate attention –
especially in the recordings like “Shatter”, where
a parallel is drawn between in the street gunman and
police . When asked about this, Elijah responded:
“Look, it dosen’t matter who you are. Whether you
got a license to kill or you don’t have a license to
kill, every man with gun is a gunman.”
Radio stations in both Jamaica, and Toronto, Canada
began to air the songs written and sung by Elijah
Prophet. Both “I Can See Dem” and “Burn Down The
Walls Of Babylon” charted. In Toronto each of the
tunes topped the charts at number one and Elijah
received a Tameka Award nomination for “Best New
Reggae Singer”. Meanwhile, Germany’s Pow Pow sound
system voiced dubplates by Elijah and soon realized
that they too would record his music for release on
their Pow Pow Record label. Tracks like “Put People
First” caught the attention of German reggae lovers
in 2002. More Pow Pow material by Elijah followed in
the form of “Back For Good” and “Kings of Kings” and
built a loyal following to Elijah which was
spreading in Europe.
At this time
Elijah has Six new singles “Children of the world
(Gloria Riddim) , Run Around Girl (Blossom Riddim),
Mother Nature (Lovebird Riddim) Semsimelia Fi Bun
(First Sight Riddim) and His Rising Hit “Revolution
(Living Man Riddim)” , and album entitled "King Of
Kings" Now Out.
CONTACT
Bookings / Interviews / Dubplates : (876)816-0339
Email:
info@wild-pitch.com
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