Jesse Royal

Jesse Royal (born 29 April 1989) is a Jamaican reggae musician.

Early life

Jesse David Leroi Grey was born in St James Parish, Jamaica to a family of Maroon ancestry and Rasta faith. The Royal family relocated to Kingston in 1997 where his father took a job with a telecommunications firm. While in school Royal became friends with Daniel Bambata Marley, son of reggae artist Ziggy Marley.

Music career

Early life (2010–2016)

Royal began his career being mentored by the late Fatis Burrell (the father of one of Royal's classmates), who produced Jesse's first two releases, Singing the Blues and Long Days and Short Nights in 2010. Royal toured extensively in Jamaica, Europe and the United States, before releasing his first major work, Modern Day Judas, a single off of his mixtape, which was a runaway success.

In 2015, Vogue Magazine listed Royal as part of a greater on-going "Reggae Revival" movement (along with other reggae artists Chronixx, Jah9 and Protoje) happening in Jamaica and the rest of the world, revitalizing the genre of roots reggae.

In 2016, Royal was featured on the Raging Fyah album, Everlasting in a song titled "Humble".

Lilly of da Valley (2017)...

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