Ky-Mani Marley

KyMani was born in Falmouth Jamaica but at the age of nine he relocated to the innercity of Miami During his youth KyMani was unaware of his musical abilities sports being his first love With his mothers direction he took piano and guitarlessons and played trumpet in his high school band In addition to tapping into his musical talents KyMani was an athlete competing in soccer and American football As a teenager KyMani started rapping and deejaying his first single was Unnecessary Badness He became inspired as a singer after being asked to sing a hook to a song during a recording session at a studio in Miami KyMani soon began experimenting with laying tracks at times with his brothers Stephen Julian andDamian