I am home grown St. Lucian. Born in 1980 I have spent most of my life on this island. Apart from the few summers I spent in the United States I spent most of my time in my homeland.

The racial conversation in the States is so multifaceted and multilayered. Obviously it's not always a positive conversation, but it's just so much more detailed than it was when I was growing up in South Africa.

I've been making music for as long as I can remember. I would, as a kid, just sing little ideas or be making something.

You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.

Don't get me wrong, I have the utmost respect for anyone who has the nerve to even attempt to do music today, but this is just about what excites me.

I have noticed that these days, people don't want to take their time to succeed.

I think I was just too young to even understand what was going on. When I was still living in South Africa, there was still so much racial tension.