Gyptian

Windell Beneto Edwards, alias Gyptian, est né le 25 octobre 1983 en Jamaïque. Avec l’aide du promoteur Ravin Wong, il enregiste en 1999 un premier titre baptisé Serious Times qu’il ne parvient pas à sortir. Cinq ans plus tard, il remporte le concours Portmore Star Search. Son titre Serious Times explose alors en Jamaïque. Gyptian reçoit beaucoup de sollicitations de la part de producteurs jamaïquains qui lui proposent de chanter sur leurs productions. Mais Gyptian décline pratiquement toutes les offres, refusant de chanter des paroles mysogynes ou faisant référence aux armes. Son combat pour la paix et la non-violence l’amène naturellement à enregistrer son premier album. My Name Is Gyptian paraît en 2006.

Windel Beneto Edwards a.k.a. Gyptian was born on October 25th 1983, and grew up in King Weston a Rural District, in St. Andrew. He lived with both his parents, his father a Rastafarian and his mother a Seventh Day Adventist Christian (who he explained was the disciplinarian of the family).

Gyptian, was at first hesitant and uncertain but eventually he became serious about being a vocal artist professionally, and Mr. Wong took him under his wings, where he was groomed and eventually he transformed into « Gyptian » a name given to him by Mr. Wong, Richie Bang and others from the studio, due to his habit of tying a shirt around his head and twisting his chin hair like an Egyptian Pharaoh (…)

Read the whole biography on his website [http://www.gyptian.com/]