St Ann's
andrew benjamin gayle, best known by his stage name pzed, was born in st ann’s bay in the parish of st ann, jamaica. a unique singer, songwriter, deejay, and all round musician with roots stemming deep into the legendary parish where he was born. his family christian with strong beliefs in there roots and culture, his father a musician that played in a band, his mother a singer in the church, his brother popular dancehall artist little hero, pzed was really born and grown in music, ‘’from as far back as i can remember i would sit day and night watching my father play the guitar but would never be allowed to play, he would always say ‘listen… and watch’ and i did that until i started to play myself and get creative’’ pzed has been active in music since early high school days as a lead singer in a band doing local shows, then later touring the island doing harmonies and playing guitar for his brother, then the two forming there own crew god alone with meekie melody and viper, and then in 2009 he voiced his own groundbreaking song named cassava, that hit on the island and in sound system culture, produced by macten out of tampa, fl, then followed up with let it burn a collaboration with charly blacks. pzed has performed at majority of the major stage shows in jamaica like spring break, sting, sumfest, dj wayne’s cream of the crop, tony rebel’s rebel salute, gt taylors christmas extravaganza to name a few, also at new yorks legendary irie jamaboree and montreal’s reggae fest.
pzed's mixtape 'this is me' which was a collaborative project with international label 'lost on green mile' is a must listen for anyone who wants to take in the artist on every level, full of 45's, dubplates, remix's and a very intresting reasoning about life running through out. his most recent release was with the young dub kings 'suns of dub' and lost on green mile with a track called 'never lose hope' which came out early 2019 on 'reggaeville'.
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