Gyptian Music

Origin:

Decades: 2000's

Windell Beneto Edwards became the singer known as Gyptian when he left his rural home in St. Andrew, Jamaica and traveled to Portmore, the town where the promoter known as Mr. Wong ran his studio. Gyptian had grown up singing in his mother's Adventist church and listening to his Rastafarian father's music. His father had been a promoter himself for a time, so he understood the grooming and networking that would be involved in turning Gyptian's passion into his profession. His parents trusted Ravin Wong, hav... Read More