One of the upcoming artists in the new roots style is Taffari. Born as Boris Anthony Silvera in the district Bagnol Spring in the Parish of St. Mary on March 8, 1971 he grew up in the countryside of Jamaica before moving to Kingston at the age of 16. "Music has always been my greatest interest from birth", Taffari says, "But from the age of 14 I realised that I could make a career as a musicman and from that time I started to take the music serious.

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