Thread: Featured Artiste: Massicker

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Glenford "Lee" Prospere, better known as MasSicker or "King Mas",
is a prolific young singer/songwriter/composer/selector whose star
has only begun to shine. As long as anyone can remember, this son
of a calypsonian as been captivating audiences with his smooth
vocals and over the years this artist has grown into a total musical
package.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts on April 21st, 1987, MasSicker,
affectionately called "Lee" by close friends and family, was born
into a very musical environment and a very musical Caribbean family.
His father, Glenford T. Prospere AKA "Supreme", a legendary calypsonian
on his island of Montserrat and calypso monarch, is a guitarist, pianist,
songwriter and vocalist who he would watch and listen to very keenly
along with the rest of the band at his church who would play gospel
music in mainly reggae and calypso styles. His mother, Pauline Prospere
of Clarendon, Jamaica, is not a musician but nurtured his talent by
surrounding him with music from birth and encouraging him to perform
at church events. It was this initial exposure and the encores that were
often demanded that added fuel to the inborn musical fire within him.

At the age of 17, after much meditation and searching, MasSicker
found Rastafari as his philosophy and began writing songs inspired
by the likes of Bob Marley, Sizzla, Capleton, & Jah Cure. However,
as an American born West Indian child, his influences were very diverse
which give MasSicker a great amount of versatility is his style from R&B,
to dancehall, to calypso, to culture and lovers rock. However, it was
a lovers reggae tune entitled "Ackee in my Saltfish" that first garnered
the attention of many, including the TCOOO label who he came in contact
with in 2006. Subsequently, he released his first true smash entitled
"Look Around", a social commentary inspired by world events at the
time that it was penned, which has enjoyed great success. It has
been selected by iTunes to join the ranks of Damian Marley, Jah Cure,
Tarrus Riley, & T.O.K amongst others in it's iTunes Essentials "Rising Stars:
Reggae" compilation and is currently enjoying rotation on both the IRIE and
ZIP FM radio stations in Jamaica.

Contacts:
Visit: Myspace.com/MasSickerflexx
Email: viralsounds@gmail.com
Booking: 1-917-340-6465

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