Artist Name: St. Matthew Birth Name: Matthew Golding Birth Place and Date: April 6th Official Bio Matthew Golding, was the last of five children born to Joseph and Beverley Golding in Kingston, Jamaica. His father was a soldier so he grew up on an army base. At the age of thirteen his father retired and his family moved to Portmore, St. Catherine. As a child, Matthew was drawn to music with an innate desire to perform and entertain. "My mother was a drama teacher and she wrote a lot of plays and still writes to this day