KingChallice

Florida, USA

‘King Challice’ was the name he coined from the Challice which he describes as the highest form of purification for the herb and that is what his music is stemmed from: purity. No matter the genre. He then decided to stay true to his assumed kingdom by adding ‘King’. He is a self-proclaimed ‘rebel with a cause’ whose music is a combination of social commentary and socio-politics - but is crafted in a way all can relate to. Despite moving to the US at 6 years old, Challice still held firmly to his Jamaican roots and this he says is attributed to always being in the company of his elders, who exposed to him to his earliest musical influences: Burning Spear, Culture, Akae Beka, Midnite and Twinkle Brothers. He has always been in love with music despite not knowing exactly what path within that he would take. “My cousin had a sound system and I would always watch him set up everything and envision myself either being a DJ or an artist, I knew with hard work perseverance I could do it.