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BIOGRAPHY OF RAPPER "SNIPA" formerly known as JERUSALEM. SNIPA WAS BORN IN WATERFORD, PORTMORE, JAMAICA. HE IS A VERY QUIET AND OBSERVANT GHETTO YOUTH WILLING TO LEARN AND EARN. HE IS FROM A VERY POOR FAMILY OF 8 - HIS DAD, MOM, HIS 2 BROTHERS AND 3 SISTERS.

HUSTLING, GAMBLING, GANG, CRIME WAS THE WAY OF SURVIVING FOR MANY POOR KIDS AROUND SNIPA BUT WITH THE HELP OF THE ALMIGHTY, SNIPA LIVED AND SURVIVED THOSE UNFORGETTABLE DAYS. BUT SADLY MANY DID NOT. MANY LIVES WERE CUT SHORT BY BULLETS FROM SOLDIERS, POLICE OR BAD GUNMEN. THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THE GHETTO WAS SPORTS OR MUSIC. SNIPA CHOSE MUSIC.

HIS CAREER BEGAN AT A TENDER AGE WHEN OFTEN TIMES HE WOULD SNEAK OR STEAL OUT OF HIS PARENTS' HOUSE AND GO TO STREET DANCES AND PARTIES. OFTEN TIMES HE WOULD GET A WHOPPING BUT IT WOULD NOT CHANGE THE LOVE FOR MUSIC.

SNIPA CAREER BLOSSOMED WHEN HE MET SISTER-I-LIVE WHO LATER BECAME HIS WIFE. SISTER-I-LIVE, AN OVERSEAS-BASED SINGER, TOOK SNIPA TO CALIFORNIA WHERE HIS SKILLS OF SINGING AND WRITING GREW FIRMER AND STRONGER UNDER HER WATCHFUL EYES.
IT WAS NOT AN EASY ROAD FOR SNIPA. TRAGEDY STRUCK WHEN ONE OF HIS SONS DIED IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THE PRESSURE OF LIVING IN EXILE CAME TO REALITY. BUT AS TRIBULATION AND SUFFERATION GREW, HIS MUSIC KEPT ELEVATING TO HIGHER AND HIGHER LEVELS.

SNIPA IS A VERY ORIGINAL ARTIST. HIS ALWAYS DEEP, CONSCIOUS LYRICS AND HIS ENERGETIC AND EXPLOSIVE PERFORMANCE CAPTURES THE HEART, SOUL AND MIND OF MANY, MANY FANS. SNIPA HAS SHARED MANY STAGES WITH SOME OF THE BEST REGGAE ARTISTS SUCH AS; BURNING SPEAR, SIZZLA,EVERTON BLENDER,BABY CHAM, ANDREW TOSH, BUJU BANTON, KEN BOOTH, TONEY REBEL, DAMIAN, ZIGGY, JULIAN AND KYMANI MARLEY, LUCIANO,
YELLOW MAN, EEK A MOUSE AND MANY MORE.
HIS DEBUT ALBUM "VOICE OF THE GHETTO" WILL BE RELEASED SOON.

TO SEE SNIPA SING AND PERFORM IS SO SPRITUAL AND MAGICAL IT'S SIMPLY UNBELIEVABLE. HIS MESSAGE TO THE WORLD IS TO BE STRONG, STAY FOCUSED AND ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT RASTAFARI IS EARTH'S RIGHTFUL RULER BUT IS NOT THE GOD OF NO MAN, MAMA NATURE IS THE ONLY GOD. THESE ARE THE PSALMS OF SNIPA:
"I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE GHETTO AND I PROMISE TO HELP AS MUCH GHETTO YOUTH AS POSSIBLE WORLDWIDE. MAMA NATURE BLESS THE GHETTO"