Alborosie

Alberto d'Ascola (Marsala, Sicily, 1997) or by its stage name 'Alborosie' is a Jamaican-born Italian singer, musician and record producer who is known for making songs of this genre, has edited more than 10 albums and collaborated with various groups and artists recognized. He is the most famous Italian Reggae artist.

Biography
He was born on July 4, 1977 in the municipality of Marsala, Sicily. He lived with his parents; a police officer and a housewife being an only child, from a very young age he began to listen to songs by Bob Marley and Burning Spear having a passion for this type of music until he reached the 15 in 1993, he was heading towards the city of Bergamo to form the band Reggae National Tickets, band in which he made his first song called 'Bergamuffin' and with success he soon signed with the record company © BMG Records Italia achieving recognition in the country and throughout Europe with sales that exceeded 200,000 records in the year 2000 and thanks to the group, Albo plays in festivals such as Rototom Sunsplash and Sumfest thus having the pseudonym of 'Stena'. The first time he played at the Rototom was in 1995, «d'Ascola account:" At that time it was a small festival that was held in the back of the Rototom club, and look now, you could say that I and the festival we have grown together, in some way we are united, both by having the same awareness and by sharing the same passion and mission "».

Pseudonym
The name of Alborosie is derived from a nickname given to him in his first days in Jamaica. «"Borosie was what they used to call me, let me put it that way, my first experience in Jamaica was ... not so nice, Borosie was a name they used to call me and it has a negative meaning, so I said: I'll use this name and mix the place so turn that negative into something positive, basically my name is Alberto, so I add "Al" - Al-borosie, but I'm not going to tell you what borosie means! "».

Musical Career
In 2001, he decided to pursue his solo career and moved to Jamaica, in Kingston to work as a sound engineer and producer helping in the recording studio of Green Jam, 2 years later he made his first solo album called "Dash Me Away" and in 2004 he made his song titled 'Jah Jah Crown' and others more solo. Already seven years on the island, he works and publishes with the musical group Shengen Clan one of his first albums with the name of "Soul Pirate: Promo Pack" where they made their single as 'Herbalist' which was the 7th best seller in England and followed later with 'Kingston Town'. «The singer said:" To succeed in Jamaica means to sell 4-5 thousand records, I have sold 12 thousand "», says the artist proudly.

In the opinion of the singer about the country: «" The island is very beautiful, but living there is another story, there is no money and violence is the order of the day, the gangsta culture is the boss and the world of music is very corrupt "», refers to police corruption and thanks to it, the streets of the island have been filled with drug smuggling, crime and the homicides caused by them.