I remember in High School, my Religion teacher (went to Catholic school, big up Convent High) had this inner glow, its like she was always in that feel good mood. When I see Jah Cure perform, it's the same thing. He just has this inner joy that radiates and touches everyone around him.


Born on October 11, 1978 in Hanover Jamaica, the young boy who would touch the world with his melodious voice was always mesmerized by the pull of music. He would sneak out of his home and visit the dancehalls and various shows in the community, being influenced by and learning from performers such as Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, Beres Hammond, Marcia Griffith, Garnett Silk, Yami Bolo, Jacob Miller and Black Uhuru. So it was not strange that by age 11he had already chosen the name Little Melody and was performing in his community and school.

School days seemed fun for Siccaturie and one memory that stood out from those days surrounded his name. Not everyone could say Siccaturie. He remembers teachers asking him to spell his name, so much so that he would run around the school yard singing S-I-C-C-A-T-U-R-I-E. Most people just called him Sicca for short.

By age 15, Sica/ Little Melody moved to Kingston, where he met Capleton, Sizzla and Jah Mason. It was at this stage in his life that he was given the name Jah Cure by Capleton and his David House Crew. According to his MySpace bio it was because the singer looked young and healthy, and he was “well preserved,” as in “well cured” from using the plants of the land. Cure became enlightened spiritually, and his belief in living naturally became heightened.

It was during that period he encountered Beres Hammond who was so struck with his voice and talent that he took him under his wing and took him on tour. In 1998, Cure performed on a European tour and visited several Caribbean Islands with Hammond and the Harmony House Family, touching thousands of fans and defining himself as a definite talent and star!

Unfortunately , and unexpectedly, towards the end of 1998 he was stopped and arrested late one night in Montego Bay. His official bio states on the issue Cure was charged with four crimes, all of which he denied. He has maintained his innocence to this day, as he did all through his arrest, trial and incarceration. A non-jury trial was convened, where Cure’s defense lawyer based his case on “Identification vs. Recognition” case law. Failure by his attorney to file a timely appeal, regrettably, based on one victim’s claim that he sounded like one of the perpetrators, Cure was sentenced in 1999 to 15 years in prison.

While in jail, Cure recorded and released several records, many of which topped the charts as 1 singles. The songs “Jamaica” produced by Danger Zone Productions and “Longing For” produced by Don Carleon both hit 1 on the Jamaican charts and were international hits. His first album Free Jah’s Cure was recorded in jail, and later released in 2001, one year after his incarceration. It is a project that has been lyrically compared to Bob Marley’s classic, Exodus.

In 2003, Beres Hammond produced Cure’s second album Ghetto Life, which featured the single “Divide and Rule,” a duet with Sizzla, which was voted the best song of that year. Cure recorded more songs while still incarcerated and released his third album in 2005, aptly entitled Freedom Blues. Eventually, after serving eight years in jail, Cure was released from prison on July 28, 2007. His fourth album, Reflections, was released one week later. Since his release from jail, his goal has been to spread love and to promote peace and healing, universally through his music. He began his world wide tour in the Fall of 2008.

Cure’s fifth full-length album The Universal Cure is his first recorded album since his release from prison. The project is scheduled for worldwide release on April 14th, 2009, and the single “Mr. Jailer,” featuring SoBe label-mate Phyllisia is the first of many exciting collaborations for Jah Cure. The album contains appearances from various artists crossing the Reggae, Hip Hop, Latin, and R&B genres.

Crooner, Survivor, Forgiver, "Curer" Jah Cure you are officially Lime Certified!



Q&A

1. You have a very unique name. What does it mean and who gave it to you?
Thank you very much. My father named me Siccature Alcock after a president in Guinea named Seko Toure. My father read a lot and him like to name him kids African names.



2. When did you know you wanted to sing as a career?
There was a contest in the community and mi a sign up fi it. Write mi own song called "System Is A Fraud" (singing: youts cyan stand de pressure/so dem ah go teiff/yout man get shot/Mama belly feel weak/just like a dong running down inna de street). So mi win the competition and my prize was a food basket. Food basket had whole heap and variety of syrup, and food. Mi carry it up and mi mudda eat and mi and mi bruddah share from the rest. So me say a mi a go be de bread winner, you know. Second place winner only ting him get is a food basket. Mi had de food basket plus they carry mi a Sandals Hotel (never been before) for the day and eat big lunch. So it was a big ting inna mi life.

3.You turned 30 in October what did you do to celebrate ?
Mi and Wayne Marshall and some other friends a go to a club and party and ah bruck up other celebrities that were there -Sean Paul Bling Dawg, and we party together, and it looked like we were there together. Pure coincidence (laugh).

4. Tell us something about yourself that may suprise people?
Mi get drunk easy so mi na drink much. Fi mi birthday just take a little sip of champagne, eat some cake and ting.

5. Describe your first taste of fame?
(Smiling) Mi love country so mi ah go to MoBay, nobody dem cyan find me. Same time mi song play inna Irie FM and get five forward. Everybody asking who is Siccature Alcock who song playing on de radio. I used to have a girlfriend and we broke up. We get back together inna two weeks (laugh) cause tings look good! and mi have mi two good shirts and mi put dem on so people feel like say a yes him meking money now so him look good. (laugh) Haffi make it look good cause di career say you have fi market yourself.


6. Can you name the material things you missed while in jail?
Umm everything, the hot clothes, hot cars, women (smiling) making love to the ladies all of that.

7. If you could have dinner with any three persons who would they be and why?
Beyonce, Keyshia Cole and Alicia Keys. Cure loves the ladies.

8. Do you have a hobby?
Football/soccer. Mi love football.

9. Whats in your I-Pod?
Pop , R&B

10. Favorite female body part?
Smiling(touching chest) (need I say more?lol)







GO WITH YOUR GUT


11.Beach or river?
River

12. Mobay or Kingston?
Mobay


13.Wisdom or knowledge?
Both

14. Etana or Alaine?
Oh geez, both

15. TV or Radio?
TV cause you can see and hear




FINISH IT.....

16.I'm inspired by Bob Marley. He's legendary.

17.I bet you didn't know that Jah Cure is a professional soccer superstar.

18. Women...Cure loves you

19. Condoms are a must of course.

20.Jah Cure is a singer of MUSIC. So if you happen to hear me sing something and its not reggae remember it's just music.



MySpace.com/freejahscure
Sobeentertainment.com
dangerzonemusicgroup.com

Allu know I could not let my first-week-grand-launch of my site pass and without featuring a Dominican artist right????? Of course you did. LOL..... And guess what it's not a Bouyon artist or Zouk or Calypso artist either. He's a rapper. Uh huh....

He is Klass Money and he's focused on making it in this rap game-ya dig? He grew up first in the city of Roseau and then moved to the suburb of Wallhouse about age 6. He says growing up in D.A (that's short for Dominica) " was fun, interesting, memorable. I was always a troublesome dude. I guess it was due to the fact that I was young." The young Klass Money hung with a click called Outlaws, then with 24 Style, but not too long after hooking up with the later he moved to Miami. Looking back he says "I think it was for my own good, guess that's why my mom made sure I moved ASAP (laughs).

When it came to music, he says he was more into reggae a la Buju Banton. He got his first taste of rap music, after friends introduced him to 2Pac and it was love at first listen. Interestingly enough, rapping for him was just a hobby, but after developing a fan base, working with producers around the globe and seeing the interest that others had in his music, he began considering it as a career.

KlassMoney is currently working on his 2000 N Mine street album- his 3rd solo project due out this summer. You can download his 2nd Period Klass In Session mixtape on his MySpacePage.

Klass Money is currently managed by 3D Sound Management Inc and he says "I got a few record labels interested in me so it's on and popping!"

Interesting update. So here I am typing up this interview, and I realized I never asked for his real name, so I was like dude, what's your name. So he's like Jefferson Scotland. LOL!!!!! That's my cousin ya'll!!! Our grandmothers are sisters!!!! Is that crazy or what????? Guess I missed the little innocent face I once knew under that beard and dem dreads. Now he have his game face on. So now I'm even happier that I am not only bigging up a Dominican but a family member too. Big ups to Jewo (his Dad) and Carol (his mama, ooh he looks like her too) your sisters and the rest of the fam.

Family, Homey, Street Hustler, Lyrical master, Klass Money you are officially Lime Certified!

Q & A


1. Who gave you the name Klass Money?
My wifey came up with that name but i found meaning in it...b4 that everybody called me Klassic or Klass but i felt that KlassMoney represented me better because it describe my character as an artist better and also symbolized my son but that's another story.


2.What do most people say when you tell them you are from Dominica?
Dominican Republic? (laughs)


3. Do you have a favorite saying? (like how Keyshia Cole's sister always says "Are you serious?")
Yea, its "bruh." I love saying bruh at the end of my sentence when I'm playing around: Na'mean bruh?


4.What is your favorite video game?
None,I ain't really into games. I'm too busy trying to get rich (laughs) but if I had to say one video game, it would be Grand Theft Auto.


5. What kind of movies do you like?
I'm into action movies.


6.What have you accomplished that you are most proud of?
That's easy. My son.


7. If you could spy on anyone who would it be?
That's a hard one because I could care less about what anybody else is doing...but I'd say my girl I guess (laughs).


8.Has anyone ever broken your heart?
Yea, my ex broke my heart but it was a lesson I needed to learn and I'm happy she did that because she wasn't the one for me and I'm happier without her.


9.Can you name one place you've never visited but would like to and why?
Yea, England, I got family out there. I know a lot of people who's been out there and I want to be able to share that experience one day.

10. What is your worst habit?
That's easy, smoking!!!!! (laughs)








GO WITH YOUR GUT

11. Great legs or gorgeous hair (on a woman)
Great legs all day!


12.Rooftop party or basement party?
Rooftop party.


13.Zouk or Soca?
I don't really care for none, but if I had to choose one I would say Soca.


14.Knowledge or wisdom?
Knowledge


15. Fur or leather?
Leather.



FINISH IT....


16. No one knows that I am very conscientious.

17. Condoms save lives!

18.I am inspired by my family and friends.

19.When I want to relax I smoke on fruit loops(laughs).

20. Klass Money is unstoppable.


And yes it's some grown folks lyrics on his site. You've been warned!

MySpace.com/daklassic

MySpace.com/3dsoundmanagement