AN ambitious producer with a powerful love for the creation of music, Immanuel Kerr is not just an ordinary TEEN. After graduating from Wolmer’s Boys’ School, making the decision to pursue music wasn’t an easy one.

Being a self-taught musician, he was always around musical instruments and he learned to play many of them from a young age, including the bass, guitar and drums.

Having started creating rhythms from around the age of 12, as he continued to grow, so did his love and passion for the creation of music and the music industry. He then started his musical training in England of being a sound engineer and came back to Jamaica where he completed his studies at the Music Business Technical Institute.

Geared towards his accomplishments, he joined G3 Musik recording label at age 15, where he progressed for three years. Afterwards he left the label as he decided it was time to become a young entrepreneur, get out on his own, ‘steer his own ship’ and he established his own recording label, Ras-I Musique in 2009.

Having gone on tour to the USA, England and Africa with Junior Kelly and the Marleys continues to strive to accomplish his dream of being one of the top international producers.

If not producing music, this very easy-going individual enjoys playing football and if he was not pursing music, his direction would have been towards being a professional football player.

With a vibrant perspective on the future, he has produced the Party Shop riddim and worked with upcoming deejays such as Masicka on his single Lose Control, Denyque on the single Not What I’m Used To and her new single Gotta Move On and tracks on upcoming artiste Kray-Z’s mixtape such as On and On. He has also been featured on mixtapes as an artiste as well as a producer for Kray-Z, T’Nez, Chi Ching Ching and TOK.

Currently he is working on the Laugh Now Cry Later mixtape with Infinity and acoustic tracks from Kray-Z and D’yani.

He is inspired by everyday happenings and his vibe and he hopes to work with Sizzla, I-Octane and Buju Banton.

He advises TEENs who intend on entering the music industry to:

“Know the industry well as it’s not just music, it’s a business, so know it inside out. Take it seriously and put in the work; success will come even though it may take some time.”

You can keep in touch with the Ras and check for more updates and upcoming singles at Facebook/Ras-I Musique or on Twitter @RasI_musique.

— Talia Soares