Jahleel “Leelo” Myrie, son of Grammy-winning dancehall deejay Buju Banton, says he is ready to take his music to the world.

He is currently promoting his latest single Melanin, released July 2022 on his Leelo Records imprint.

“The inspiration of Melanin came after I wrote the song and began searching for dancehall song to sample and came across my dad’s Champion and decided to used his vocals in my song,” said the 23-year-old.

According to Myrie, Melanin speaks to his love for a beautiful black women.

Myrie’s dad, Buju Banton, has two professing his love for women — those of a lighter shade in Love Mi Browning (1991) and for the dark-skinned ones in Love Black Woman (1992).

The former St George’s College and Jamaica College student says he will be definitely be doing dancehall songs, minus any form of violence.

“I know dancehall fans wants to hear a certain type of lyrics, but I am not going that route. I will not be engaging in either gun songs and negative lyrics. I have a responsibility which is to provide clean entertainment,” he said.

“A lot of people don’t know Jahleel because I have been quietly working behind the scenes. This [music] is really what I want out of life, and I know what Jamaicans expects from me because my father is Buju Banton,” he said.

Myrie’s other song is Heart and Soul which was made for his grandmother.

The singjay now joins two of his siblings in music — singjay Jahazeil and record producer Markus in carrying on their father’s legacy.

Myrie cites his father and Projexx, grandson of famed record producer King Jammy.

“At JC [Jamaica College], we would use our laptop to make riddims from a Mac programme installed in the laptop. This was time-consuming but the love of music made us continue, and now I am also a record producer,” he added.