Yami Bolo is a Jamaican reggae singer and performer.

Biography

Rolando Ephraim McLean, better known as Yami Bolo, is a Jamaica

Jamaica

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n reggae

Reggae

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 singer, musician, artist, and performer. He was born on October 1, 1970 and grew up in Kingston

Kingston, Jamaica

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 13. His first professional job and exposure was with Sugar Minott's Youth Promotion Crew.

Yami Bolo, a reggae artist with deeply held Rastafarian beliefs, has worked as an Ambassador for reggae around the world. He contributed to Damian Marley's 2001 Grammy Award winning album Halfway Tree (2002 Best Reggae Album).

Yami Bolo has collaborated with some of reggae's greatest artists and producers; including Damian Marley

Damian Marley

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, Tenor Saw

Tenor saw

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, Sugar Minott

Sugar Minott

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, Capleton

Capleton

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, Augustus Pablo

Augustus Pablo

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, Tapper Zukie

Tapper Zukie

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, Sly and Robbie

Sly and Robbie

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, and King Jammys Studios. His success as a reggae artist has allowed him to record many songs professing the Rastafarian faith as taught by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church throughout his three decades in the reggae industry. Yami Bolo has been performing Rastafarian works since the mid 1980's touring with many different reggae groups including Augustus Pablo's Rockers crew.

His Rastafarian inspired music is listened to around the world, particularly in reggae niche markets like Japan, Australia, Britain, France, USA and Germany. As an ambassador for reggae, Yami Bolo conducted Rastafari cultural studies at world renowned universities, like SUNY

State University of New York

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 in New York State and MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition, Yami Bolo has supported the city of New Orleans and its surrounding areas by volunteering his musical talent at live performances in Louisiana

Louisiana

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in the Summer of 2009.

Discography

Albums

• Jah Made Them All (Rockers, 1990)
• He Who Knows It Feels It (Heartbeat, 1991)
• Up Life Street (Heartbeat, 1992)
• Fighting for Peace (RAS, 1994)
• Wonders And Sign (Super Power, 1997)
• Wisdom Cry (IMAJ, 1998)
• No Surrender (Jet Star Records, 1998)
• Freedom And Liberation (Tabou 1, 1999)
• Healing Of All Nations (Roots Foundation, 2001)

EPs

• Blood Diamonds Dub Set (Gold Moor Sound, 2008)

Singles

• "Blood Diamonds" (Gold Moor Sound, 2008)
• "Bloody Coltan" (Gold Moor Sound, 2011)

External links

• Yami Bolo official web site
• Yami Bolo discography at Discogs
• Blood Diamonds Dub Set official web site
• Blood Diamonds official web site
• Bloody Coltan official web site