Jahmali

On the 5th day of April, 1972, Ryan Thomas was born in Race Course, Clarendon, Jamaica.

Early school years had Ryan singing at whatever chance available. Reggae star Coco T is from the same parish was his early influence. Ryan was so influenced by him that he adopted a stage name close to Coco T’s. Ryan T was the name he used in his early recording years.

Although Ryan had a great love for music, he did not, by any means, shortchange his education. He was successful in high school at Vere, where he spent four years. He then moved to Kingston for tertiary education at Mico Teacher's College.
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The next few years were to find him in constant deliberation whether he wanted to limit himself to be a class room teacher, or to teach the world by way of his musical message.

He changed his name to Jahmali. Mali means FREE. He decided to take his Culture Message to the world in the form of recording and live performances. He is somewhat of a preacher on stage, a great performer.

He has done recording for some of the biggest name producers in the music industry in Jamaica such as Jammy’s and Penthouse.
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Jahmali is on a mission; he wants to share his music and message with the world. He has just ended a very successful European and U.S. with Reggae Superstar Buju Banton.