Biography
Malica's father, Jubee, owned one of Kingston Jamaica’s extremely popular reggae sound systems Love Vibration. Like many children of selecta’s (sound men/DJs), the exposure to music constantly opened Malica’s ear to the styling’s of talented reggae musicians such as; Barrington Levy, Beenie Man, Professor Nuts, Sanchez and many more. Accordingly, these extremely different genres are all evident in Malica's style of delivery; as a child of the next generation of music.
When Malica first told her parents that she was born to sing and demonstrated seriousness in that declaration, they immediately knew what to do. Her mom started taking her to singing lessons and entered her into multiple talent shows. Everyone that saw her performances were uplifted by the powerful yet melodious voice of this little girl. She conveyed a sense of assurance and fulfillment through her sound and presence that no one had ever seen before. Malica has taken lessons in everything ranging from Opera, Gospel and R&B since the age of five.
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Currently residing in Orlando to attend school, as she’s presently fulfilling her college education, she received local recognition as she’s still been spending time creating music and getting into the music scene locally. Remember Orlando is the home of Disney and has kicked off many pop stars career’s such as Justin Timberland, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilar and others. Malica’s singing and dancing talents have landed her features on local news channels and she was quickly recruited by a local dance troupe which has only aided to give her a full rounded stage presence. Further, the Orlando area has been the home to mainstream hitmaker, Vada Nobles. In fact, Rihanna’s first hit single “Pon De Replay” actually started off as Malica’s demo. Working briefly with Vada Nobles rewarded Malica with very strong song “Dat Ting” from Vada’s first and only Dancehall Reggae juggling Riddim titled Colada. While she worked with Vada, Malica also recorded a special mix for DJs’ everywhere to both introduce them to her sound and also to pay homage to female artists before her whom greatly influenced her and inspired her to record primarily Tanya Stephens and Dawn Penn.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.