SUPAH DEFARI AKA SUPAH DOOPAH REGGAE RECORDING ARTIST SUPAH DEFARI KNOWN TO MANY AS KINGLION WAS BORN TO MARY & DOVAL BROADBELT ON THE ISLAND OF ST. KITTS AND GREW UP ON ST. THOMAS U.S.VIRGIN ISLANDS. SUPAH IS A CREATIVE AND EXPLOSIVE PERFORMER KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST VERSATILE SINGJAY'S OF OUR TIME. HIS PRESENCE HAS BLESSED MANY PLACES LIKE THE CARIBBEAN, THE U.S., AND EUROPE. HE HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH SHAGGY & RAVON, RAS SHILOH, SISTER CAROL, KING YELLOW MAN, SLEEPY WONDER, DELLY RANKS, AND BILAL AS WELL AS MANY OF V.I.'S BEST-RAS ATTITUDE, PRESSURE, & STAR LION FAMILY(KING DAN, ICARUS, NIYORAH), BAMBU STATION AND I-GRADE FAMILY AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS. SUPAH STARTED DABBLING WITH MUSIC AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. AT AGE 11, HE DID A RAP VERSION TO 'READ YOUR BIBLE, PRAY EVERYDAY' FEATURING WAKAYA. SUPAH THEN GOT RECOGNITION FOR TWO SONGS THAT HE DID AFTER HURRICANE HUGO IN 1989-'SEE HUGO DERE' -WAS THE NAME OF THE SONG, A CALYPSO SONG, AND 'BAD HUGO' -A REGGAE SONG WHICH WAS BROADCAST ON WSTA- THE INFAMOUS RADIO STATION OF ST. THOMAS. THE JOURNEY THEN LED SUPAH TO D&C PRODUCTIONS, WHO WOULD LATER BECOME CHRONIC SOUNDS, TO RECORD HIS FIRST DUBPLATE. SUPAH STILL FEELS LIKE HIS DIRECTION TOWARDS MUSIC STARTED OUT DRUMMING ON HIS UNCLE'S TRUCK AND SINGING LOUD CHANTS ON THE BEACHES GIVING JAH THANKS. SUPAH THEN TRAVELED TO VIRGINIA WHERE HE WAS OFFERED A DEAL WITH TRUE GRIT RECORDS AFTER PERFORMING AT A TALENT SHOW AT NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY. WITH THE LABEL NOT HAVING A STRONG REGGAE BACKGROUND, SUPAH WENT ON TO START WHAT WAS KNOWN AS THE KING LION CREW ALONG WITH KING FYYAH, RASTAMAN, ANCIENT KING, EMPRESS NIYAMAH, AND T'NIA. HARD WORK AND PERSEVERANCE LEAD THE KING LION CREW TO RECORD AND PRODUCE THE 'TAKING IT TO THE STREETS'MIX TAPE 2003' AND 'THE INTRODUCTION MIXTAPE 2005', WITH OTHER FEATURES ON THE 'B-SIDE' ALBUM AND 'HOT OF THE PRESS' ALTHOUGH KING LION WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR ENDEAVORS, THEY PARTED WAYS TO PURSUE THEIR SOLO CAREERS. SUPAH BEGAN HIS SOLO CAREER RECORDING WITH VARIOUS ARTISTS. ONE OF HIS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS SUPAH RECORDING A SMASH HIT THAT WENT ON TO BE CRITICALLY AND NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ON OURSTAGE.COM FOR 'AROUND THE WORLD' A SONG WITH RAP ARTIST AMERIKA. SUPAH ALSO RECORDED AND CONTINUES TO RECORD WITH MANY OTHER ARTISTS. TONY KELLY IS A REKNOWNED REGGAE PRODUCER WHO SUPAH HAS WORKED WITH AND LOOKS FORWARD TO RECORDING WITH IN THE FUTURE. PRESENTLY SUPAH HAS HOOKED UP WITH BEBO OF 4CYTE PRODUCTION TO RECORD HIS HIT EP, 'JAH LOVE', WHICH HAS BEEN STIRRING UP THE REGGAE UNDERGROUND SECTOR. THE HOPES FOR 'JAH LOVE' IS TO MOVE SUPAH AS A DISTINCT REGGAE ARTIST TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF ARTISTRY WITH INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATION. FOR BOOKING AND CD'S, CALL 757-907-0439 OR EMAIL kingsupah@gmail.com.