HonoRebel is the youngest of six children who were raised by a single mother. He remembers his childhood as being a rough uphill struggle, often riddled with street violence and poverty. In fact, HonoRebel’s two eldest brothers were murdered by such unnecessary gang violence that often overtook HonoRebel s daily activities.  With all the negative events that surrounded his early life, it was by fate that HonoRebel was heavily exposed to music.

Growing up in the heart of Reggae Culture, it was no surprise that HonoRebel would be exposed to the thundering bass lines of the local sound systems. Jamaican Dancehall Artists such as King Yellow Man and Popa San played a major role in keeping the young HonoRebel off the streets. Instead of focusing on crime, he was now focusing on music; instead of picking up a gun, he was picking up an instrument or a microphone! This passion eventually led him to learn how to play the trumpet and he soon found himself playing in various bands in and out of school. In HonoRebel s own words, “I didn’t find music, music found me.”

Aside from his musicianship, it became evident that HonoRebel had a knack for writing songs as well as performing them. He soon found himself reciting his own lyrics on popular dancehall rhythms that eventually created a buzz throughout the Jamaican Music Scene.

At the beginning of his growing music career, he took the name Honorable Apache. Because of his extraordinary talent, he quickly found himself in the booth with some of Jamaica’s biggest producers and artists such as Willie Lindo, Lloyd Campbell, Black Shadow, and Clifton “Specialist” Dillon of Shang Records, all the while racking up an impressive number of hits which included: Hurricane, Material Girl, Who Dis Mi  Crew and Camouflage.

As his career began to progress, he took a new moniker by which he is now known: HonoRebel, to

which he explains that the Honor comes from his humbleness, while the Rebel is his Fighting Warrior Spirit. It was this very same spirit that took his musician status to the next level, often sharing the same stage with Jamaica’s biggest dancehall acts.

His electrifying stage performances soon became the buzz of the country and HonoRebel was sworn into the ranks of his childhood heroes.” HonoRebel launched his Musical Career on a more professional level in the late ‘90s and soon found himself collaborating with Reggae Legends such as Sly and Robbie and hip-hop legend Luther Campbell BKA Uncle Luke of The Two Live Crew. While recording at Luke Records, he became very close friends with Pitbull. It was that moment both artists found common grounds where diversity is concern.

It was inevitable that HonoRebel’s music quickly morphed. He infused various styles to fit his deliverance and  diversity, ranging from Roots Reggae, Dancehall, Hip-Hop, Pop, Reggaeton, EDM, Tropical House, and Afro Beats with producers like Scott Storch, Dj Snake, Benny Benassi, Rvssian, Dj Codeman and Herbert Skillz. HonoRebel began to widen his musical catalog and his audience appeal, reaching as far as Moscow, where he had the #1 and #3 in, so he got invited to performed live at the Russian MTV Video Music Awards with Russian Pop Star, Julia Kova.

Because of his diverse musical style, HonoRebel found himself standing outside the music industry box. Unable to label him as just a traditional reggae singer, HonoRebel was quickly initiated as a cross-over international artist.

In 2009, HonoRebel scored his first #1 in 58 different countries and peaked at #22 on the Billboard dance charts with “Now You See It” which features Pitbull and Jumpsmokers. While he was signed to Ultra Records/Sony Music, HonoRebel released his first album “Club Scene” from his three-album deal with the

label. The album had a few major features such as Pitbull, Shaggy, Sean Kingston, Trina, and Dj Class.  HonoRebel later found himself collaborating with over 105 artists and producers worldwide but scored it big again in 2016, performing on the Latin Music Billboard Awards because of the monster hit “Mari,” which features El Micha and Farina.

HonoRebel wears a few caps in this music industry, not only is he an international artist, he’s a writer, producer, owner of his publishing company, Caribbean Paradise Publishing LLC and CEO of his own record label Phantom Music Group where he signed three artists and two producers. With his team, Shadrac Milhomme, Herbert Skillz, Eric Rydmark, Dj Codeman, Micheal Durrant and Nick Lafond, HonoRebel’s sixth studio album entitled, “Above the Noise” was released in 2019.

HonoRebel explains, “I’m not afraid to experiment with a different genre of music. Reggae Music is my foundation, but I feel my creativity transcends beyond that. You can throw me into Hip-Hop, Soca, Latin, Dance, Classical, whatever and I’ll deliver.” So as the music industry continues it’s hardest to categorize and label, it’s official – HonoRebel rebels against the status quo and continue to break barriers as he sets new sights and heights. He states it best, “I’ve fought all my life to achieve my goals and dreams. Even when I’m told that I can’t, I still fight to prove that I can.”

And with all that’s going for him now, the rebellion never sounded this sweet!

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