Leroy Young

Leroy Young

Leroy Young, (born August 7, 1967 in Belize City, Belize), otherwise known as "The Grandmaster", is a Belizean dub poet.

Biography and arts career

Young was born to Bernadean Young and attended St. Mary's Primary and the former St. Michael's College, now amalgamated into Anglican Cathedral College (ACC). He briefly starred in rap group Fresh Breeze with the Morgan Brothers, Kenny and Turbo, but eventually became addicted to drugs and got into various misdeeds, resulting in a trip to rehab after twice attempting to commit suicide. After spending time in prison and drug rehabilitation he turned to poetry and received a segment in the news broadcast on Channel 7 television station, improvising poems about stories in the news and whatever else.

He parlayed his time on Seven into two books of poetry, Made in Pinks Alley and Generation X. His debut album "Just Like That..." was released on Stonetree Records in 2004.

Young is a supporter of the People's United Party and appears on their radio station every Thursday hosting a show dedicated to the arts, "G2" (the other G standing for cohost Angela Gegg).

Young is the subject of a documentary film, "Welcome to My World", which is being directed by Brent Toombs. Filming of the documentary is almost complete and is expected to be released in spring or early summer of 2007.

External links

* [http://www.grandmasterdoc.com the documentary Welcome To My World]
* [http://www.rootsworld.com/reviews/grandmaster.shtml rootsworld.com album review]
* [http://www.belizetimes.bz/news/story/3276.shtml belizetimes.bz article]
* [http://www.http://www.stonetreerecords.com/albums/just_like_that_details.php Description of album Just Like That]


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