Ken Serious

BORN KENTON EMANUEL MATTHEWS, ON SEPTEMBER 8TH IN THE PARISH OF MANCHESTER, JAMAICA. KEN WAS RAISED IN THE PRATVILLE DISTRICT, MANCHESTER AND FARQUHAR BEACH, PARRISH OF CLARENDON. KEN’S PARENTS ARE REGINALD MATTHEWS AND RITA HOWELL. HE WENT TO MILK RIVER ALL AGE SCHOOL THEN YORK TOWN PRIMARY AND THE AD ASTRA ACADEMY IN MAY PEN CLARENDON. KEN SANG FOLK SONGS AT YORK TOWN PRIMARY. HIS FIRST REAL PERFORMANCE WAS IN A SCHOOL FESTIVAL CONTEST. KEN’S MOM, DAD AND GRANDMOTHER WERE HIS FIRST INFULENC...

BORN KENTON EMANUEL MATTHEWS, ON SEPTEMBER 8TH IN THE PARISH OF MANCHESTER, JAMAICA. KEN WAS RAISED IN THE PRATVILLE DISTRICT, MANCHESTER AND FARQUHAR BEACH, PARRISH OF CLARENDON. KEN’S PARENTS ARE REGINALD MATTHEWS AND RITA HOWELL. HE WENT TO MILK RIVER ALL AGE SCHOOL THEN YORK TOWN PRIMARY AND THE AD ASTRA ACADEMY IN MAY PEN CLARENDON. KEN SANG FOLK SONGS AT YORK TOWN PRIMARY. HIS FIRST REAL PERFORMANCE WAS IN A SCHOOL FESTIVAL CONTEST. KEN’S MOM, DAD AND GRANDMOTHER WERE HIS FIRST INFULENCE. HIS MOM ALSO SANG AT CONCERTS. KEN STARTED LISTENING TO SOUND SYSTEM CASSETTES AND REGGAE ARTIST BRIGIEDEER JERRY WAS HIS INFULENCE TO START DEEJAYING SUCH ARTISTS AS NECODEMUS AND CHARLIE CHAPLIN, JUST TO NAME A FEW OF HIS EARLY INFULENCES. KEN’S DAD WAS THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF HIS BAND HE USED TO SING AND PLAY THE BANJO AND GUITAR. KEN HAS BEEN SPREADING THE POSITIVE VIBES AND SPIRITUAL WORD THROUGH HIS MUSIC FOR OVER 20 YEARS IN THE REGGAE GENRE. HIS NAME WAS CAPTAIN KENTERUS WHEN HIS FIRST SONG RELEASED IN 1987 ON THE SKENG DON LABEL, THE SONG ENTILED GONE A SEA , VOICED ON FLAMES LABEL TONY REBEL , STAR TRAILS , STUDIO ONE , PRICELESS BOUNTY KILLA, ROARING LION COCO TEA AND SHARK LABEL JUST TO NAME A FEW. THE FIRST SOUND SYSTEM KEN WORKED ON WAS KING BASIL FROM MAY PEN , KILLAMAN FORCE, KING STUR MARS WITH DANNY DREAD THE BEST SELECTER, AND ARTISTS LIKE NECODEMUS , LITTLE HARRY, JUNIOR CAT, CUTTY RANKS, CAPTAIN BARKY , WAYNE WONDER ,SHACKA DEMUS , RICKY TUFFY AND MORE. TONY REBEL (AND THE FLAMES CREW) WAS THE FIRST TO BRING KEN FROM SOUNDSYSTEMS TO STAGE IN 1994 ON THE “EARTHVIBES FEST” IN FT. CLARENCE, WHERE HE PERFORMED ON STAGE WITH GARNETT SILK AND FREDDY MCGREGOR. KEN HAS PERFORMED ON THE IRIE JAMBORE IN NEW YORK, THE REGGAE BASH WITH IRIE FM AND THE RED/GOLD/GREEN AFFAIR ALSO IN NEW YORK JUST TO NAME A FEW. KEN HAS WORKED WITH SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS NAMES IN REGGAE MUSIC SUCH AS CUTTY RANKS, SUGAR MINOTT, EVERTON BLENDER, GARNETT SILK, SHAKA DEMUS, WAYNE WONDER, CHARLIE CHAPLIN, JUST TO NAME A FEW. KEN IS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMEBERS OF REBEL SALUTE. HE ALSO TOURED THE MIDWEST AND NORTH AMERICA WITH COCOA TEA AND LOUIE CULTURE IN 1999 ON THE ROARING LION TOUR AND HAS WORKED ON SOME OF THE BIGGEST STAGE SHOWS IN JAMAICA. KEN SUMS EVERYTHING UP IN THESE WORDS: “ WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER, ONLY LOVE CAN CONQUER. RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL COVER THE EARTH LIKE THE WATER COVERS THE SEA” WORD SOUND AND POWER!! KEN IS NOT DONE YET!! JAH WORKS ARE NOT DONE!! HE WILL BE SPREADING THE SERIOUS, SPIRITUAL WORDS AND VIBES FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME.