Nomad Carlos

Changing the way we associate Jamaican music with Reggae and Dancehall is quite the feat, but Miami born, Kingston bred Hip Hop artist Nomad Carlos has climbed his way into the spotlight with his impeccable lyrical flows and grassroots efforts, propelling not only his own music, but the entire Hip Hop genre into the homes of the Caribbean people, and soon the world. The young rapper adds, “I think  I have the ability to give a new outlook within the content of Hip Hop music, as I have li...

Changing the way we associate Jamaican music with Reggae and Dancehall is quite the feat, but Miami born, Kingston bred Hip Hop artist Nomad Carlos has climbed his way into the spotlight with his impeccable lyrical flows and grassroots efforts, propelling not only his own music, but the entire Hip Hop genre into the homes of the Caribbean people, and soon the world. The young rapper adds, “I think  I have the ability to give a new outlook within the content of Hip Hop music, as I have lived a different life in Jamaica.”Raised in Kingston from the age of 5, Nomad has officially declared Jamaica his true home, and it is the official birthplace of his rising Hip Hop career. Nomad learned from an early age to divert any negative surrounding him into a positive art form. He started writing lyrics as his way to escape certain influences and make a difference through music, reflecting on personal life experiences while growing up in Kingston to what he experiences around him on a day to day basis.From early on, Nomad and his original crew would release Hip Hop mixtapes around Jamaica in an effort to be heard. They performed shows all over Kingston and recorded a full length studio album accompanied by several music videos that eventually established Nomad as one of Jamaica’s up and coming Hip Hop pioneers. Despite the brewing popularity and street buzz that Nomad and his crew were gaining, the young talent quickly learned that there was really no real market for Hip Hop in Jamaica. With Reggae and Dancehall dominating the Caribbean music industry, Hip Hop was on the sidelines waiting for a chance to be heard; “This is an ongoing struggle I go through in my own country. Gatekeepers to the music industry turn a blind eye to the local Hip Hop community.” Fortunately for Nomad, his unrelenting efforts seemed to be paying off when a Florida based record label offered him his first record deal. Although he declined the deal in lieu of carving an independent path, this offer was the beginning of what the Jamaican music industry had been ignoring for so many years. With his introspective rhymes backed by the high quality production of his tracks, Nomad Carlos was starting to soar. In January 2012, Nomad released “Live From Yard,” hosted by DJ Ill Will & DJ Rockstar. The mixtape included the hit singles Yard Law, Illest, and 1 Time 2 Time. With a growing fan base in the US, his current projects include a new music video for Yard Law and a new mixtape entitled “Me Against the Grain,” set for a fall release.Nomad Carlos is creating history by being recognized as one of the leading artists to bring Jamaican Hip Hop to the forefront of the mainstream music business. “I definitely see myself as a force to be recognized in the industry,” he says. “I'm not trying to be anybody or sound like anybody. I'm just making real music that I enjoy and that people can relate to.” As it is instilled in him to be successful in whatever you do, his main focus for what’s to come relies on building on his growing fan base in the breakthrough U.S. market, and then eventually, the world.