I Brilliance

I Brilliance performs at the TD IRIE Music Festival at Queen’s Park, date TBA.

I Brilliance is a multi-talented Jamaican Canadian artist born Kareem Green in Toronto. He started his career as a DJ spinning reggae, funk, hip hop and pop recordings. Even as a pre-teen, I Brilliance showed great skill in selecting old school roots reggae and hip hop records to rock parties and social functions. During the late 1990′s, he used his knowledge and experience in music to launch a career as a DJ as reggae MC’s are called. That transformation coincided with a visit to Jamaica where he lived for a couple of years with the intention of observing, learning and participating in the vibrant dancehall reggae industry.

As a recording artist, I Brilliance has a distinctive sound. It is different from the Jamaican style and is not typical of Canadian reggae. He has achieved this unique approach by bringing together his experience with hip hop, R&B, jazz and roots reggae to make his sound something more than what is expected from the usual dancehall recordings. His vocal style distinguishes itself by combining a fervent melodic singing voice with a gritty DJ growl.

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