Owen Knibbs was born november, 10th 1966 in Mt Salem, Montego Bay, Jamaica. He grew up with his mother (mama granty), three sisters and nine brothers, Owen was the youngest. He was introduce to music at a tender age by his mother, she would host parties in the back yard every weekend. She own a stereo vinyl player and Owen would play the records for her. Owen study the lyrics of Tinga Stewart "Play The Music", a festival song in 1974, which became the first song he perform at a talent show and receive one dollar. He started to perform in church and at school and was very popular in the community. While attending St James high school, he met a friend name Martin Reid in nine grade and they became a duo. They call themself "Little Ista and Billy Dread".
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