Burning Spear, is a Grammy Award winning Jamaican roots
reggae singer and musician. Like many famous Jamaican
reggae artists, Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari
movement messages.He was born in Saint Ann's Bay,
Jamaica, as were Bob Marley and Marcus Garvey; who both
had a great influence on Burning Spear aka Rodney's life:
Garvey in his philosophy, which Burning Spear greatly
took to, and Marley in directly helping Burning Spear get
started in the music industry by introducing him to
Clement Dodd. Burning Spear was originally Rodney's
group, named after Jomo Kenyatta, the first Prime
Minister and President of an independent Kenya, and
initially including bass singer Rupert Willington, later
expanding to include tenor Delroy Hinds.