Rohan Stephens, better known as Zumjay, is a popular

dancehall Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) "The Rou ...

deejay. Besides his success in Jamaica, including performances at Jamaica's biggest reggae festivals

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and

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, Zumjay has toured Europe in 2004 and 2005 (the second year with fellow deejay

Alozade Michael Sterling, better known as Alozade, is a dancehall and reggae deejay notorious for his use of profanity. He has performed at the biggest Jamaican reggae festivals Sumfest and Sting as well as at the German Splash! festival in 2001. He ...

).ZUMJAY - 21st Century Deejay - Street Deejay with a difference
YardFlex.com Stephens was born in

Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley Inter ...

, and grew up in the city's Waterhouse district.The Law According to Zumjay
, ''

Jamaica Observer ''Jamaica Observer'' is a daily newspaper published in Kingston, Jamaica. The publication is owned by Butch Stewart, who chartered the paper in January 1993 as a competitor to Jamaica's oldest daily paper, ''The Gleaner''. Its founding editor i ...

'', 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014 He attended Kingston College and

Hydel High School Hydel High School is a prestigious private co-educational secondary school, located on the Ferry Highway, in the Parish of St. Catherine, Jamaica. Founded by former Jamaican Senator, Hyacinth Bennett in September 1993, on Ardenne Road in Kings ...

. At Hydel High School, Zumjay was Head Boy and participated in numerous extra curricular activities including, a play, which won Gold at the Jamaica Drama Festival. After graduating Hydel High, he worked at

Donovan Germain Donovan Germain (born 7 March 1952 in Jamaica) is a reggae producer, one of the most successful of the digital era. Biography Germain's entry into the music industry was via his record shop in New York City in the 1970s.Larkin, Colin (1998) "The V ...

's Penthouse Studios as an apprentice engineer, and became a recording artist himself around 1998, having success in 2000 with "Courtney", a tribute to cricketer Courtney Walsh. He released other successful singles including "Shake it", "Sticky" and "Dancing Team". He married Aviesha Palmer in 2006 and in 2007 emigrated to the United States and joined the US Army Reserves while also studying for a Video Arts Technology degree at the Borough of Manhattan Community College;Brooks, Sadeke (2009)
Zumjay Loving Army Life
", ''Jamaica Star'', 6 June 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2014 He graduated in 2014 from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centre.

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