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Zukie Joseph
11+ albums
Jesus-Reggaechristiangospel-reggaereggaegospel reggae
about
Junior Allen, aka Zukie Joseph, was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica. At an early age he was given the nickname Zukie by a community elder and mentor. Zukie was born on the 24th of February, which makes him Joseph of the twelve tribes of Israel. He is especially proud to be Joseph because two of his favorite and most influential singers, Dennis Brown and Bob Marley are also Josephs. Zukie Joseph grew up in a family of music lovers, four boys and two girls. His parents constantly played every kind of music in the house; everything from Country and Western, Reggae, Funk, RnB, Soul, Jazz and Classical music. Zukie Joseph believes that his musical diversity stems from his upbringing. His love for the dancehall started at an age where most kids couldn’t cross the street. He said he was always the youngest youth in the dance, and nine times out of ten he would always get locked out of the house, followed by an ass whipping from his parents in the morning when he got home from a reggae dance. He loves dancehall music, but believes that as he matures musically he tends to prefer Roots Rock Reggae a lot more. His musical inspiration comes from icons such as Otis Redding, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Cat Stevens, Van Morrison, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Dennis Brown, Toots Hibbert, Al Green, I-Threes, Diana Ross and Roberta Flack. To name a few! He came to Canada in 1989 and by 1990 he started singing on a local sound system called Mr. Basie Muzik. Between 1992 and 1994 he was the lead
