Mr. Easy Breaks The Silence

Easy, myself and Demo Delgado sat in the VIP room an trus mi, anybody looking on or listening in on the conversation woulda swear wi been friends for years the way wi were laughing and talking. Everybody was in a relaxed mood and that laid the foundation for the interview.

With his new tune "Surprise" on the surprise rhythm mashing up the dancehall, Mr. Easy over the years has managed to silence many a hater with his "Gangsta Intelligence" and unlike so many other artist he has managed to stay afloat in today's flooded entertainment industry. 

Despite the heights of his glory and the hype of the business, Mr. Easy remains modest and humble. He's definitely on my top 10 list of down to earth, laid back entertainers.

Born Ian Dyer in the parish of Trelawney this young Jamaican's travel along the road to stardom has been far from "Easy" as his name would have you believe, it was. It took a lot of hard work, determination, self confidence and encouragement for Easy to reach where he is today.

Influenced by Beres Hammond and Donny Hathaway he began signing as early as age ten (10), started a singing group with his 2 younger cousins after migrating to New York and went on to sing at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, where he was the first reggae artist to enter and win Amateur Night as well as Showtime at the Apollo. Even after all that it wasn't until his mother told him his "voice had developed into something sounding really good" and encouraged him to make singing a career that he began taking it seriously.
His success at Apollo had producers ringing his phone off the hook and resulted in him signing with Quest Records, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. In 1994 and the release of his first album 'Call Me Mr Easy'. It was while working on his never to be released second album with Mikey Bennett / Quest that he met Dave Kelly.

Mr. Easy moved back to Jamaica in 1989 and immediately began recording a series of tracks on Dave Kelly's Madhouse and Xtra Large labels. Though never signed to either of those labels Easy was apart of the Madhouse "Alias Project", which featured artist such as Wayne Wonder, Baby Cham, Frisco Kid and Chico. "Wayne wonder and di whole massive welcomed mi with open arms". Singles such as 'Funny Man' with Baby Cham, 'Ah Who' Rain Again' and 'Murder' were released and created waves in the dancehall.
His success has resulted in his performing all over the world, Japan being his most memorable experience and as he puts it, he's "happy to see that the music is reaching out to so many different places. Cause when music reach different places people get to hear our voices and we get appreciated more and we also get to take care of our families better".

Easy wants to be remembered as someone who "contributed to the business more so the music in a positive way… done good, achieved a lot and gave people music they will remember for a lifetime."
So I guess in all honesty its safe to say all his hard work, positivity and encouragement from family and friends has paid off and will continue to pay off, so if you want to make it in the business "Be positive like Mr. Easy and just believe in yourself…yu ago hav negative people in front a yu at all times an yu ago no care how good yu sound dem ago tell yu sey yu sound bad…just keep striving for the best and stay around positive people"