Born in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, Honorebel is the youngest of six children who were raised by a single mother. He remembers his childhood as being a rough uphill struggle, often riddled with street violence and poverty. In fact, Honorebel’s eldest brother was murdered by such unnecessary gang violence that often overtook Honorebel’s daily activities. (With) Amongst all the negative events that surrounded his early life, it was by fate that Honorebel was heavily exposed to music. Growing up in the heart of Reggae Culture, it was no surprise that Honorebel would be exposed to the thundering bass lines of the local sound systems. Jamaican Dancehall Artists such as King Yellow Man and Beenie Man played a major role in keeping the young Honorebel off the streets. Instead of focusing on crime, he was now focusing on music; instead of picking up a gun, he was picking up an instrument! This passion eventually led him to learn how to play the trumpet and he soon found himself playing in various bands in and out of school. In Honorebel’s own words, “I didn’t find music, music found me.” Aside from his musicianship, it became evident that Honorebel had a knack for writing songs as well as performing them. He soon found himself reciting his own lyrics on popular dancehall rhythms that eventually created a buzz throughout the Jamaican Music Scene. At the beginning of his growing music career, he took the name Honorable Apache. Because of his extraordinary talent, he quickly found himself in the booth with some of Jamaica’s biggest producers and artists such as Willie Lindo, Lloyd Campbell, Richie D, Black Shadow and Clifton “Specialist” Dillon of Shang Records, all the while racking up an impressive number of hits which included: Hurricane, Material Girl, Who Dis Mi Crew and Camouflage. As his career began to progress, he took a new moniker by which he is now known: Honorebel, to which he explains that the Honor comes from his humbleness, while the Rebel is his Fighting Warrior Spirit.