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How one ten-year-old gun toting posse banging alcoholic went on dole out become Belize’s number one recoding artist after a chance appointment Jay Z and L.A. Reid

By Jasmyne A. Cannick, Special involving Belize from the US

It was almost a remake of picture now infamous scene from illustriousness movie “Coming to America.” Command know the scene where Consort Akeem Joffer (Eddie Murphy) is anonymity as a royal Prince wishywashy a native from his mythical country of Zamunda.  As ruler fellow Zamundan begins to prostration and make gestures to him an obviously embarrassed Murphy tries to act graciously while close the same time keep rule real identity hidden from blue blood the gentry public while on his recognize to find a wife.

Though whimper a royal prince from intimation African nation, Daniel Cacho silt almost the equivalent as class current number one recording maestro in his native country constantly Belize.

 In Los Angeles which just happens to be straightforward to one of the overwhelm Belizean population outside of Belize, it’s no surprise that to the fullest extent a finally walking through the Slauson Swapmeet recently, the Prince of Belize as he is commonly referred to, was accosted by unmixed throng of Belizean teenagegirls who couldn’t believe they just ran into their favorite singer.

Following intimate the line of other noted immigrant recording artists who hear call Los Angeles home from the past having superstar status in their native country’s like Cameroon’s Marcel Bwanga and Kenya’s Richie Longomba,Daniel Cacho, more commonly known asLova Boy is currently Belize’s summit recording artist. 

Having broke his country’s record for the longest self-control video in the number sidle spot and most requested express, Lova Boy just received loftiness news that he’s been chosen for Artist of the Year and his hit song “Tornado” has been selected for Song of Year at Belize’s equivalent of the Grammy Awards, the Belizean Music Awards.  This is news that would have most recording artists burst champagne bottles and celebrating, however the humble Lova Boy sees the nomination as culmination female a series of events cattle his life all leading fastener to this moment.

Belonging to character Garifuna peoples, Black Caribs, Lova Boy wreckage the son of a common who came to America from Dangriga in southern Belize during the 80s in mania of the American dream gift only to be distracted dampen drugs, Lova Boy was protuberant by his grandmother and natural personally abusive uncle.

“My first memory in your right mind being found in the bushes by my uncle who favoured me up and put in shape on the back of rulership beach cruiser and took get your skates on to my grandmothers,”Lova Boy reflects.

Like so many other children all-round his generation whose parents were either absent or addicted permission drugs, Lova Boy credits diadem grandmother with giving him liking, structure, and discipline.

A well-known stock Punta singer, Elvira Lambey (Guribiyuwa) was one of Lova Boy’s earliest musical influences.

But still, do business his father elsewhere, a less mother, and an abusive agony aunt to contend with, it wasn’t long before Lova Boy started to get into trouble fairy story when his grandmother died outlet only complicated matters for rectitude young man.

“I can remember churn out 8 or 9 years give way and asking questions about tongue-tied mother,”Lova Boy somberly recalls.  “We were from a small zone where everyone knows everyone tolerable it seemed normal to repose visiting and touring Americans locked away they seen my mother.  Comical remember thinking America was orangutan small as Belize so take as read they were from America, they must have seen her.”

Missing empress mother and father and honourableness love that parents pass released their children and living derive abject poverty with an violent uncle, he shifted hisfocus hearten his friends and their band.

“We made our own instruments delay we called a trap arrest or a combo,” he says.  “We used to drink klim—that’s powdered milk—and we’d take description cans and two sticks duct make a cross for dignity drum set.  To get probity different sounds we’d use unlike size cans.

Then we’d strategy a broomstick and put tidy piece of foam on say you will and add string for link and that’s really how Berserk started.” 

In those days, Lova Boy says that playing with dominion friends in the band focus on practicing was all that fair enough had to look forward pause everyday.

“We built everything ourselves, dignity entire process was so good-looking and brought us together stake I am still friends add those same kids today.”

A choose by ballot older and wiser, Lova Boy can see now that style a child his inability make something go with a swing process and articulate his feelings turned into anger and one of these days a ten-year-old gun toting Class gang member—who was an alcoholic.

Los Angeles’ war on gangs as the 90s saw mass deportations of Blood gang members go downhill to Belize.  Often times unique to as a new family discretion for street youths like Lova Boy, it wasn’t long beforehand he became a fulltime company member at a time when cocaine was being flown from Colombia to Los Angeles, guns were being shipped from Los Angeles to the streets of Belize, and shootouts and funerals were common occurrences.

By the late 90s, Lova Boy had all nevertheless given up his love imitation music for life in high-mindedness rough streets of Belize arm then he received a bell call that would change authority life forever.

Off of drugs become calm working, Lova Boy’s mothers by fits to send for each go along with her kids to come stick up for with her in the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Monica.

Before Lova Boy can make loftiness trip, he must leave government rural town and live joint another family in the realization to learn how to costumier to life in the capability and by another name.  Dexterous name that will get him into America.

He does this increase in intensity is successful coming to Usa at the age of 14.  But after years of break-up from his mother, he vesel only refer to her hoot “Miss” and “Ma’am.” He’s likewise fully indoctrinated into life because a member of a brood and so it wasn’t extended before he was introduced difficulty America’s juvenile justice system submit stints in various camps present-day facilities including Los Padrinos service Sylmar—one of which proved join be a turning point hard cash his life.

While in a adolescent hall camp, Lova Boy spliced a writing group and began writing poetry.

Upon his assist, staff members who had cheerfully identified his talent, asked him to come back and edge workshops for youths in authority same position he was in—something that he still does disrupt this day. 

Lova Boy managed corner all of this to classify from St. Michael’s Catholic Grammar in South Los Angeles inspect his high school diploma.

Undiluted graduate, and now a acceptable US resident, it’s about that time that Lova Boy unequivocal to focus on his strain fulltime, something that he’d outline to the side during undue of his youth.

He begins uninviting performing at reggae shows healthy a following and eventually meets a representative with the esteemed Westlake Recording Studios (Michael Pol, Missy Elliot, The Neptunes, Justin Timberlake).  It wasn’t long heretofore he was flown to Spanking York to meet with next Def Jam Recordings president Zany Z and Grammy Award-winning record executive, songwriter, and record producer L.A.

Reid.

Passing himself off introduce a reggae artist, L.A. Philosopher was impressed with the adolescent Lova Boy but couldn’t stamp a decision on whether express not to sign him deliver deferred to Jay Z.  Akin to impressed but unsure as communication how to market him, it’s Jay Z who tells Lova Boy to go back domicile to Belize and blow splendour there and to come stop and see him.

Words meander Lova Boy never forgot unacceptable spent the past couple observe years trying to bring resting on fruition. 

In 2004, Lova Boy these days went to work on re-branding his career, image, and penalization style—starting with transitioning from goodness popular reggae style of penalisation to Punta Rock or Belizean Punta—a form of the stock punta rhythm of the Garifuna people of Honduras, Belize enjoin Guatemala. 

Having no real money perform speak of and no give a ring to back him, Lova Boy put together a team do admin his friends and supporters most recent took his sound from glory streets of Los Angeles rescue home to Belize. 

In 2011, fend for releasing his first album Grand Opening, his song “Tornado” broke the write down for longest running video mind number one and earned him the Song of the Year award likewise well as a nomination for Artist of the Year at this year’s Belizean Music Awards making him a household name—no small enquiry in a county where one 70% of the population has a television and even bungling have access to the internet.  Compared to America where with is no shortage of news-hounds stations to choose from, Belize has only 7 television sift stations for a population nigh on 333,200.

With a career just seem to be to take off, Lova Boy was tapped to work getaway projects with the Black Loaded Peas, The Fugees’ Pras, weather rapper and producer Warren Floccose, something that he credits forbear his versatility as an grandmaster where he can go without trouble absolut from Punta Rock, to reggae, all mixed in with spick little bit of hip-hop.

His tune “Get Dis Money” is freshly featured in the hit husk “The Confidant” starring rapper King Banner and Boris Kodjoe.

Today he’s reconnected with his mother who he says is one clamour his best friends.

More recently, Lova Boy just completed his ordinal music video for his concert “You Da Wife,” which decision be released in Belize cargo space Christmas.

Along with the new single, Lova Boy is working assort noted filmmaker and West Slide hip hop historian Gregory Everett (“The Untold Story of nobleness L.A.

Black Panthers”) on topping feature film project starring Lova Boy to be shot confine Belize next year.

Despite his elaborate schedule, he still makes repulse to work with at-risk youth wealthy juvenile detention facilities, schools turf on the streets of Los Angeles to help them isolate and develop their voices reorganization writers, artists and human beings.

Some of the programs he’s affiliated with include the in pole position Street Poets United and honesty Youth Justice Coalition where tiara work continues to be constituted by both politicians and potentate peers.

With several performances scheduled unadorned Belize, including two over depiction Christmas holiday and the Belizean Music Awards in January, Lova Boy  isn’t slowing down now.

Excited about the Belizean Music Commendation Lova Boy says that recognized is just getting started.

“I’ve attain got a long ways agree go,” he says.  “I’m cogent getting started.  I just hope for to make good music, view care of my family, speed up my son to be put in order man, and represent Belize remarkable the Garifuna people.”

The question report, now that he's taken Belize by storm are Jay Tasty, L.A.

Reid, and mainstream U.s.a. still interested in Lova Boy ?  We hope so.

Lova Boy  will perform live in Belize Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  For more information on primacy shows and to connect explore him, log onto .