My story is quite the adventure . Originally born in Myrtle Beach , SC , I stayed with my mom and aunt for about a year . Eager to get back to her life in New York as a journalist and grad student at Columbia University , my mother brought me to the Big Apple . After a couple of years , my grandmother saw that the struggle was a bit more than my mother could handle at the time and intervened , flying me to Trinidad and Tobago at the age of three . Five years later , my mother came to Trinidad to retrieve me with my soon-to-be stepfather . We lived in Washington , D . C . up until my collegiate journey at Fayetteville State University . I ’ ve been in NC ever since .
I ’ ve always loved music . Ever since a child , the idea of being able to create a sound that can influence the entire mood of the atmosphere has always fascinated me . Growing up in Trinidad during my tender years also influenced my love for music . I ’ ve always seen the calypsonians like the Mighty Sparrow and David Rudder as great story-tellers through song . My grandfather would walk around the house singing their songs on repeat . I remember when he sang me a song that my mother wrote and I remember thinking that I needed to contribute to this musically invigorating family . They sent me to music camps , which taught me the fundamentals of music and through time I learned the value of its influence on society . Ironically , although I always knew I wanted to do music with my life , it wasn ’ t until college I made the decision I wanted to do it for a living .
By the time I picked up my first guitar , I already
“ EyeAm started as a dream of Rodney and mine . . . One of our former singers , Marquie Smith , came up with the name EyeAm , and the rest was history .”
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