Ras Midas | |
Background: | solo_singer |
Birth Place: | Clarendon Parish, Jamaica |
Instrument: | Congo drum |
Genre: | Reggae, disco |
Occupation: | Singer, songwriter, music producer |
Years Active: | 1974–present |
Label: | Trojan, Island, JML |
Ras Midas (born 1958, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica) is a reggae artist and a member of the Rastafari movement. He gained significant recognition for his album Rastaman in Exile. At the age of 13, he relocated to the United Kingdom.[1] Midas embarked on his music career in 1968,[2] and subsequently found popularity among reggae audiences in France before eventually moving to the United States.[3] He currently resides in Jacksonville, Florida.[4]