On May 5, 1987, Nomad Carlos was born in Miami. By the age of 5, his family had relocated to Kingston, Jamaica, which became his new home. Living in the land of his parents, Nomad was much closer to the reggae and dancehall genres of the country. The influence of Jamaica’s rich musical culture was difficult to resist.
Like most youngsters, Nomad listened to the reggae and dancehall veterans of the 1990s as well as the leading international singers and rappers. As much as Nomad loved music, he had no desire to become an artiste. Of course, all of that eventually changed.
During the early 2000s, Nomad’s cousins, Hunka Gold and K-John, had been rapping as members of a Hip Hop group called Wall$treet. His classmate, Five Star, was also writing raps, often letting friends at school hear them. Despite being surrounded by so many rappers, Nomad would only attempt to freestyle as a joke but never give consideration to picking up the pen.
Then Nas’ Stillmatic was released. The album quickly became Nomad’s favourite and inspired him to try his hand at writing rhymes. “When I first heard Stillmatic, I felt like it was the best rap album I heard at the time and I always admired how Nas could express himself and tell stories”, he says, adding that, “that album in particular made me feel like I could be on the same level if I continued to take rap seriously.” Initially, Nomad wrote some of his first verses with another classmate, Shermon Dadz. The two then decided to form a group. Five Star was recruited and the group was dubbed ‘The BP Army’. Sosa and Simo-B, also classmates, joined shortly after.
The group released mixtapes and performed throughout Kingston for years, granting them a place amongst the city’s leaders in the Hip Hop movement. Fans and fellow emcees fell in love with Nomad’s intriguing flows and precise yet unpredictable rhyme schemes. The most recent promotional mixtape, City Lights, was released in November 2008 and featured the street single, ‘BP Meets UC’, for Nomad Carlos’ debut album, ‘Fuel to the Fire’. Subsequently, a music video for the street banger was directed by 13th Tribe Productions and released to much fanfare on the Internet.
“Fuel To The Fire is about my life. It describes what I was going through for the whole of 2008 and explains why I am the way that I am.” The album, which features production from Sosa, Cruxxx and Mainsource Muzik, is scheduled to drop in the 3rd quarter of 2009. Nomad Carlos is currently working with Planet Destination and is expected to release a sequel to his first project “Fuel To The Fire Pt. 2”. He can also be heard on projects produced by SOS Productions Inc.
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