KY-AN SAY THE WORD .MUSIC. AND IT WILL PERSONIFY THE TOTAL AURA OF THIS SENSATIONAL YOUNG TALENT. BUNDLE THIS WITH AN EXCEPTIONALLY GREAT VOICE AND AN ARSENAL OF SOULFUL INSPIRING SONGS REFLECTING THE SPIRIT OF BOB MARLEY, AND YOU HAVE AN UNDISPUTED RISING STAR. BORN KELDON LOVELACE ON MAY 4 1980, IN RITCHES, CLARENDON, KY-AN GREW UP AROUND A FAMILY OF MUSICIANS. HIS FATHER, WHO WAS A PREACHER PLAYED THE BANJO, AND PASSED ON HIS MUSICAL LEGACY TO HIS SONS. THEREFORE, IT WAS INEVETIBLE THAT KY-AN THE BABY OF THE LOT WOULD CONTINUE THIS FAMILY TRADITION. HE WAS EDUCATED AT THE SPALDING COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL IN CLARENDON, WHERE HE PERFORMED AT A NUMBER OF SCHOOL EVENTS. FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL KY-AN DECIDED TO PURSUE A CAREER IN MUSIC, WHICH LED TO A LIVE PERFORMANCES AT THE COUNTRYSIDE CLUB IN 1998 WITH HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE RED LABEL SUPER STAR COMPETETION. AT THE SUGGESTION OF A FRIEND, KY-AN TRAVELLED TO KINGSTON WHERE HE MET MEGA-HIT PRODUCER AND CEO OF BOOTCAMP RECORDS .COMPUTER. PAUL HENTON, WHO WAS IMMEDIATELY DRAWN TO KY-AN.S STYLE AND VOCAL CAPABILITY. KY-AN HAS RECENTLY FINISHED WORKING ON HIS DEBUT ALBUM, TITLED .EYES OF A BLACK CHILD. WHICH FROM ALL INDICATIONS SEEMS POISED FOR CRITICAL ACCLAIM. THE ALBUM WILL PRIMARILY CONTAIN ORIGINAL MATERIAL WRITTEN BY KY-AN AND .COMPUTER. PAUL HENTON. THIS COLLABORATION HAS ALREADY PRODUCED SOME REFRESHING AND VIBRANT TRACKS, WITH THE ANTHEM, .FREEDOM. RELEASED IN 2003, AND FOLLOWED UP BY A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED VIDEO. (STILL IN ROTATION) HIS NEW SINGLE TITLED .NO MORE. IS SLATED FOR RELEASE IN JUNE 2005 AND WILL BE HIS NEXT BIG SINGLE LEADING OFF THE ALBUM, THE VIDEO FOR .NO MORE. IS ALREADY BEING AIRED AND IS GETTING STEADY ROTATION. THIS WILL ULTIMATELY PAVE THE WAY FOR THE ALBUM LAUNCH IN AUGUST 2005. KY-AN IS INEVITABLY AN ARTIST AND MUSICIAN OF TREMENDOUS STAR APPEAL AND WILL ULTIMATELY BE AN ICON AND A VOICE FOR THE OPPRESSED OF THIS GENERATION.