Born in the Bronx to Jamaican singer Jimmy Riley and Lavern Tatham, it was only natural that Omar “Tarrus” Riley grew up surrounded by music and was motivated to express himself through music. After spending a summer in Jamaica, where the dancehall scene heavily influenced him, he spent the next few years in Miami, writing with Anthony Cruz and Kashief Lindo, and performed the DJ portion of his first release, “Share”on a duet with Kashief.

Tarrus continued in the DJ vein for several more years, releasing “Bed of Roses”, a duet with his father, “Wickedness Caan Dun”, “Nowadays Things Change”, and “Chop It Off”. At a Miami studio, he recently explained how he went from being a DJ to a singer, after a period of touring as background vocalist and playing the kette drums with Lavaska and Kymani Marley.

The release of my latest vocal single, Barber Chair” was well received and now I’m getting ready to release my first album, “Challenges”.

The influence of such great figures as Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, The original Wailers and Jimmy Riley, have motivated Tarrus to write his own songs His topics are emotional so maybe you can see yourself in one of his verses. As he expresses it, “Emotions all people feel, man woman and child, all color class or creed. Art imitates life, with some pain, some happiness. Variety is the spice of life but you must have moderation or you burn up. I just write of the things I go through and the things I see other people go through”, said the artist, Tarrus Riley.

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