He’s called Karbon D Hardone, sometimes written as Karbon D Hard 1, and he has an interesting physics-meets-chemistry-meets-life kind of explanation as to how he came up with the name. But, it all makes sense and includes blackness, energy, electricity and the element on the periodic table.

“Carbon is the definition of blackness, the element of life force, the fundamental backbone of all known life on Earth,” said Karbon, who went through a few name changes before settling on this moniker, which aligns with his concept of self, his spirituality and the music that he creates.

The up-and-coming Rastafarian singer, who is managed by Denise ‘Isis’ Miller, is fuelled with a good measure of “substance over hype” in both his approach and his message, and whether he is making natural roots juice or roots music, his goal is the same, to be the best at whatever he does.