Burning Spear, is a Grammy Award winning Jamaican rootsreggae singer and musician. Like many famous Jamaicanreggae artists, Burning Spear is known for his Rastafarimovement messages.He was born in Saint Ann's Bay,Jamaica, as were Bob Marley and Marcus Garvey; who bothhad a great influence on Burning Spear aka Rodney's life:Garvey in his philosophy, which Burning Spear greatlytook to, and Marley in directly helping Burning Spear getstarted in the music industry by introducing him toClement Dodd. Burning Spear was originally Rodney'sgroup, named after Jomo Kenyatta, the first PrimeMinister and President of an independent Kenya, andinitially including bass singer Rupert Willington, laterexpanding to include tenor Delroy Hinds.