BIOGRAFIA

Kassiano is a bilingual, award winning, Jamaican-born singer, songwriter, fine  artist, actor, entrepreneur, holistic teacher and motivational life  coach.

Born Roger Kassiano Smith in Hanover, Jamaica, in a family of five, Kassiano began singing and performing at the age of six. His father, an architect, and mother a school principal, instilled focused work and  determination as  key  to achieve preset goals. At the age of nine, he won his first gold medal in the national performing arts festival.  This was the genesis of his prolific career.

Kassiano studied painting, Jazz piano and vocals during his time at Cornwall College and  then  went on to  study Management at the University of the West Indies where he graduated with an honors  degree. He continued to make waves while at the University on the entertainment scene and opened for artists like Grammy winning reggae artists Shabba Ranks and  Gregory  Isaacs. He was also featured in “Going to Extremes” with Christopher Walken and “SCAM” with Maxi Priest.

His performances, which punctuate with spontaneity and a stage presence that command the full attention of his audiences won him the “JFM Best New Artist Award” in 1990.

In 1992 Kassiano moved to Mexico, learned Spanish, and landed a successful four-year, three album deal with Emi – Music Records. His 1996 album KuKaramakara which included ten original songs and four covers, was produced by Midi Ortega (Grupo Moeña).

He then became  a household  name in  Latin America after releasing “Ay Cosita Linda”, the hit single from his debut album that featured what would become his signature sound; a unique blend of Mexican music with original Jamaican/Caribbean flavors

He has performed alongside Paul Anka ,Julio Iglesias, Juan Gabriel, Los Pericos from Argentina and recently  Rick  Ross, Beenie man , Lee “Scratch”  Perry and Kymani Marley at  the High Vibes  Reggae  Festival.

In 2013 Kassiano recorded his hit single “Bote  de  bananas”  under  the  watchful eye  of  Charlie  Santana  (Banda  Recodo) and returned to  Jamaica to  produce  his  English album  “Journeys” , with Dean Frazer. This  album features the original song written by  kassiano that  speaks  about  his “ journey”  in Mexico.

Two years years  later, in 2015 he did  a  remake  of  the classic “Besame Mucho”  in reggae  and  “Room in My  Father´s house” , an original by renowned writer  and  producer  Mikie  Bennett,  that  speaks  of  religious  and  spiritual  inclusion,  independent  of  class , color  or race.

With   an ever  growing  concern for  the energy  imbalance  on the  planet and  particularly in Jamaica  , Kassiano  transmits  a  message  of  peace  and  well being  through his  music and  the creation of  abundance  on all  levels  of  consciousness.

He is the owner and creator of Real de Talpa, a 160 acre holistic resort being built, close to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and has recently been featured on programs such as Telemundo’s, “Sabado Gigante” with Don Francisco, “Un Nuevo Dia”, “Desayuno Alegre” and CNN latino. He is considered to be one of the most radical holistic teachers who help people remove negative programming and make profound changes by showing them how to unlock the code within the code and create abundance at  all  levels.

He has collaborated with people like Jerry Bedlington, Michael Beckwith’s former assistant and founder of Inner Wizdom, Susan Lowe, and thousands  of others who have been to his courses or have had private sessions through his  “light  by kassiano” abundance  teachings  . He  has sinced  launched the   “light  by kassiano” program  to help inner city  kids  in the  ghetto in Sea View  Gardens,  Jamaica.

“We are spiritual beings having human experiences… Be still and know…”