Riley first garnered worldwide attention with his 2006 album “Parables,” with heavy hitting singles like “Beware,” “Stay With You,” the classic “Lion Paw,” and the explosive single “She’s Royal.”

“I target women and children with my music because slavery tampered with the woman’s mind and that’s why I wrote ‘She’s Royal,’” Riley explains. “She’s the head of the household so she has the power to influence the young men and women of tomorrow.”

In 2007, the Jamaica Observer named Riley their artist of the year. The following year, the Reggae Academy Awards named “She’s Royal” Best Reggae Song, and Most Popular Song of 2008, while Riley was named Best Solo Male Vocalist, and Breakthrough Artist of the Year.

Riley’s 2009 album “Challenges” drew major praise from the New York Times, which compared the young singer to iconic Reggae vocalists like Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, and Beres Hammond.Singles such as “Contagious,” “Good Girl Gone Bad” with dancehall singer Konshens, and a rootsy remake of Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature,” helped propel “Contagious” to the forefront.

Born in the Bronx, N.Y., and raised in Jamaica, Riley delved into music at a young age. The son of reggae singer Jimmy Riley, he started his career as a Dancehall deejay as a teenager before becoming a singer. He released his debut album “Challenges” in 2004. Under the tutelage of renowned saxophonist Dean Fraser, Riley has become one of the leading Roots Reggae talents.

Riley was awarded the Reggae Runnins Caribbean Heritage Award at the 2009 HOT 105 FM Caribbean-American Heritage Awards he was nominated in the "best reggae" category of the 2009 MOBO Awards.