WOLDE WEST
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Wolde West is an author, artist, and musician from Jamaica. His memoir, The Making of a Mindset, explores his journey from a troubled childhood to an artist, inspiring others with themes of resilience and self-expression.
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From Portmore to Purpose: How Music Became My Lifeline
.Growing up in Portmore, Jamaica, wasn’t easy, but it was where the sound of my dreams began to take shape. Our one-room house, packed with my mother, stepfather, and three siblings, was often alive with the booming pulse of reggae, soul, R&B, jazz, and pop music blasting from my stepfather’s sound system. The bass rattled the thin wooden walls, the vibrations tickling my spine and making the floorboards hum. Music wasn’t just a soundtrack to our lives—it was the heartbeat of our home. It became mine, too.
By WOLDE WESTabout a year ago in Art
