Charlie Bobus

THERE IS A BRAND NEW AND UNIQUE MUSIC/DUB POETRY COMING OUT OF JAMAICA. AFTER YEARS OF PREPERATION + VOLUNTARY WORK THERE IS NOW ANOTHER REVOLUTION IN JAMAICAN MUSIC/POETRY. AT THE FOREFRONT WITH HIS SLOGAN "EMPOWERING MINDS, UPLIFTING YOUTHS" IS THE HUMBLE YET POWERFUL MOTIVATIONAL ARTIST CHARLIE BOBUS. NICARDO MURRAY 'AKA' CHARLIE BOBUS WAS BORN AUGUST 13, 1980 TO MISS PATRICIA MILLER AND WAS RAISED BY MOTHER ALONE ALONG WITH HIS OLDER SISTER IN THE VOLATILE COMMUNITY OF GRANTSPEN. AFTER LOSING HIS MOTHER AT AGE 15 CHARLIE BOBUS WAS FORCED TO BE ON HIS OWN WORKING RIGHT AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. HE HAD BEEN WITH THE SAME COMPANY FOR 8 YEARS UNTIL JUNE 2005 HE LEFT HIS JOB TO FOLLOW HIS TRUE AMBITION OF MOTIVATING PEOPLE THROUGH MUSIC, POETRY, HIS WRITINGS IN GENERAL AND ALSO FARMING.

HE ATTENDED NEW DAY PRIMARY & JUNOIR HIGH, JESSIE RIPOLL PRIMARY, WOLMERS BOYS HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN HYDEL HIGH. IT WAS WHILE AT WOLMERS AROUND 1994 HE STARTED DJING AND WRITING POEMS AND PERFORMING AT TIMES EVEN DURING SCHOOL TIME. CHARLIE AND WAYNE MARSHALL AND COUPLE OF OTHER FELLOW CLASSMATES WOULD BE USING THE CLASS ROOM DESK TO PLAY RHYTHM AND DRAWING CROWDS. HE ONLY PERFORMED AS A DJ, AND GOT GOOD RESPONSE ON STAGE SHOWS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS AND KEPT GOING TO STUDIO GETTING PROMISES FROM PRODUCERS. AFTER GETTING A LOT OF FIGHT AND HOLD DOWN IN HIS OWN COMMUNITY HE ISOLATED HIMSELF AND STOP PERFORMING IN GRANTS PEN FOR YEARS AND STARTED SEFL EDUCATION, DOING ONLINE COURSES, READING AND PREPARING AND WRITING ONLY MOTIVATIONAL AND REALITY TYPE TUNES. IT WAS WHILE ON ONE OF HIS PERFORMANCE OUTSIDE OF HIS COMMUNITY AT JAMAICA VIBES THAT HE CHANGED ONE OF HIS SONGS TO POETRY AND PERFORMED DUB POETRY LIVE ON STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME. DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE AND HAVING GOTTEN A LINK TO PERFORM POETRY ON ANOTHER SHOW AND THEN CONTINUALLY GETTING OTHER DATES CHARLIE BOBUS STARTED TURNING MORE OF HIS SONGS INTO POETRY AND DIGGING UP OLD ONES WRITTEN AND TREASURED AND STARTED FOCUSING MOSTLY ON DOING DUB POETRY.

AFTER YEARS OF PREPARING AND STUDYING USING THE INTERNET AND INTENSIVE PLANNING AND SEEING THE NEED FOR THE UPLIFTMENT AND MOTIVATION OF THE PEOPLE USING WORD SOUND AND POWER CHARLIE BOBUS FORMED INSPIRATOR INTERNATIONAL ON AUGUST 13 2005.

CREATIVE ENERGY + USE YOUR EXPERIENCE CHARLIE'S FIRST SINGLE AND BONUS TRACK ARE NOW PLAYING ON RADIO SHOWS, PODCASTS AND SOUND SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE INCLUDING COLOGNE GERMANY, BELGIUM, SWITZERLAND, USA, BERMUDA, LA, CANADA, ENGLAND, HAWAII, AFRICA COLUMBIA AND VARIOUS MAGAZINES ACROSS THE WORLD ARE NOW FEATURING ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS.

BRINGING THE MESSAGE OF INSPIRATOR INT�L (DUB J) CHARLIE BOBUS HAS BEEN PERFORMING ALL OVER THE ISLAND INCLUDING: MARCUS GARVEY LIBERTY HALL'S LYRICS CAFE, UNSPOKEN WORD, PORTLAND CURRY FESTIVAL, JAMAICA VIBES, POETRY SOCIETY MONTHLY JAM, FIWI SINTING FESTIVAL IN NATURE�S WAY PORTLAND (TWO YEARS STRAIGHT INCLUDING FEB, 2007), ESSENCE CASTLE ST. ANN, WEEKENDZ NIGHT CLUB, FLASHES NIGHTCLUB, UP ON THE ROOF NIGHTCLUB, POETRY LOUNGE, VILLAGE CAFE'S TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE, RED BONES BLUES CAFɒ (CHARLIE BOBUS HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR WRITERS AWARD TO BE HELD IN NOVEMBER AT RED BONES FOLLOWING HIS APPEARANCE THERE IN JANUARY 2007), WRITER�S IN FUSION HELD AT LIME KEY RESTAURANT, EMANCIPATION STREET JAM, POETRY MONDAYS, FUSION AT EDNA MANLEY, UWI POETRY SHOWS, NEWDAY PRIMARY & JUNIOR HIGH FAIR, SHORTWOOD PRIMARY & JUNIOR HIGH BOYS DAY , ST. BENEDICT CATHOLIC SCHOOL PARENTS DAY, HILTON HOTEL�S WORDS & RYTHMS, SPOKEN WORDS, EMPRESS MENEN FOUNDATION HOUNOURING OF RASTAFRIAN ELDERS, WOLMERS BARBECUE, INFERNO, JCDC SHOWS, �FIRST CHRISTMAS� ST. THOMAS, WORD PLAY, UP ON THE ROOF, WHICH ALSO GOT A OBSERVER REVIEW (SEE BLOG FOR COMPLETE REVIEW), COMMUNITY STAGE SHOWS AND A HOST OF OTHER APPEARANCES. ALSO CHARLIE BOBUS GOT TWO INTERVIEWS, LIVE PERFORMANCE AND AIRPLAY ON ROOTZ FM. AIRPLAY ON MEGA JAMS, MENTION IN THURSDAY GLEANER AND PURECLASS A GLEANER PUBLICATION, AN INTERVIEW ON TVJ�S HYPE ZONE, NBTV INTERVIEW, INTERVIEW AND LIVE PERFORMANCE ON CPTC'S CTV AND A NUMBER OF OTHER APPEARANCES ON CABLE TELEVISION.

IF WE ARE TO TELL YOU THE AMOUNT OF FIGHT AND SABOTAGE CHARLIE BOBUS HAS FACED FROM PEOPLE FOR NO REASON, OR THE STRUGGLES AND HARDSHIPS HE'S BEEN THROUGH, IT WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A WHOLE BOOK, BUT ALL I WILL SAY HERE IS THAT OVER THE YEARS HE HAS PAID HIS DUES AND HAVE SHOWN PERSISTENCE AND PATIENCE.

INSPIRATOR INTERNATIONAL KEPT ITS FIRST LIVE SHOW IN GRANTSPEN ON 23, JUNE 2006 TITLED CREATIVE ENERGY (ALSO NAME OF FIRST SINGLE TO BE RELEASED). IT FEATURED CAVEMAN INT�L AND A HOST OF PROMINENT DUB POETS AND CULTURAL ARTISTS. INSPIRATOR INTERNATIONAL KEPT ITS SECOND PROMOTION ON DECEMBER 9, 2006 AT NEW 2006 AT NEWDAY PRIMARY & JUNIOR HIGH. IT WAS A MOTIVATIONAL DUB POETRY & VARIETY CONCERT. THE SHOW ALSO FEATURED PROMINENT CULTURAL ARTIST, AND DUB POETS. THERE WAS ALSO MUTA BARUKA DOING A SEGMENT ON THE TURNTABLE AND DANCING CREWS DOING THEIR THING. FOLLOWING THE SHOW INSPIRATOR INTERNATIONAL MADE A DONATION OF $10,000.00 TO THE SCHOOL. HE IS NOW FOLLOWING UP BY WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS FROM THAT SCHOOL AS THE CO-ORDINATOR AND TEACHER TO BRING THEM TO THE JCDC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 2007. THE PROGRAM IS A SUCESS AS THE GROUP HAS GONE THROUGH TO THE PARISH FINALS TO BE HELD AT WARD THEATRE MAY-JUNE 2007 WITH TWO MISS LOU PIECES. INSPIRATOR ALSO USED PROCEEDS AND JOINED WITH GRANTSPEN CONCERNED CITIZENS ASSOCIATION TO KEEP A CHRISTMAS EVE TREAT FOR THE KIDS OF GRANTSPEN.

CHARLIE BOBUS PERFORMED AT STING 2006, JAMAICA'S GREATEST ONE NIGHT SHOW. HE WAS THE ONLY DUB POET WHO WAS BOOKED FOR THE SHOW, HE HAD APPEARED ON JUICE TV + RETV AT THE PRESS LAUNCH DID INTERVIEWS WITH A JAPANESE TV, ROOTZ FM AND NEWS TALK RADIO AND HAD GOTTEN A INTERVIEW WITH RADIO 2 AFTER PERFORMING AT JAMWORLD. BEING ON STING HAS EARNED CHARLIE BOBUS A LOT OF RESPECT AND PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT HE IS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.

CHARLIE BOBUS HAS ALSO MADE HIS DEBUT IN THEATRE AS HE WAS FEATURED IN A PLAY CALLED �JOHN CROW TINK HIM PICKNEY WITE�. IT FEATURED AN ENSEMBLE CAST AND WAS SHOWN AT VARIOUS VENUES FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. IT FIRST PLAYED AT THE VERANDAH CLUB, THEN AT RED BONES BLUES CAFE AND FINALLY IT WENT TO LIME KEY RESTAURANT. IT HAS FINISHED THE FIRST RUN AND WILL BE SHOWING AGAIN IN OTHER PARISHES AND LOCATIONS ISLANDWIDE, CHECK THIS PAGE REGULAR AND YOU WILL SEE WHERE YOU CAN COME SEE CHARLIE BOBUS IN ACTION ON STAGE ONCE AGAIN.

CHARLIE BOBUS HAS SELF PUBLISHED HIS FIRST MOTIVATIONAL BOOK CREATIVE ENERGY - BOOK OF MOTIVATION & POETRY AND RELEASED HIS FIRST SINGLE THROUGH HIS COMPANY INSPIRATOR INTERNATIONAL. YES INSPIRATOR INTERNATIONAL IS NOW ALSO A LISCENCED PUBLISHING COMPANY! CHARLIE BOBUS HAS ALSO WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED POETRY AND ARTICLES IN THE NEWSPAPER. CHARLIE BOBUS NOW SELLS HIS POETRY ON CANVAS AND ALSO T-SHIRTS AND AFTER OFFICIALLY LAUNCHING HIS CREATIVE ENERGY IN VARIOUS FORMATS ON MARCH 29, 2007 AT UP ON THE ROOF CLUB, NEW KINGSTON HE IS NOW STARTED ORGANIZING A ISLANDWIDE MOTIVATIONAL TOUR. INSPIRATOR WILL BE STAGING IT'S SECOND ANNUAL MOTIVATIONAL VARIETY SHOW CREATIVE ENERGY ON JUNE 23, 2007 IN GRANTSPEN, ARTIST AND SPONSORS INTERESTED PLEASE LINK UP AND GIVE YOUR SUPPORT AND HELP IN THE EMPOWERING OF MINDS AND THE UPLIFTMENT

CHARLIE BOBUS IS WORKING ON HIS FIRST ALBUM. FOLLOWING UP THE SUCESS OF HIS FIRST SINGLE WORKING WITH VARIOUS TALENTED AFFILIATES AND A VARIETY OF PRODUCERS INCLUDING OKU ONOURA + BECKY @ KINGS OF KINGS, BURU OF MIXING LAB, DANE "SCAR FACE� MOO OF WEEDED PRODUCTION, KARIM OF ORANGE HILL RECORDS, BALA OF SONIC SOUNDS, BADA BURU OF SEA PEARL RECORDS, UB40 DRUMMER POPS + SEAN PAUL'S FATHER GARTH, SAGI-T, WAYNE ARMOND OF CHALICE BAND, GRIOT MUSIC, MDC ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE +++ MORE. INSPIRATOR HAS JOINED UP WITH MARCUS GARVEY UNIA AND IS NOW HELPING WITH THE CO-ORDINATION AND STAGING OF SEVERAL COMMEMORATIVE FUNCTIONS MARKING THE BICENTARY OF THE ABOLITION OF THE TRANSATLANTIC TRADE IN AFRICANS CHARLIE BOBUS WILL BE PERFORMING AND IT WILL RUN THIS CALENDAR YEAR 2007 THROUGH TO FEBRUARY 2008 THE FIRST BEING AT EDNA MANLEY ON 23 MAY 2007. ALSO CHARLIE BOBUS WILL BE CO-ORDINATING A EVENING PROGRAM WITH MDC ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE FOR GETTING CHILDREN FROM THE GRANTSPEN COMMUNITY TO ATTEND COMPUTER CLASSES AND OTHER SELF HELP AND DEVELOPMENT COURSES. JOINING WITH CHASE A GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION CHARLIE BOBUS WILL ALSO BE GIVING MOTIVATIONAL SPEECHES TO CHILDREN OF VOLOTILE COMMUNITIES. JOINING UP WITH SIMPLE CHAOS EVENTS & WORDPLAY CREATIVE ENERGY THE FIRST SINGLE HAS BEEN RELEASED AND HAS BEEN GETTING GOOD REVIEWS IN THE NEWSPAPER BEFORE AND AFTER THE LAUNCH AND ON THE RADIO AND TV, WITH EMPRESS OF CULTURE CORNER 93.7fm RECITING SELECTIONS FROM CREATIVE ENERGY BOOK AS HER DAILY INSPIRATION AND CONTINUOUS INTERVIEWS AND LIVE SHOWS THE RESPONSE FOR INSPIRATOR'S FIRST COLLECTION IS OVERWHELMING. THE FIRST PRINT OF BOOKS AND CDS WERE SOLD OFF BEFORE EVEN REACHING STORES. THANKS FOR ALL WHO ACTUALLY SUPPORTED CREATIVE ENERGY AND ALL THOSE WHO WILL AND WHO ARE DOING SO NOW, THANKS MUCH FOR THE APPRECIATION OF THE ART, THANKS FOR SUPPORTING MY LIVE SHOWS AND THANKS FOR BEING A FAN OF CHARLIE BOBUS. PUTTING UP MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGES AROUND THE COMMUNITY, DISTRIBUTING CDS AND PERFORMING HAS SEEN CHARLIE BOBUS GETTING SOME RECOGNITION IN HIS EFFORT TO HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE THINKING, EMPOWER THE YOUTHS AND TO UPLIFT THE NATION. CHARLIE BOBUS IS AVAILABLE IN ALL LEADING RECORD SHOPS, BOOK STORES & VARIETY STORES NOW, IF NOT REQUEST IT. INSPIRATOR INT��L, BRINGING FORTH THE MESSAGE OF WORD SOUND IN DIFFERENT FORMATS IN ORDER TO REACH OUT AND TO MOTIVATE THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT PREFRENCE. ALL PRODUCTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE OVER THE INTERNET. LOOK OUT AND REMEMBER! "IF YOU ARE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF YOUR LIFE, BETTER YOU DRIVE."