Donny Dread growing up in the middle of two of st croix's roughest housing developments D Halmiton and Ralph D Chabert housing projects marijuana and music was the movement
Every morning his neihbor and bredren trent aka dreadlocks would blast roots music acompanied by the sweet smell of cannabis this highly affected Donny Dread and his brother Dale Melody along with the the Recreation center which was a old jail right in the middle of a housing projects in the Center there were pictures of bob marley marcus garvey malcolm x king tut queen nfertiti the pictures also had a brief history which he would read and learn about african heroes all of which provided him with solid base and understanding of who he was by age ten he was writing his own songs and by 13 he was already formed his own band. Donny Dread has always projected a "reality dont holdback" style in his music dropping his concious ambush like attack lyricsover anything from roots to dancehall to hip hop Forming Groundbreaking Records in 2000 was a Natural being that he is a artist/producer
Although his voice was first heard on the Weep Not compilation, Donny Dread's musical contributions surfaced long before that time as he plays on numerous STX recordings including Heed Jah Call, and Nemozian Rasta. Set De Pace is the name of Donny Dread's debut album, which appears on his own label, Groundbreaking Records.
