Meet singer and songwriter on the rise, Kimani ‘DYUM’ West who not only wants to cement himself within the dancehall music industry but also wants to secure a top seat within the charts as well.
Born in St. Andrew and raised in St. Ann until he was 19, DYUM is a Staff Sergeant in the US Army whose passion and commitment to music has led him to transition into an independent artiste- managing his own record label, Almighty Strike Records.
He is notably another artiste to transition from the army to music- the most known being international recording artiste, Shaggy. In fact, his love for music started when he was 13 years old when saw Dancehall artiste, Aidonia performing at a Teen Splash concert and was captivated by his performance.
This set things in motion as he began writing and did his first performance on a once held talent show on Hype TV where he went up against a young Masicka and actually placed second out of 405 hopefuls. This was the defining moment for him and so he decided to pursue a career in music.
DYUM’s performance catalog includes appearances on Georgia’s club scenes: Boots Night Club: Snap Edition, 201 Tapas Lounge and Rep Your Flag – an event held at the Good to Go Restaurant. His current body of work includes ‘Gallang Bad’, ‘Tief Piece Gimmie’ – which were released before Summer 2019 and ‘Want A Jamaican’.
DYUM is currently working on a single for release in November 2019.
