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Jamaican Born Klassik Frescobar Winning Fans in Miami and Beyond With his Creative Mix of Rap Soca and More
Miami, FL|SGG Media Staff
Klassik Frescobar draws musical inspiration from a variety of genres including American Rap and Hip-hop, Jamaican Soca and Calypso, Reggae, and Dancehall.
That unique mix is winning him legions of fans from Jamaica to New York and Miami.
Kamaal Burrowes, Klassik’s real name, was born in New York, but raised by his grandparents in Kingston, Jamaica. It was there where he fell in love with the local music genres Soca and Calypso which regularly played on the radio. He would also listen to artists like Sean Paul, Bounty Killa, and Beanie Man on his mom’s cassette player without knowing that these artists were not from Jamaica.
When he was 13 he returned to New York, where he spent most of his time in the Bronx listening to hip hop and taking part in battle rap. He wrote his own songs and called himself Sikk. Later he changed the Sikk to Klassik and added the word Frescobar –Spanish for “fresh”, and “bar”, which is a musical term.
