Wayne Alex Brooks, a.k.a. Daddy "Roots", cited Rasta in the womb and was born on April 23, 1977 in North Valley, Anguilla. The youngest of fifteen children in his family, Roots was unlike any of his brothers and sisters by adhering to a strict diet of Îital' pure and natural foods as a youth growing up in this Caribbean nation of 10,000 inhabitants. Roots left school at an early age because he wasn't learning much from it. His best education in life came from the day-to day living in the streets of Anguilla. Roots elaborates: "Nothing comes to you on a platter unless you have a certain position in society. If you are the underdog, you don't get anything and have to fight for everything."
Encouraged by Anguilla's Jah Movers Band drummer Venus, Roots started to play drums and writing songs to the delight of those who witnessed this bright new star in action. People began to take notice of Roots' ability and he was asked to appear at Anguilla's biggest international festival---Moonsplash. Performing live with the likes of Freddie McGregor, Tony Rebel, Third World and many other Reggae legends, Roots has earned much respect throughout the Caribbean for his strong vocal range and stage presence. By popular demand, Roots has been invited as a special guest on Anguilla's most prominent radio and television programs on several occasions. Most recently Roots was invited to travel to the birthplace of Reggae in Kingston, Jamaica to record his first album. Hailing the late, great and sometimes militant Peter Tosh as a major influence Roots believes that he can carry on with the fallen Reggae icon's message of peace and equality for all of humanity. Roots' religion is love and his reaction to anger and hatred is to walk away with love in the heart and a smile on the face. Roots believes that around the corner of depression lies hope and his songs titles including "Love And Honor", "I Am At Peace With Myself", "Walk Away From War", and "Moving On" express his philosophy of peace and harmony for everyone. This June, 2002, Roots embarked on his first North American "Love & Honor" Tour spreading his message of love, honor and respect from Texas to Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arkansas. The DJs loved him when they saw him performed live and Roots was invited back by promoters again to tour the clubs circuit for August and October as well as for some festivals (Kneadmore Reggae, Bloomington; Bob Marley Festival - Austin, Texas and Phoenix, Arizona with more in the works). Look out for big things to come for this fast rising star DADDYROOTS! Check out www.daddyroots.com for the latest news and information.
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Greatly
influenced by his mother who instilled strict moral and family values, Roots
steered clear of badness and embraced a path of righteousness. At the tender age
of seven he became interested in music when his mother sent him to piano school.
However, his youthful innocence was lost when he was forced to go to work at
nine after the untimely death of his father. Cutting steel at a construction
site was no easy feat for a teenager growing up and Roots eventually pushed on
to securing a respectable job in the agricultural department.
