MADI SIMMONS RESIDED IN THE MIDWEST FOR AWHILE,AND SPENT NUMEROUS YEARS RESEARCHING HIS AFRICAN ROOTS.HE BEGAN PERFORMING AS A DRUMMER AT THE AGE OF 15,PLAYING DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC.SIMMONS THEN BEGAN TO HONE HIS SOUNG WRITING SKILLS,WHICH CAME IN VERY HANDY.IN 1980 SIMMONS WENT TO A REGGAE SHOW AND WAS TRANSFIXED.HE BEGAN PERFORMING REGGAE WITH A PASSION.THIS IS HIS DEBUT CD GET YOU SOME AND WHILE YOU CAN GET WITH THE GROOVES,PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE BEST IS YET TO COME,,JAH GUIDE