Using the stage name Alborosie, Alberto d'Ascola is an Italian singer-songwriter
of Albanian heritage who took an interest in the Rastafari movement and reggae
music as a teenager. He was a member of local band Reggae National Tickets from
the age of 15 using the name Stena and in his early 20s he moved to Jamaica
where he worked in record production until his first album, 'Soul Pirate', as
Alborosie, came out in 2008.
His 2010 release, 'Escape from Babylon to the Kingdom of Zion', went to number
six on Billboard's Reggae Albums Chart followed by '2Times Revolution' (2011)
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