From Kingston
to the World
Born in Kingston, with roots in Yallahs, St. Thomas — and in Canada by the age of four. The island never left his blood. Oba — a name that means king — turned a childhood spent dancing into a two-decade career: a Juno Award, world tours across eleven countries, and now a company out to reshape the music industry itself.
Underneath the awards and the boardrooms, he's still the kid who fell in love with music on a Toronto stage and a Kingston-rooted balcony. This is the story so far.
Island Beginnings
Born in Kingston with family roots in Yallahs, St. Thomas, Oba came to Canada at just four years old — but the Caribbean spirit travelled with him.
The spark hit early. A friend of his mother's took him to see Michael Jackson and his brothers live in Toronto — his first concert ever — and something in him answered. From that day he sang and danced everywhere, the entertainer at every family gathering; the shy kid who came alive on a stage.
In an art class he met Luther Brown — now one of the industry's most respected choreographers — and the two built rival dance crews, battling routine for routine. At fourteen, singing on his balcony, a neighbour offered to introduce him to a management company. His mother declined and put him in karate instead. The fire was already lit.
Ovaload & the Stage
Oba founded Ovaload Entertainment — a seven-piece performance band — and ran it like a business as much as a show, negotiating international contracts and touring across eleven countries.
Creative direction and hard management, side by side: booking the rooms, shaping the sets, moving crowds from one continent to the next. The band-leader years built the executive to come.
Winning the Juno
In 2004, Oba and his group In Essence won the Juno Award for Best R&B/Soul Recording — Canada's highest music honour, and the milestone every artist dreams of.
Becoming the Selector
The songwriter picked up the headphones and never looked back. Reading rooms, blending genres, moving crowds — Oba built a reputation as a DJ who plays for the moment, not the ego.
From private events to primetime club sets, the mission stays the same: keep the floor alive.
The King, Today
Sought after from Dubai to Oman as a DJ and consultant, Oba now lives by a simple code: wisdom first, family always, and an over-standing of everything he steps into. Every stage and every deal feeds one ambition — to build something that outlasts him.
Which leads to the next chapter — Muuzbox.
