JAH9

As a kid, she moved from her home in Falmouth, to live in the urban wilds of Kingston. Born Janine Cunningham, with a preacher as a father and a social worker as a mother. She only emerged from her musical cocoon post initiation into poetry. Her love for the written word helped her to channel some of the dynamic thoughts she began to have later-on in her life, during her tenure at the University of The West Indies. There, she found kinship in the like minds of the Rastafari brethren.

JAH9 became a staple in the underground poetry scene by 2009, where she also fell in love with the hypnotic sounds of dub in roots reggae music. She started to write songs to these instrumentals. Her first demos were recorded with keyboardist Sheldon Bernard, they caught the attention of the legendary Beres Hammond who later helped to develop her recording technique. 9 recorded her first two singles with the help of Donovan Bennett of Don Corleon Records in 2010 to critical acclaim.

She later released her debut album titled "New Name" in 2013, produced by iconic selector Rory 'Stone Love' Gilligan, which spoke to the core of her philosophy as a human being and artist. It was voted album of the year by AchisReggae.com, warmly described as "the superb sum of its parts: a straight cultural roots album”. 

In 2016, she released her follow up album titled simply "9" which cemented her innovative Jazz on Dub style. 9 continues to push the boundaries of the world she was born in as she forges her path. The next steps in her journey are currently being curated for the staging of her next great body of music.

JAH9's album "Note To Self" released in March 2020, elevates her to a new musical space combining her spiritual identity and sultry vocals to radio friendly contemporary reggae rhythms.

Snce 2013, she has performed with her band, the Dub Treatment, on stages and music festivals all over the world since then and even incorporates her popular rhythm-based experience called Yoga on Dub, to supplement.