By Carlington Wilmot, Youth Writer
He's only 15 years old, but he's already sure of what he wants to do when he graduates from Pembroke Hall Comprehensive High, Kingston.
He wants to entertain and not just as any regular DJ, he wants to be a reggae superstar.
This young lad is aggressive and focused and his dynamic voice might just lead him in the direction of Jamaica's top entertainers.
Richard Saddler, a.k.a. 'Scrappy', once had his mind set on football stardom, but it didn't take much to transfer his attention to his dream of someday singing reggae.
The first influence came from DJ Beenie Man.
"I just like the way he does his songs, and his performances are always good," Scrappy said of the Grammy Award winner. "I then got to love reggae music so badly that I began writing my own songs and after a while they began to sound appropriate."
Luckily for him, his mother is encouraging.
"My mom always encourages me to try harder," he said. "Many times I give up on myself and my mom is the one who always gives me that last push."
The young man, who hails from Maverly, Kingston, believes that there are certain ground rules for young people to follow.
"(If I had the chance) I would try to educate the youths more, let them know what is right from what is wrong, and most importantly, I would teach them to obey their mother and father," he preached.
The sky is the limit for Scrappy who said that he would even try to go beyond that mark before uttering: "yes, I have reached."
"Right now, I don't feel that anything can stop me," he said, "because once my mom isn't stopping me, there is no turning back."
"I am going to create a new vogue in the music business."
