Michelle Loubon

He at­tend­ed New­town Boys' and Wood­brook Sec­ondary and be­gan his ca­reer play­ing pan in school com­pe­ti­tions. In 1996, he joined the Re­vue (found­ed by his fa­ther). "It was my first year at the Re­vue and I re­mem­ber cry­ing when the tent was clos­ing. I was 15. I re­mem­ber get­ting drop home from De Fos­to. I liked the "big man ting." Af­ter a brief mu­si­cal stint, Roberts' pas­sion for aca­d­e­mics start­ed to wane. "Mu­sic plant­ed it­self in­side of me." He linked up with Richard Quar­less at Aber­crom­by Street and con­tin­ued play­ing pan. He dropped out of school but had no re­grets. "I promised my moth­er (Va­lerie Green) and dad­dy I would make them proud. "I told them I would not make all yuh shame. I will be as suc­cess­ful or even bet­ter than some of my class­mates," said Roberts. His mu­si­cal as­cen­dan­cy proved fait ac­com­pli. "I met my math teacher (the late Awai) from Wood­brook." He said: "Ker­nal, I does see you in the pa­pers and you al­ways said you would do well. We are proud of you." Roberts rel­ish­es Chi­nese food, cur­ried dish­es-es­pe­cial­ly wild­meat and his moth­er's callaloo with plen­ty pig­tail. Roberts de­clared his in­nui with bore­dom. "I can't be do­ing noth­ing. My limes could have cham­pagne, mau­by or pun­cheon. I al­ways say "let's have a damn good time."