Jamakabi would class himself as a "Dancehall flavoured Grime emcee/artist". He was born in East London but grew up in various areas around London.
He started his music career back in 2002 as a member of the legendary Roll Deep Entourage. Members included names such as Wiley, Tinchy Stryder and Dizzee Rascal. Jamakabi featured on the debate Roll Deep album called 'In At The Deep End' which sold over 85,000 copies, earning them a silver plaque.

In 2004 Jamakabi featured on a track called 'Pow/Forward' by Lethal Bizzle (produced by Dexplicit). The track also featured names such as D Double E and FlowDan. This track turned out to be 1 of the biggest Grime track of all time. The track charted in january 2005 at number 11 in the U.K singles chart. In 2011 Lethal released a remix of 'Pow' featuring fellow Grime artists Jme, Wiley, Chipmunk, Face, P Money, Ghetts and Kano.