Rondell Positive recounts life-changing moment

According to Rondell, whose real name is Rondell Allen, he finished high school with only three subjects but his determined mother pushed him to attain higher education at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) where he earned a Diploma in Primary Education. He then later moved on to Mico University College, obtaining a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education.

Speaking to Television Presenter, Producer and Communication Specialist, Tamara McKayle on the growing web series, Rondell speaks about finding himself and his purpose while teaching at the Morant Bay Primary School in St. Thomas.

“How I found myself was that I would see so many kids who reflected me when I was their age, wasting so much time and so I became one of the strictest teachers,” Allen said.

He however noted that the life changing moment came one night as he worked a gig as a Sound System Selector and found himself in a party with a student.

“Fi some reason I was in the middle of the dance and mi a say, why is this youth a grade 6 student in the dance and then I’m saying to myself, I’m in a dance and my student is in a dance and I’m telling possibly his parents and everybody else things that I wouldn’t tell him during the day, and so I realized that I was living a double-standard. I realized I never had integrity…a light bulb came off and that’s where my life started transitioning,” Allen said.

As it pertains to his dive into the music industry, his musical genesis was from a young age as his father led him to cover the song ‘Brand New World’ by the late Dr. Myles Munroe at age three. Professionally, his music career blossomed later in his teaching profession with his career expanding to major performances locally and internationally.