Chekx

Joel Smith PKA "Chekx" was born on April the 10th, 1989 at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. Chekx currently resides in New York is where the music business strives, as New York City is the center of the music industry. In 2015 Chekx moved to New York at the age of 26 to welcome his son Joel Smith Jr. who was born on the 17th of May 2017. He is now a legal U.S citizen and resides in Queens county in New York.

He started doing music to speak about what he has seen and experienced and also to express himself about how he feels regarding ongoing situations in society. According to Chekx “Music is life. If I stop doing music then I stop living.” Before he decided to do a career in music.

Sizzla Kalonji and Buju Banton are the artists that he looks up to in the industry just to name a few. His experiences and the will to bring people together through music are what influences his music. Chekx musical influences are Bob Marley, Sizzla Kalonji, Buju Banton, Bugle, Bounty Killer, Vybz Kartel, Mavado and Aidonia.

He started in the music industry by doing graphics, websites and programming computers for artists and other people affiliated in the music industry. He recently released is first official single “Prayer” on 10th of April, 2020 as a birthday gift to himself. He also has been featured on Rasta Steve’s album called “Like A Yardie” on a track entitled “Cellular”.