Queen of dancehall music Spice gets flavorful with Jalen Rose

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Jamaican singer and reality star, whose real name is Grace Hamilton, overcame childhood traumas including the death of her dad, the loss of her family home and, most recently, a remarkable recovery from a near-death experience.“Growing up in Jamaica was hard for me,” she told me on this week’s “Renaissance Man.” “I came from humble beginnings.

My slogan is ‘From homeless to greatness.'”Spice means that literally. “When I was younger, I came home, my house was gone. I lost my home to fire,” she said. “I basically lost everything.

I only had one pair of shoes and a uniform that I went to school with that day. That was all I was left with.”Afterward, Spice and her family moved around, and she even had a brief stint living in London with her grandfather.The turbulence, she said, “shaped me into the strong person that I am, because oftentimes, even now in my adult life, I’ve got to make sure I know how to make these noes into yeses … I’m self-made, so I don’t have a management team or anyone.

I’m doing this as an independent woman right now.”She’s also grateful for the push she got from her late father, who recognized her musical talent early on.“My father died when I was only 9 years old,” she said. “He’s the reason I’m in music, because I remember before he died, he used to play Bob Marley in the house … He used to tell us to sing the songs and he would give us extra food on the plate.