{{Use British English|date=January 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Zumjay | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Rohan Stephens | alias = Zumjay | origin = {{Flag icon|Jamaica}} Kingston, Jamaica | instrument = | genre = Dancehall | occupation = Deejay | years_active = | label = | website = }}
'''Rohan Stephens''',<ref>[http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20060314/news/news1.html Zumjay arrested in Cayman] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021205748/http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20060314/news/news1.html |date=21 October 2007 }}, The Jamaica Star, 14 March 2006</ref> better known as '''Zumjay''', is a popular dancehall deejay. Besides his success in Jamaica, including performances at Jamaica's biggest reggae festivals Sunsplash and Sting, Zumjay has toured Europe in 2004 and 2005 (the second year with fellow deejay Alozade).<ref>[http://www.yardflex.com/archives/000750.html ZUMJAY - 21st Century Deejay - Street Deejay with a difference]{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}, YardFlex.com</ref>
Stephens was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and was raised in the city's Waterhouse district.<ref name="Law">"[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/The-law-according-to-Zumjay_17759578 The Law According to Zumjay]", ''Jamaica Observer'', 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014</ref> He attended Kingston College and Hydel High School.<ref name="Law" /> At Hydel High School, Zumjay was Head Boy and participated in numerous extra curricular activities, including, a play, which won Gold at the Jamaica Drama Festival.
After graduating Hydel High, he worked at Donovan Germain's Penthouse Studios as an apprentice engineer, and became a recording artist himself around 1998, having success in 2000 with "Courtney", a tribute to cricketer Courtney Walsh.<ref name="Law" /> He released other successful singles including "Shake it", "Sticky" and "Dancing Team".<ref name="Law" />
He married Aviesha Palmer in 2006, and in 2007, emigrated to the United States to become a member of the US Army Reserves, while also studying for a Video Arts Technology degree at the Borough of Manhattan Community College;<ref name="Brooks">Brooks, Sadeke (2009) "[http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20090606/ent/ent1.html Zumjay Loving Army Life] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611162810/http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20090606/ent/ent1.html |date=11 June 2009 }}", ''Jamaica Star'', 6 June 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2014</ref> He graduated in 2014 from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centre.<ref name="Law" />
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==External links== * [https://myspace.com/Zumjay Zumjay] on Myspace
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Jamaican dancehall musicians Category:Jamaican reggae musicians
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