Nabby Clifford from Ghana to the world. Still very young, Nabby Clifford already realized that Ghana was too small for his aspirations, so he quickly picked up his guitar, packed his bags and boarded the first ship toward conquering new horizons, back around 1985. Landing in England, his first stop, among other things, he set about refining his artistic and musical vein. There he studied with singer and songwriter Johnny Nash, one of the pioneers in recording Bob Marley's songs. Around 1986, Nabby Clifford, in his natural restlessness as a reggaeman and Rasta prophet, had already landed in Brasília, and soon after Pará.
The tireless rastaman Nabby Clifford, in his constant quest and worldly learning, arrived in Rio de Janeiro and raised the reggae flag; it seems his heart beats green, yellow and red, and the rhythm is contagious. And having reggae as his religion, Nabby Clifford recorded and freely distributed K-7 tapes to surfers, skaters and extreme sports athletes, for the simple pleasure of spreading Jamaican rhythm in Brazil and the world — the year was 1987. Since then the already Ambassador of reggae (a title granted by "Perfeito Fortuna, one of Rio de Janeiro's greatest cultural agitators and mentor of the extinct Circo Voador") never stopped: There were lectures in schools, clubs, universities, shows on beaches, and at the most prestigious venues in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, such as the extinct Circo Voador, Scala, Morro da Urca, Jazzmania, Zoom and Bally bar.
The year 1988 was marked by the launch of his highly successful program "POSITIVE VIBRATIONS" on Fluminense FM radio, also known as the damned one. The program, which led the ratings for six years, was fundamental to consolidating reggae in Brazil and promoting the great names of reggae, such as Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh, Alpha Blondy, among others.
A year later in 1989, Nabby Clifford was invited to join the band "The Mighty Reggae Beat", where Bi Ribeiro, João Barone, João Fera and Demétrio, the four instrumentalists from Paralamas do Sucesso, were his only companions. At the time they performed at Jazzmania, Mistura-up, and made several tours through the interior of Rio de Janeiro state and São Paulo, playing reggae classics and spreading the Rastafarian spirit of reggae.