Curtis Campbell, Star Writer

An ordinary day in Gyptian's life involves little sleep, as the artiste is always in busy mode, moving from one project to the next. THE STAR recently caught up with him at the Flava Squad Entertainment recording studio, 50 Dumbarton avenue in Kingston, to get a sneak peek of Gyptian in action.

On reaching the studio, THE STAR was greeted by Fresh Foot, one of Gyptian's road managers, who told us that the artiste was on his way because he woke up late from a hectic night on the road doing music gigs.

When Gyptian finally arrived, he was in his usual jovial spirits, greeting everybody and stopping to share jokes with some of his peers.

Then, it was business as usual as we entered the recording area at Flava Squad studio, where producer Jerry was seen playing a new rhythm, and veteran artiste Nitty Kutchie, also a close friend of Gyptian, was busy 'vibing' a song.

Upon hearing the music, Gyptian took his pen and paper and started to 'vibe' a song of his own. "A suh wi duh, enuh. The rhythm bad suh mi a write something for it now," he said.

The artiste then went into the recording booth and began to sing his lines, as the producer recorded every breath.

Gyptian was later joined by his long-time friend Deva Bratt in the recording room, as he took his time and perfected every single line until he was satisfied that the song was good.

After completing the recording, he hurried out of the booth saying, "One thing, when the booth hot it mek yu brain flow, the AC only freeze yu thoughts."

Gyptian spent some more time lyming with his fellow artistes - Bascom X, Deva Bratt, Nitty Kutchie and Dubbi - after which he attended to some fatherly duties as he was visited by his babymother who took his eight-month-old daughter Kailie to see him. After sharing some time with his offspring, it was music again at 3 p.m.

From there, it was on to the Mixing Lab recording studio to do dub plates. This took another three hours, after which he met with some of the children in the area, giving them some of his revenue to purchase school books.

"Yu si di youths dem, from dem sey dem want education, mi will try to help dem because I believe every youth should, even the least, be able to read and write," Gyptian told THE STAR.

A day in the life of Gyptian ended at Weddy Weddy Wednesdays, where the artiste sought to unwind after a long day.