Zemroy Thomas, now 41, has been making music since he was 14 and is currently recording his eighth album.
The youth worker and mentor works with children across Bristol who have been excluded from mainstream schools and are at risk of getting involved in crime or exploitation.
The Jamaican singer and songwriter, who goes by the name Da Fuchaman, has made Bristol his home and will be starting and ending his UK tour with his Fireblaze band in Bristol.