Jah Jah Yute was born with the name Steadman Shearer, in the parish of Hanover, Jamaica in a little district called Rock Spring. His father owned a nightclub with a sound system called Sir King B. Jah Jah was first performing as a DJ, on this sound system. One evening Jah Jah heard the Sound System of Black Star playing and during entertainer time, instead of dj-ing he started singing free style of his spiritual meditations. Jah Jah went to Kingston and was introduced by a friend to the owner of Mixing Lab Studio where he met Bunny Wailer, Yellow Man and others. While visiting Montego Bay he was directed to African Symbol Studio where he recorded his first couple of songs, "Do Rasta Work" and "Too Much Slackness Inna Di Music". Jah Jah recorded dub plates for sound systems and became linked with Iron Dogg Studio. Here is where he recorded "Gun Shot Blazes" and "No War". Jah Jah was visiting a friend in Montego Bay there he met Helene McLeod who was on vacation from America. He sang Gun Shot Blazes for her and she told him that it was #1 and they decided to work together and formed Enel Productions, their recording label