Walkerton was Born Marvin Walker 1978 in Kingston Jamaica. He began making music at a very early age. The name Walkerton was given to him because as a youngster he would walk everywhere. Marvin would go to school and spend all his money to include his bus fare and would not have any means of getting home except to walk. He was always the last one home because everyone else took the bus home while he walked. There were times when his brothers and sisters would be on the bus and see him walking along on his way home. They started calling him Walkathon because he loved walking so much. Because his last name is Walker, he decided to change it to Walkerton to add flavor to the meaning and pronunciation.
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Walkerton was Born Marvin Walker 1978 in Kingston Jamaica. He began making music at a very early age. The name Walkerton was given to him because as a youngster he would walk everywhere. Marvin would go to school and spend all his money to include his bus fare and would not have any means of getting home except to walk. He was always the last one home because everyone else took the bus home while he walked. There were times when his brothers and sisters would be on the bus and see him walking along on his way home. They started calling him Walkathon because he loved walking so much. Because his last name is Walker, he decided to change it to Walkerton to add flavor to the meaning and pronunciation. Is it ironic that his name is Walker and he loves walking and is now called Walkerton? When asked what he thought about that he said "Dat is just the story of my life, its is not irony but faith".



Growing up in the tough rural ghettos of Kingston Jamaica is a very hard challenge for anyone. Walkerton was one who made it worked for him. He would always be at the local record stores trying to get a song on record. His family moved all over Kingston while he was young which caused the young Walkerton to constantly be in search for new resources in each neighborhood he moved into. Each neighborhood he moved into always had atleast one other deejay. Walkerton would quickly seek out and challenge that deejay in order to make a name for himself in that neighborhood. There were times when he thought that all challenges were over until some one new came to challenge him. He always looked forward to these street challenges because he knew that he was good enough to beat any challenger and would be creating more fans for himself.

Walkerton figured that him making music would not last forever so he decided to get an education so that he could have something to fall back on. While his friends were dropping out of school, he stuck it out because he knew that it would pay off one day. He continued his education by attending the University At Buffalo along with various other colleges. After finishing school he started focusing on his music again.

He was trying to make the music business work for him again since he had taken so much time off the scene. While trying to stay focus on his music he got distracted by something that would change his life forever. He joined the United States Marine Corps in 1998 where he served as an infantry man to include a tour in Iraq for the initial invasion of the war. The singer/deejay is trying to put a very rough past behind him as he tries to stay focus on doing what he loves doing the most and that is making music to please the fans. Most of his lyrics are written for a positive point of view. He mainly focus on the struggles that are facing the ghettos of Jamaica. He was referred to at one of his shows a while back as "Poor people spokesman". This was because most of his tunes at the time were specially made to address certain political issues that were affecting the poor people of Jamaica. Trying not to fall under just one category, he made it his motive to make music for all different kinds of generes. Categories ranging from conscious vibes to the rough dance hall, Walkerton does it all. He makes tunes the pertains to the ladies as well as for all the gangsters in the hood. He has songs for the children as well as grown folks. This young man is just has all round talent and it is showing everywhere that he goes. He is attacking the music world with a strong force,
Bless up!!