BIOGRAPHY
Recording Artist Top Adlerman was born Jean Adler Gaston in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. His start in the music industry as a Ragga/Rap/Kompa artist can be attributed to his love for dancing to Reggae and Hip-Hop music as a young boy in the streets of Haiti. In 1992, Alderman’s group of street dancers known as M.C. Top was discovered by the late Master Dji, the godfather of hip-hop in Haiti and the “Pioneer of the Creole Hip-Hop Movement. Master Dji was influential. in pushing M.C. Top’s freshman ragga/rap album. Top Adlerman recorded two additional group albums before going solo in 2000 with his breakout album, “Tet Yo Sho”, supported by the number one hit “Tet Yo Cho”. The follow-up album “Watcha Krazem” produced a string of hits such as “Ville", “Angel, "Konsole", Kile", “Pwoblem Mwen” and "Bliye Bagay".
Critics and hardcore fans love the flow and delivery in Top’s music.
TOP ADLERMAN
His popular videos can be seen on YouTube, Pwoblem Mwen, and Pa Ranse Avem.... He has shared a stage with chart-topping artists in various music genres such as Young Joc, Bobby Valentino, T-Vice,Wyclef Jean and Sweet Mickey...
Top Adlerman is currently working on his third album, which promises to keep in the spirit of the Kreyol hip hop movement with his hardcore beats and ragga vibe. Fans can look for the album to drop in May 2011. Other current projects include a Jamaican compilation with BJG Records and an English album, giving his fans the opportunity to experience another side to his artistic talent. Top has also created his own record label, Watcha Krazem Production.
Top Adlerman is using his street creed to set the groundwork for his charitable mission, the Lilly Foundation (named after his mother Lillian), designed to raise up Haiti through education, food relief and other immediate needs.
Fans can witness Top’s high energy performances at various festivals in the United States, St.Martin, Martinique, and Guadalupe, Dominican Republic just to name a few.
