Erick Kristal is a Beninese-italian reggae artist, composer, songwriter and guitarist living in Italy. he was born on March 8th, 1976 at Covè in Benin Republic. He did his primary and secondary studies in Porto Novo, capital of Benin. He spent most of his youth there. Around the 90s, he had a penchant for music in general where he finally chose reggae, ska and World Music. he decided to immigrate to Europe in the early 2000s to pursue a musical career. He is one of the founding members of the group Jungle fever in Italy, a recognized reggae group in the Emilia Romagna region and a little in the North of Italy (2004-today) and is currently pursuing a prolific solo career.
He was rewarded with several trophies among others. and the nomination for Afrima Award 2015, and Best reggaeman of the year of Benin in 2019. With many albums to his credit and several singles, he won the Benin Top 10 trophy for viewers' artist in 2021....With him, the surprises never end for African reggae and world reggae
