Lovers rock and reggae vocalist Da'Ville was born Orville Thomas in 1978. Thomas was raised in Kingston, Jamaica by his strict and religious grandmother, who made sure he was in regular attendance at church. There Thomas joined the choir and developed an early love of music, which morphed from sacred singing to an interest in more pop-friendly reggae when he got a little bit older and was exposed to the exciting sounds of local independent acts. Thomas spent his high-school years working on various projects, but truly came into his own a few years after graduating, going solo ...