Oz’mosis welcomed one of South Florida’s hardest working artists, The Global Zoe, to the Voice of Passion Podcast EPISODE 6. The “icebreaker”– they joked about how much being referred to as “OGs” has caught them off-guard. The two jumped on the crispy wings provided by Nessa’s Kitchen PBC, one of the official sponsors of the podcast before getting deep into their conversation. Global talked about his music career, taking his genre Zoumpa international, his love and appreciation of the Haitian American experience, and offered advice to young artists who want to make it in the music industry.
Even though Global Zoe was born in New Jersey, he has a strong connection to Haiti. He’s been traveling to Haiti since he was a kid. He moved to Florida in 1990 when he was 5 years old, a time when that was extremely difficult for young Haitians who were often being bullied and jumped by African Americans boys. Therefore, Haitians boys had to fight for their respect. Zoe explains that by the time he was in high school, “Haitians had gotten their respect”.
Global Zoe credits himself as the creator of Zompa, “a big pot with bowl of Zouk, Compas, Hip-hop, and R&B”, he defined the genre that he created in 2013. Zoumpa is a testament of much Global embraces his true identity and cultural heritage. These genres had significant impact on him grew up. His late father, Mr. Mondesir, who was a big consumer of Compas music introduced Global Zoe to the genre. “He even had a band in Haiti”, said Global of his Dad.
Global Zoe also talked about how he started in the music business and what has motivated him to keep pushing. In fact, he agrees that the music business is 20% skills and 80% grind. Yo Mele, he recently dropped his 5th studio album. His goal with this album is to bring Zoumpa worldwide.
