Born Alberto d’Ascola and raised in Marsala, Sicily, Italy, but now residing in Kingston, Jamaica, he is a multi-instrumentalist, being proficient in guitar, bass, drums and keyboard.

He moved to Jamaica to be close to reggae music's roots and Rastafari culture.

So I said, "I'm gonna use this name and mash up the place, turn a negative into a positive thing!".

He also released a compilation, Escape from Babylon to the Kingdom of Zion on Greensleeves Records in 2010.

[14] In 2014, Greensleeves Records released, Specialist Presents Alborosie & Friends, a collection of collaborations with other reggae artists.

[15] In 2015, his classic debut album Soul Pirate, which was released by Evolution Music Group, was re-mastered and released in Deluxe Remastered Edition with 4 never-before-released bonus tracks: "Call Up Jah", "Slambam", "Streets", and "Jamaica".

[16] In the end of 2016, Evolution Music Group released his classic album Soul Pirate in an acoustic version.

[20][21] On June 4, 2021, Alborosie released his eighth studio album, titled In The Culture.

[22] It features fourteen tracks that were written, produced, and performed in the during the COVID-19 pandemic using vintage analogue gear, dub sirens, reel-to-reel tape, and live instrumentation by Alborosie and the Roots Radics band.

Special guest performers Alborosie collaborated with were Collie Buddz, Jo Mersa Marley, Quino of Big Mountain, and The Wailing Souls, which Alborosie produced the duo's latest album Back-A-Yard.