Earlando was born into a poor family and left a promising school career at age seventeen to support his mother and two brothers.
[1] Neil began performing live on Soul Imperial Hi-Fi alongside his young apprentice, Wild Apache (aka Super Cat) (b. William Maragh).
The owner of King Majesty was a manager in the sugar cane industry and was unable to run the sound system during harvest time.
Soon every hopeful deejay wanted to "hold the mike" on the Killamanjaro sound alongside Early B, who had by now acquired a new nickname – The Doctor.
[2] Early performed throughout the US and England (as well as Jamaica) until he was shot to death inside the Windsor Cricket Club, Dorchester, Massachusetts, on 11 September 1994.