[4][5] Kemp attended Miami Dade Christian Academy, graduating in 2009, and played for the basketball team.
[3] Playing small forward for the Sharks basketball team, Kemp averaged 16.9 points on shooting percentages of 59% from the floor, 52% behind the 3-point line, and 65% on free throws, while also averaging 9.9 rebounds (17th nationally), 1.8 assists, 1.8 blocks, and 1.5 steals a game.
[7] He was unanimously selected as a member of the Conference USA Men's Basketball All-Academic Team.
[7][3] He became the third player with the Pirates to score more than 600 points in a single season, and established new school single-season records for made and attempted free throws (182/241, respectively), and minutes played (1,202).
[3] After turning professional, Kemp played in 2013–14 for Alba Fehérvár in the EuroCup, where he averaged 12.3 points and 1.5 steals per game, and shot 82.1% from the free throw line.
He moved on to the Liga Nacional de Básquet, where he played for the Obras Sanitarias in 2017–18; here, he averaged 20.7 points per game, leading the league.
[9][10][11] He also helped the team win the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and was named the MVP of the competition.