Nasio is the youngest of seven children born to a Kalinago mother and father of African descent, in the village of Carte-Bois.
[1][2] When he was eight years old, Nasio began singing in the Bagatelle school and the village Catholic church choirs.
[4] He was inspired at an early age by calypso artists and soul musicians such as Curtis Mayfield, Sam Cooke, and Marvin Gaye.
[1] In 1981, he moved from Dominica to the island of St. Maarten where he became influenced by Rastafari and reggae artists such as Joseph Hill, Burning Spear, Jacob Miller, and Bob Marley, to whom he is often compared.
In 2005 Nasio recorded the album Universal Cry at Long View in Massachusetts and Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios in the UK; collaborating with producer Richard Evans.