[2] Stephens was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and grew up in the city's Waterhouse district.

[3] At Hydel High School, Zumjay was Head Boy and participated in numerous extra curricular activities including, a play, which won Gold at the Jamaica Drama Festival.

After graduating Hydel High, he worked at Donovan Germain's Penthouse Studios as an apprentice engineer, and became a recording artist himself around 1998, having success in 2000 with "Courtney", a tribute to cricketer Courtney Walsh.

[3] He released other successful singles including "Shake it", "Sticky" and "Dancing Team".

[3] He married Aviesha Palmer in 2006 and in 2007 emigrated to the United States and joined the US Army Reserves while also studying for a Video Arts Technology degree at the Borough of Manhattan Community College;[4] He graduated in 2014 from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centre.