In 1979 his first recording, Kimbo to Kimbo, was released on the Foreigm Bound Label. In 1983 the single I’M A Victimwas released on the hit album Word Sound ‘Ave Power produced by Heartbeat Records. This became a mega-hit gaining Malachi great acclaim. Carl Stone and Drop It came out in 1986 with Poets In Unity on the PIU Label. In 1995 Malachi released Free The Kids on his 4-M Label. He followed this up in 1997 with the release of Tribute and Liad Mout’ on his label, and in 1998 the cd single Miss My Jamaican Christmas and the critically acclaimed 14 tracks cd Throw 2 Punch were released. Throw 2 Punch made many reggae charts in the USA and Europe. For an encore, Malachi returned with the red-hot cd The Blacker The Berry. . .De Sweeter De Cherry. The cd was a salute to women. It exposed the softer side of Malachi first discovered on the hit single What I’M Gonna Do. Malachi’s latest album/CD Middle Passage celebrates his return to the potency of his journey poems enjoyed on Throw Two Punch and evident on earlier works with Poets In Unity.
This year Malachi released Honey and I Still Care on the 7 Beards Label. He has also just finished a documentary which was shot in Jamaica, New York, Toronto and Jamaica. The documentary will be released in 2006. He is currently in the studios working on his fourth album with son Marlon Smith and renowned musician and arranger Eugene Gray.
As a winner of many awards, medals, prizes, commendations and certificates, Malachi’s list goes on and on. His most recent awards are the international “Dub-poet of the year,” 2003 ReggaeSoca Awards and 2004, Martins International Music Awards, Special Community Service Award, which Malachi shared with Wyclef Jean, Beenie Man and Sean Paul.
In 2005, Malachi appeared in New York and several venues in Florida. He headlined the International Dub-Poetry Festival in Toronto and he performed at the Love-In Festival in Miami with Richie Heavens and other greats. He also made three appearances in New York, one of which was at P. Diddy’s Justins. He is scheduled to appear in Tampa, Florida and Coral Springs on July 31 and August 1, respectively. There are several other engagements lined up for the rest of the year.
In 2003, Malachi was a featured performer in Baltimore at that city’s Black History Month tribute to Bob Marley, and at the Manhattan Center in New York. For 2003, Malachi has also performed at the prestigious Broward Center of the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is scheduled for the African-Can-Do Festival in Miami on July 26, and he is booked to appear in the city of Tampa on August 1. Malachi toured St. Kitts and Nevis in the summer of 2000 to rave reviews. Last year he performed at Florida International University and at several Miami-Dade County Public schools as part of their Black History Month celebrations. Malachi also appeared at the launching of the Amistad project and the opening reception for the Jamaican art Exhibition at the Broward County Library. Malachi has also performed in New York, Chicago and Orlando. In addition, he has appeared several times at the AT&T Amphitheater, North Miami Beach Performing Arts Center, and the University of Miami. In 1995 Malachi performed at the Haile Selassie Birthday Celebration held at Watson Taylor Park in Jamaica, at the University of the West Indies, Mona, at the birthplace of dub-poetry Jamaica School of Drama, Cultrama at Miami’s Bicentennial Park, The Reggaesoca Awards, the second Annual Bob Marley Festival, and Body Nation season of dance at the Joseph Caleb Center, Broward Center for the Performing Arts and North Miami Beach Performance Arts Center.
