Officially Ace

Antonio Smith known by his stage name Officially Ace was born July 9, 2000 in Kingston, Jamaica to his parents Shitley Patterson and Carl Anthony Smith. From a young age Officially Ace was intrigued by computers by the age of 7 he begun to learn the inner working of a computer from using Microsoft Word for writing purposes to Paint to illustrate artistic imagery, at the age of 9 Officially Ace lost both of his parents in the summer of 2010 in a short space of time shortly after he and his siblings Karim Smith and Jodi-Ann Smith migrated to the United States to live with their Grandmother Calutha Myers in Maplewood, New Jersey. Officially Ace attended Tuscan Elementary then Maplewood Middle School and Columbia High School until November 5, 2014 when his Grandmother left him in Jamaica with his sister Majorica Tyndale in Manchester, Jamaica. Before being carried to Jamaica he was being taught by Titus Smith officially known as Mistro TS and his family to produce music and to understand music because of them Officially Ace was able to find his love for music and at that moment he knew that he wanted to be a influential and inspiring person in the music industry. In 2015 he started to attend DeCarteret College in Mandeville, Manchester where he met and learned from many different people thanks to his Aunt Tracy-Ann Myers he was able to take the GNAT Examination to be able to pass for DeCarteret College he left school in 2018. He started in 305 (9th form/10th grade) where met some of his friends and started to learn of the changes and norms in his home country thanks to the support of his friends Officially Ace made it through many tough times from being homeless to being penniless without their support and the support of many strangers, family and mentors Officially Ace would have most likely succumbed to mental illnesses or died from many altercations with law enforcement officers and other persons in the streets that why to this day Officially Ace has high respect for those that have supported him through his struggles as he said "I try my very best to repay those that have done even the smallest deed for me, without those people I could have never become the person I am today." - Officially Ace. He made many instrumentals throughout his time in high school with producers like BiG Meech, Mistro TS, Life 100, Puff Don, Prxf, G.I.B, luxior, Fingah (Outlaw Productions), King Changa, and Tajae. Officially Ace releases his first single "1 XP" to all major music platforms on September 9, 2019 which is steadily rising on Audiomack and Soundcloud which is licensed and copywrite to YTMP Records which was founded by Mistro TS, Doctor Glitch, BiG Meech and Officially Ace. The idea originated from Officially Ace in 2014 when he shared it with Mistro TS.