Jodi Ho Lung sang before she could walk. Her mother has distinct memories of her, in her walker, singing “Hey fattie boom-boom, sweet suga’ dumplin’. Jus’ because you so big and fat, don’ believe I’m afraid of dat. Hey fattie boom-boom.” Born into a non-musical, middle-classed Jamaican family, her musical influences came from the few crooners’ records her father owned and the Sunday matinee movies that showed on the only Jamaican television station in the 1970s. In front of the television set, she sang along with the best balladeers of all time, Fred Astaire, Pat Boone, The Rat Pack, Bing Crosby, and Nat King Cole, with a dream of being the next Barbara Streisand, but no real plan to realize that dream.

As a teenager, she made her debut onto the Jamaican stage through the Jamaica Musical Theatre Company’s Junior Theatre staging of The Wizard of Oz when she played the Scarecrow. JMTC was the perfect place for her to grow musically, and her love for the musical theatre genre blossomed into a strong desire to make a career out of her passion. Here, she grew under the mentorship of Jon Williams, Hugh Moss-Solomon, Vibart Seaforth, Cecil Cooper, David Reid, Carole Reid, June Thompson-Lawson, Douglas Bennett, Lucette Cargill and many other musical giants on the Jamaican classical scene.

She later joined Cathi Levy Players and performed two musicals with them where she was heavily featured as a solo singer and dramatic actress. She also sang for a short while with Father Richard Ho Lung & Friends.

Meeting Seretse Small in 2000 was a turning point in her singing career. It led to her performing on larger and larger stages, including Jazz in the Gardens in 2006. Her credits include JMTC’s monthly concert series at the Alhambra Inn, the Annual Fundraising concert for St. Joseph’s Hospital in Kingston, she is regularly a featured guest with the Webster Memorial Church Youth Choir and she often performs as a soloist at weddings, funerals and other events.