According to the rapper, who escaped the snow in New York to enjoy a more tropical experience, Christmas in Jamaica is like no other place The rapper, who rose from humble beginnings in Hanover to work with the likes of Nicki Minaj, K Michelle, and O.T. Genesis, shared with The Sunday Gleaner his vague memory of his last Christmas in Jamaica. “The house we used to spend Christmas in was a wooden house and was up on a hill with barely any running water and a little fig Christmas tree with just chickens and goats all over the place … real country.