Kareem L. Thompson was born and raised in Chester, Pennsylvania. He grew up playing in church until he started touring the world when he was 17 years old. He has been on tour in 3 different countries. He loves playing different styles of music including gospel, hip-hop, jazz, fusion and county. Some of his biggest influencers are Jason Coleman, Bobby Z, Stokley Williams and Dave Weckl. A couple of his biggest accomplishments was having the privilege to play in Africa and Israel.