Papa Levi has been played on NTS shows including Test Pressing, with Fire first played on 24 April 2016.

Born in England, but of Jamaican parentage, Papa Levi first worked with the Jah Man and Prophecy Sound Systems as a DJ. He joined the Saxon Sound System while still a teenager, working with Maxi Priest, among others. "Mi God Mi King," his first single, charted well both in England and Jamaica. Levi performed with Aswad, Gregory Isaacs and Yellowman on a Reggae Sunsplash concert, later releasing Back to Basics on the Ras label.