Michael Richards AKA (Mikey 'Boo') was born on a day like today, April 23, 1947, Jamaican drummer and session musician, veteran of all generations since the 60's with participations in countless reggae bands, to name a few: The Mighty Upsetter, The Heptones, The Meditations, The Blues Busters, Now Generation, 809, Marcia Griffiths, Hopeton Lewis, Prince Mohammed, Dennis Brown.

Since he was a child, he followed in the footsteps of his father, who was a drummer (Leonard 'Alejandro' Richards). He was the one who took him with “Lloyd Knibbs” to receive classes. One of his friends, Ernie Ranglin, grew up around musicians. His interest in music was based on keyboards, not drums, but it was almost a sin not to be a drummer like his father.

His first band was "The Mighty Diamonds" and there he meets "The Wailers" where he began to record for them, as a curious fact we find that he never traveled with Bob Marley, his relationship was only in the studio, he leaves The Wailers and goes on tour With Jimmy Cliff doing a long tour and recordings, the first "Third World" album is said to have been recorded by Boo but never came out.

Paradoxically, Boo says that he regrets not having taken classes with his father since he had a very Latin and surprising way of playing the drums, recognizing that his greatest influence on music is the also drummer, "Billy Cobham" whom he met in a show in Jamaica and he was invited to the stage fact that marked his musical career, and remembers as one of the most important events in his life. Mikey Boo has his own way when playing his instrument, he is not only a drummer of reggae music, he is a drummer who adapts all the percussion in his compositions. His favorite Jamaican drummers; Sly, Desi Jones, Carlton Barrett, and Calvin McKenzie.