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Jamaal Rolle, also known as "The Celebrity Artist" is an award-winning Bahamian visual artist known for his portrait depictions of famous political, entertainment, and sports figures. Rolle has received wide attention for his depictions of notable people ranging from President Barack Obama, and HRH Prince Harry of Wales, to Entertainers  Sir Sidney Poitier, Johnny Depp, and Michael Jackson.

Early Life
Jamaal Rolle of Nassau Bahamas was born to Harry Rolle, an artist and bronze sculptor, and to Judy Rolle, a conch shell artist. Rolle has been a professional artist since 2001, both drawing portraits and for making characatures for tourists on Paradise Island.

US Presidential Election
Rolle was inspired by then presidential nominee Barack Obama and started the “Bahama for Obama” campaign, which used the phrase “I am the dream” (an allusion to Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous 1963 I Have a Dream speech) during he 2008 US Presidential elction. Obama also “inspired him to do an oil portrait on Super Tuesday. He displays this portrait at the location where he works in downtown Nassau and it has received heavy attention from the thousands of American tourist that pass by on a daily basis.” During President Barack Obama’s 2009 Inauguration, Rolle presented a portrait to [Reverend Al Sharpton at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Rally in Washington D.C. The portrait depicts side by side portraits of Obama, Sharpton, and King.