Himelfarb was born in
Washington, D.C. in 1954, and first visited Jamaica in 1977. In 1979 he began working as a disc jockey at
WHFS, broadcasting under the name Dr. Dread. A book documenting his experiences running RAS Records, ''The Half That's Never Been Told'', was published in March 2015. He has now left the music business and has a new venture — Doctor Dread's Famous Jerk — a range of sauces and snacks, as well as an antique shop in northern California. ==References==