At the age of eighteen, Sweetie Irie signed a solo record deal with Island Records, releasing a number of singles such as, ”Money Honey”, ”On & On” (with Aswad), ”Margar Man” and ”New Talk” (with Jo 90).

Through his music Sweetie has travelled the world performing at events such as Jamaican Sunsplash, Notting Hill Carnival, international shows in Grenada, Trinidad and all the way to Japan Splash. He has collaborated with various artists such as Aswad, Maxi Priest, Ms Dynamite, No Doubt, Spee, Specialist Moss, Ed Case, Gorillaz, Scritti Politti and Gwen Stefani.

Irie has been releasing material in the UK garage scene through Middlerow Records for the last four years. These include ”Extra Extra”, ”Holy Morning”, ”Today’s The Day” and the "Battle of the M.C’s" track ”Bite Dem Up”.

He has also presented BBC Television's and Channel 4’s programme Flava.