Undercover Rasta was formed in 2016 by Paul Young and is based out of Palm Harbor, Florida. Initially, the band was a trio made up of Paul, Marc "Rum cake" Welling and Ismael Delgado. But it quickly grew to a 9-piece when Paul recruited Doug and his twin sons (James and Will), Howard Ingram and Juan Herrara. Taino later joined in 2017. The first two years saw many changes but the band stabilized and found its sound when Brett joined in 2018. Ric also joined the band in late 2018. The band released its first album in early 2021with 13 tracks. Since then the band has written enough material for three more albums are working on the 2nd album currently. Paul has served as the band leader since inception and initially was the only songwriter. Eventually, Howard and Brett started contributing and the trio have now formed a powerful songwriting and arrangement team.