Career
Roman was the younger brother of Tinga Stewart, and recorded his first single, "Walking Down The Street" in 1968. He recorded further singles in the early 1970s for producers Derrick Harriott ("Changing Times") and Glen Brown ("Never Too Young"). He had a big hit in Jamaica in 1976 with "Hit Song" (aka "Natty Sings Hit Songs"), about the desire to have a hit record in order to escape poverty, the same year in which he relocated to New New York
He continued to visit Jamaica and went on to work with Philosophy Pratt and Linval Thompson, having another big hit in 1979 with "Rice and Peas".
After two songs, he cut short his performance, complaining of chest pains, and died from heart failure the next day at Long Island Jewish Hospital in New Hyde Park, Long Island. Stewart appears on the following concert video: Vintage Reggae Bash - Brooklyn 1983 (2007) Plastic Head (Digital Video Disc).