Pablopavo (born Paweł Sołtys on 30th March, 1978) grew up in Warsaw’s Stegny district, but since the late 90s, he has has lived in Grochów, a neighbourhood which has been his favourite part of the capital for many years. He has gained recognition as one of the three vocalists of the band Vavamuffin, which makes music that fuses Jamaican pulse with Warsaw street pertness. The energetic ensemble, established in 2003, musically refers to traditional reggae, as well as to the newer styles of dance music that came about in the 80s, such as dancehall and ragamuffin. Pablopavo is Vavamuffin’s ‘middle’ voice, Gorg has the lowest vocal range, and Reggaenerator has the highest.
Pablopavo has collaborated with many bands including Saduba, Magara, and Sedativa, as well as with the dub soundsystem duo Ba-Lan (which, in Vietnamese, means: Poland). He has also teamed up with Sidney Polak, Dreadsquad Sound System from Łódź, and Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa. However, his longest-running musical venture is Zjednoczenie Soundsystem, set up with DJ Krzaq and Reggaenerator in 2001 and still active on music scene. The ensemble has given hundreds of live performances but has yet to release a studio album. Pablopavo made his solo debut in 2009 with the Telehon album, which he'd been working on for two years.
The musician is a supporter of Legia Warsaw football club. Until the end of 2013, he presented the Tramwaj z Pragi (A Streetcar from Praga) programme on the Roxy radio station. He has a great interest in the history of Warsaw, its legends and language, and he is against the demolition of the Palace of Culture. In one of his songs he called for ‘retrieving’ not only the cult Warsaw Moskwa cinema, but also the forgotten Pierwszy Maj /First of May cinema in Grochów, which now houses a supermarket. Pablopavo has published short stories in Rita Baum and Lampa Iskra Boża magazines.