Luciano (real name Jepther McClymont OD, born October 20, 1964 in Jamaica) is a Jamaican second-generation roots reggae artist and poet.

He began recording in 1992, with his first single "Ebony & Ivory" on the Aquarius Record label, followed by his debut album Moving Up for RAS records in 1993. Luciano is the seventh of nine children and was born to extremely spiritual and musical parents while growing up in Daveyton, a small district in the central parish of Manchester, Jamaica.