From the very outset of his career Dancehall Bad Boy Mavado has been coming under a lot of pressure from various sectors of society locally and now it seems to have spread overseas.
Earlier today and email was sent to the offices of owadkelly from a very concerned citizen of Trinidad and Tobado, apparently his concerns stems from a recent stabbing incident in the twin island republic that involved a secondary school boy being killed.
According to industry personnel in the land of soca, a lot of the violence that happens in the country is being perpetuated by dancehall and hip hop music with the main culprits being Mavado, Bounty Killer and 50 Cents, fingers were also pointed at Busy Signal and Demarco but Mavado seems to have suffered the brunt of the criticism.
The email read,
"A simple suggestion to help curb the issue of crime that's daunting our nation is for government to implement greater restriction on the lyrical content of some artistes.
Such as Mavado, Bounty Killa, 50 Cent...... and the list goes on. These guys are not entertainers in my mind and they are in no way impacting positively on us, the leaders of tomorrow. My goodness have you listened to a Mavado's CD? Utter nonsense. Not that Busy Signal or Demarco is any better.
As a matter of fact if they can't sing anything with sense ban them from performing such damaging and nerve-wracking songs in our country. We have to start somewhere. Come on my fellow citizens let's get rid of the 'Gangster for Life' mentality and use the free education. It's our only hope."
Apparently the killing of this schoolboy has struck a nerve and some radio jock in an effort to bring the spiraling crime under control has taken a stance to revise what gets played on the airwaves. Does this mean that a ban may be imminent on Jamaican dancehall music in Trinidad, only time will tell.
souns like f**kery 2 me...
griffin said
23:48 03/03 2008
a real f*** ry thatt them did sick inna dem head frm morning... bout a dj fault
kurt said
00:22 03/04 2008
so wat did movado and killa have to do wit dis ?
Bobby b said
00:26 03/04 2008
a fool dem...weh dem feel like...a fight dem want fight gainst the music....
fyahhh said
00:37 03/04 2008
pure crazyness. leave deh artist alone... why is it only music artist get blamed wen in movies u see worse n no actor director screen writer gets knocked for wat they are doin i say if people have a problem listenin to di music dnt listen to it. n if dem got kids monitor wut thy listen to... but dnt try n ban certain artist for wat there songs are sayin.for anyone who feels that da music needs to be ban theywill only realize if the government is allowed to do this . this world will go to pieces. freedom of speech is number 1 on di *la*hd claat bill of right. n nuttin can or should be able to change dat . so to the governments who are trying to change dat go suck ya mumma!
dj_smitty24 said
05:15 03/04 2008
stupse dem ppl shootin ....wat de f**k dat got 2 do with de artist ......dis is bare foolishness
MonEyBeLLy said
05:23 03/04 2008
ya man a real f**krey. dem ppl ya fi tek a long walk on a short bridge
up2 said
11:48 03/04 2008
dem a gwaan like seh a d dj dem tek up knife n guns then go do the crimes.
peeple if nuun caan c music as entertainment jus like the movies n cartooons den stop fcuking listen simple.
wha dem a seh..if a dj come seh jump offa the highest building headway without a chute they would?
DysFunktional said
11:55 03/04 2008
old news ... and it nuh mek sense ppl copy sh!t from movies and do dem ting and a nuh baddi fault ....everyman has there own destiny its a free world do wat u wanna.. if u wanna copy sh!t from da movies and dweet so be it .... but no man can seh dem listen a bounty or vado record and seh dem guh kill a battyboi or guh rob any body ...MUSIC DNT KILL PEOPLE, PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE
Garrick said
11:58 03/04 2008
Why dem dont blame the politicians, the dons and the gun men. Dem jus looking a scapegoat
linko said
13:51 03/04 2008
mek dem nuh lowe di man d3em
Casino said
20:12 03/04 2008
WTF ANO DANCEHALL ARTISTES FAULT, DEM FI GWEH
rrDesignZ said
20:15 03/04 2008
lol yes them inna trouble too
Buddah said
15:03 03/05 2008
so wait...let me get dis str8....a yute get kill, afta s****ody listen 2 mavado.....dat is assness...wha di hell happen 2 some ppl....i kno nuff man get shot & stab long b4 mavado ever cross a dancehall scene....i was young when killa buss, but i know man was getting kill long b4 dat 2......vado, killa, busy, and di majority of artiste tellin di story of dem life....as 4 di fish dem dat all di artiste love kill off, wha di bible say..."FIRE & BRIMSTONE"........wi modern clean mind ppl just change it from F&B to C&L (coppa & lead)......it must be somebody dat live in big house, on top of hill, wid 6 van, 5 car, 3 motor bike, 2 jet ski, & a yatch mail di letter, cuz dem dont want see ghetto ppl survive talkin bout "ban artiste".....f**kIN IDIOTS
Mekhilla said
15:07 03/05 2008
who really waan kill will kill regardless of what the artists sing bout...
a killa no need smady tell dem go kill, they jus do it
old news ... and it nuh mek sense ppl copy sh!t from movies and do dem ting and a nuh baddi fault ....everyman has there own destiny its a free world do wat u wanna.. if u wanna copy sh!t from da movies and dweet so be it .... but no man can seh dem listen a bounty or vado record and seh dem guh kill a battyboi or guh rob any body ...MUSIC DNT KILL PEOPLE, PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE