Portmore Empire deejay Popcaan wants to reassure Gaza fans that he has not been shot, and that rumours of his demise are false.


"From Saturday, it ah get stink say mi get shot and mi ah wonder who is trying to perpetrate this rumour that mi dead, but I just want the fans to know that I am alive and kicking. I am not dead," he told one876entertainment.com

Popcaan is widely regarded as the artiste most likely to carry the banner for the next generation of young artistes emerging out of the Vybz Kartel-led Gaza camp.

Boisterous and fun-loving, Papi, as he is called by friends, has found a commercially viable hit, Nuh Ordinary Girl, which has been blowing up all over FM radio over the last couple of weeks. The song, which appears on the popular England Town riddim, is a big fave among females. He also has a controversial single called Sell We Out which labels departing ex-Empire member Blak Ryno a traitor. One of his most popular song is a Clarks song alongside Vybz Kartel himself.

"The fans dem can look out for great things from Popcaan this year, the Empire goes on and on and on."

He was detained last week Thursday in a raid on Father Romie's Exodus studio in Havendale, but was released later that night.