Sadeke Brooks, Staff Reporter

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Dancehall artiste Stacious will be testing her business skills when she opens her café next week.

The artiste will be launching Scrumptious Café at 50 Molynes Road, St Andrew, next Wednesday. There, she said, she will be offering fruit and vegetable smoothies, ice cream, sandwiches and coffee.

"I am a smoothie fanatic, so why not share my love with everybody else? Mi like it and it's a business venture that I don't think we have a lot of here. Mi a test the waters," Stacious told THE STAR, noting that the café will be open for business by next Monday.

"I have to hope for the best. Let's see how I can market and promote but I can't know without trying."

this is not her first business venture as she had a small hair salon years ago.

"It was a small place in Portmore. I wasn't quite into it and then I had to move the place and I just sell it out. I have way more invested in this," she said.

café dreams

The Scrumptious Café, Stacious says is only a fraction of what she plans to do.

"This is just a piece of what I really want to go into. Hopefully, I will be expanding," she said.

When her café dreams become realised next Wednesday at 6 p.m., Stacious says her guests will be given "an introduction to the place, nuff food, nuff vibes. It's not a dance."

On the musical side, Stacious said she recently did a collaboration with Versatile that was recorded for Romeich Records. She is also promoting her single Striptease that was produced by Jam 2. In addition, she will be going on an European tour in February.

Stacious came on to the dancehall scene in 2003 but gained significant popularity in recent years with her song Falling Down. Since then, she has had songs like Good Life, It's Over and Sexy Whine. Earlier this year she collaborated with Mavado on Come Into My Room, which was a major hit.

In 2008, she also dabbled in acting, playing a role in a film about AIDS awareness. She is also one of the faces for CY Clothing Inc, a local brand with outlets in Miami.




Source:http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20101019/ent/ent1.html