NOTES FROM JAMAICA - MESHACH DANIEL FALCONER ROBERTS

I’m three weeks into my stay in this godforsaken country, I haven’t seen a gun yet but I’m hopefully going to the mountains on Monday to harvest some purple skunk. The dancehall chart show still evades me and the radio seems allergic to giving track names so I’ve got no good music information for you. I song which I like and my cousin claims is called “Swagger” by Bounty Killer, now known as Grand God, is probably the biggest song here at the moment. Most of the dancehall stars have changed their names, Buji Banton - Gargamel, Sizzla - Kalonji, Movado - Gully God, Black Ryno - Stinger, Lisa Hype - Lisa Hyper, Capleton - Prophet. Lots of people have been leaving Gaza for Gully, Spice and Black Ryno who apparently left because Kartel beat Lisa Hype up and forced her to give him a blowjob (obviously I don’t beleive this, i think my cousin is trying to spread rumours). The area I’m in is a gully one and this puts mean of this risk into turning into a true Gaza man. Don’t worry I’m still flying the flag, never scared. The two soundsystems I have been going to in the local area have been shut down due to shoot outs, one involving police and one involving gangsters.