Chuck Fenda Denies Improper Relationship With Teenaged Jada Kingdom, Burns The ‘Eternal Fire’ Against Perverts
Reggae star Chuck Fenda reacted with surprise to the outlandish accusations being made online over the weekend regarding his song Believe, which he recorded with Dancehall songstress Jada Kingdom seven years ago when she was a teenager.
Fenda is particularly disturbed that people were trying to cast aspersions and come up with their own narratives of the working-business relationship that he had with the teenager at the time.
“I did that song seven years ago with Jada. When I saw Jada, I knew she was cut above the rest at age 15 or 16. I used to bring her to the studio, I helped to mold her and groom her,” he told DancehallMag. “There was nothing sexual or dirty about the relationship, it was all business.”
“Everything I did with her, I spoke to her mother on each occasion. When I picked her up at school to go the studio, I talked to the principal at Vauxhall, and even her form teacher, it was under the strict supervision of adults,” Fenda said.
He said that he ensured that he respected certain boundaries given that he is a prominent member of the entertainment community and she was still a teenaged schoolgirl.
“Even when I did the video, you realize I don’t embrace her, I told the director that she was underage, and you don’t want to bring the song to that level, even though it had a romantic feel. She wasn’t singing to me, just from the perspective of a teenager thinking about love,” the Coming Over Tonight hitmaker said.
Social media users on at least one popular platform openly condemned the lyrics of the song by Jada as a teenager. and criticized Chuck Fenda for the collaboration. Some suggested some level of impropriety and even asked the police force to investigate the relationship.
In the song, produced on Living Fire Productions, Chuck Fenda croons: “When I love I love you right, When I hold I squeeze you tight, baby believe me” while the 16-year-old Jada Kingdom – known as Jada K – responds in sultry undertones: “I wanna do the things you like, boy I need your love tonight, it sounds like cliché, I love you each day.”
The fans even made a point of locating the video on YouTube, where they expressed their displeasure with disparaging remarks.
Fenda, known for his militant stance against pedophilia with hit songs like Gash Dem and Light Dem, said social media users should get their minds out of the gutter.
“The problem with that song was that it was picking up, but I didn’t want to have to carry her out and to promote the song, I didn’t want to interrupt her academics. She wanted to record more songs. I got her to record to other producers. She was a good singer, very creative, from day one, she had a star look. I knew she would be the big star out of Jamaica. Get your minds out of the gutter, it was purely professional,” he said.
The firebrand artist is promoting his new single, Eternal Fire, which was released on the Echo One Production label recently.
“The song came because of what is transpiring right now, the violence against women, the eight-year-old who got raped…this is a difficult time for Jamaica, the airport sold out, the beaches sold out, the leaders dem sell we out, and with the social struggles especially what is happening spiritually and economically with COVID-19. This song is telling the people to continue to fight and overcome,” he said.
The song was released on March 4th, and is distributed by J Wonder 21st on all digital download platforms.
Producer Dwayne Cowans of Echo One Productions is pleased with the response to the song’s release as it leads out the Capture Land Riddim compilation.
“The feedback has been great so far, tremendous, we’re getting calls from Belgium, Germany and it’s the hottest riddim. Chuck Fenda’s song, Eternal Fire, is the first song from the compilation, Capture Land riddim it’s going great,” Cowans said.
The Capture Land riddim features Anthony Cruz, Richie Spice, Ras Penco, Brammer, Anthony B, Delly Ranks, Gaza Kim and Vyzadon.