Chronixx Says Some Dancehall Lyrics Are ‘Embarrassing’, Artists Should Stop Calling Him For Features
Jamaican Reggae star Chronixx says Dancehall artists need to stop putting out embarrassing music, and furthermore, they should stop calling him to appear on their tracks.
“Uno need to stop linking me for features and sending me some joke, embarrassing lyrics to be a part of, done with that!” the 28-year-old said in an Instagram Live yesterday. The Dela Move crooner had an extensive discussion touching on a number of topics. Among them were 19-year-old Nzinga King, whose locks were allegedly shaved by a policewoman while in custody; people’s rights to their sovereignty; and the Rastafarian community, culture, and very importantly the legacy.
Chronixx dished some Rastafarian philosophies that spoke to the foundation of Jamaican music. He reminded his viewers that it is the African ancestors that speak through the music. So with that, he had a strong message to the Dancehall community, which he said had benefited largely from the Rastafarian legacy. And that is they need to stop tarnishing the culture with their “embarrassing lyrics.”
“To all my fellow Jamaican people dem… We have we culture and we have we ital food and we have we music, we have we Bob Marley … all of that is Rastafari consciousness,” Chronixx said.
“So this is my call for all a di youths dem that benefit financially from Rastafari legacy, the Rastafari cultural wealth and cultural legacy. Please do not embarrass yourselves any further …let us not embarrass ourselves any further.”
“Listen to the Dancehall youth dem lyrics, stop embarrassing uno self,” he continued.
“All the man dem with dreadlocks and the women dem with dreadlocks, stop embarrassing you self in front of humanity and before God and before the Almighty. Stop it because there is a earthquake coming.”
“You don’t see it, but it’s coming..and keep looking for a physical earthquake,” he warned.
Chronixx also blasted international Black singers and rappers who may feel like they are “free” from “sub-human bondage”.
“We will have 200 more George Floyd until Africa unite. How much march we go have before the rapper dem stop embarrass themself, the singer dem stop embarrass themself and go pon tv and pretend like they are free and have any prospect for freedom,” he said. “There is no prospect for freedom until Africa unite as one until we can walk proudly in the world and show people a passport that says I am an African.”
“Too long we in a sub-human bondage. And listen to what the artiste singing about, it’s an embarrassment. I hope they enjoy the money, all the benefit that come with being paid workers of some non-African entity that group up African people and use them as minions against each other,” he continued.
The Here Comes Trouble singer further went on to enlighten his fellow Jamaican artists that they cannot continue to put out damaging lyrics, and then say that ‘people should come together’.
“All my brethren that close to me know mi no play, mi no deh pon no joke ting inno. Y’all need to stop link me for features, straight. You need to stop linking me for features and stop sending me joke, embarrassing lyrics to be a part of, dun wid dat,” he declared, before adding that it was a call to the music community.
Rubbish aside, there might be at least one Dancehall body of work that Chronixx may be featured on in the coming weeks. Bounty Killer claimed recently that the Reggae singer will be appearing on his upcoming album King Of Kingston.
Watch the full live with Chronixx here.
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