PNP President Mark Golding Does The ‘Dirt Bounce’, Sparking Calls For Andrew Holness To Respond
People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding, joined the thousands of Jamaicans who are trying to master dancer Tyreek Pennicott’s Dirt Bounce, the dance the Jamaican women’s 4×100 metres relay team did upon being introduced, prior to their spectacular win at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
A TikTok video has been circulating of the St Andrew South Member of Parliament, being a good sport by seemingly obliging a young lady who was showing of her dancing skills.
As the video circulated, some Instagram commenters cheered Golding on, hailing him as Jamaica’s “next Prime Minister”, while others posted laughing emoticons and said he deserves to enjoy himself and should not be pressured, as he was “only human”.
Some said Prime Minister Andrew Holness should now arise and challenge Golding to a Dirt Bounce dance-off.
“Anju & Rhoda have 24hrs to respond,” one commenter wrote on Instagram.
However, there were those who heaped criticisms on Golding, with many of his detractors rebuking the former Justice Minister for whiling the time away, while his constituency continues to be plagued by gun violence.
One denunciation, from azandestiny, triggered an instant IG mini-quarrel. “While kids are being killed in your division and no word out of u,” he had written, evoking a series of counteractions.
“@azandestiny shut the ..up. Time and place for everything. Mek the man hold a vibes u chat too rass much,” justin_ptrs1 retorted.
Another respondent. jeleisablack, also accused him of being politically biased. “@azandestiny when you PM a show off him clarks and all the other things bet u did like it…😕,” she wrote.
Golding was slapped with another criticism by nasheka_girl who demanded that the former banker stop dancing and instead go pay attention to the constituency he represents. “You deh a dirt and so much shot a fire inna u division, and u mash up the 70add years a hard work weh them put inna the PNP. Stop try do weg nuh fit u,” she ordered.
Her comment did not sit well with rai_newrites who posted an instant repudiation. “@nasheka_girl last time I checked he was not the government. Is he the minister of security? When unu Prime Minister and his wife a pose pon bicycle why unu no ask him for the crime plan. More time me wonder if unu think or unu just love chat!” he said.
The Dirt Bounce came in for implicit criticisms from Buju Banton recently, when the Til Shiloh artist expressed his displeasure about men “winin in Dancehall”. “Wi a guh get rid a di whole heap a man weh a wine up inna dat b—bo cl—t, because wi grow, wi see woman a dance inna Dancehall and some bwoy push dem out ah di way… Most a dem gay,” the Gargamel had said.
The Dirt Bounce was created by Tyreke Pennicott, a 16-year-old student of the Bridgeport High School in Portmore, St. Catherine, and has been deemed “the hottest dance for the summer”.
The dance went viral after the youngster who hails from Newlands in Portmore, performed the dance on a beach, following which a video recording of his antics went viral.
Dancehall artist Laa Lee, upon seeing the video, touched base with the teenager and suggested they do “a creative collaboration”.
Laa Lee came up with the Dirt Bounce song to match the dance a few months later.
Following the release of the song, Laa Lee was contracted by telecommunications giant Digicel to be its ‘Mek Wi Rich Togeddah’ ambassador for a competition which gives new and existing customers chances to win from a pool of over $42 million in cash and prizes.