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A BARBADOS minister of government has moved to shut out toxic Jamaican dancehall music from his country.
Ronald Jones, the minister of education and human resource development, said the heavy diet of dancehall artistes performing in Barbados is an overkill and doing more harm than good.
"Even though we share the same Caribbean space, it does not mean we have to welcome everybody. Vybz Kartel and Mavado can stay in Jamaica," Jones said.
His statement came a day after the country's police commissioner denied the notorious Jamaican artistes permission to perform in the Caribbean nation.
"As a country, we must say enough is enough," the Barbados Nation quoted the minister as having said.
"This is Barbados. It must not go down the path of some other Caribbean societies. If reaching First-World status means we have to embrace all and sundry, then let us keep the status that we have," Jones added, according to the Nation.
The education minister said there was a linkage between dancehall music and some of the increasingly aggressive behaviour exhibited by young people in Barbados.
"Barbados is becoming loud, and some of our people are becoming uncaring, uncharitable. There are places in the Caribbean that they don't want Barbadians to come anymore. There are planes in the Caribbean that don't want to transport Barbadians to and from here. What is that saying?
"It is saying that we are loud and aggressive, but it is part and parcel of the diet that we are being fed as a people and as a nation. People like the music, so be it. But we don't need the transplantation of all the negativity that comes around that genre of music," Jones said.
Grange responds
Olivia Grange, minister of youth, sports and culture, responding to this latest saga in dancehall, said: "I am concerned and I have expressed concern about the content in some dancehall songs. I believe strongly in freedom of expression, but that comes with great responsibility. We can do without some of the lyrics, not only in dancehall recordings, but soca and hip hop too, and that is why we took steps to clean up the airwaves. This is an ongoing process."
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Dancehall peaked in the mid -nineties, what passes now for music is just so much crap.Censorship is needed for the public airwaves. and i say let us who became of age in the 70's be the determinator of whats fit for airplay. radio would be worth listening to again...leroy
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Unfortunately for us in the Caribbean, we have been led to believe that slackness and violence sell. Soca, dancehall and reggaeton are suffering as a result. Lest we forget, the English-speaking Caribbean is not the sum total of the Caribbean. Also, the minister in Barbados does not seem to realize that we live in a global village and that all he is trying to ban is readily available on the internet.
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I hope Vybz Kartel is loving this , because when you in Jamaica and can do anything, for years look at how the country has deteroate so badly everyone do their own thing. When the Govt. ministers decided to act you find a lot of political persons saying it is not their business, but a good leader cannot be a follower and so the Govt. has acted. Women you do not have to degerade yourself by listening to these songs that style you as GALs. We had a former Leader who called the women of Jamaica Gals " man have more Gals" end of quote'.So women dont sing about gals or dance to song that called you Gals. Please self respect is Important
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The minister is right on target. Coarseness doled out as music can only beget coarseness in daily living when it is accepted as the norm.
It takes everyone in a society to set the tone for life in that society. People cannot work at cross purposes and expect positive results. The minister has spoken. Now others--parents, teachers, the media, and the religious community--should follow, not only with words, but also with actions that demonstrate that they are serious about having a better quality of life than is being promulgated in dancehall music. Expectations matter, but expectations must be backed up by positive action. The minister has initiated the process by calling for the exclusion of dancehall music from the country. This may seem harsh to some, but it is necessary. Now respopnsible citizens must join in by keeping their money in their pockets and not buy the recordings or attend the concerts where these artistes perform.
Some may say it's a matter of taste, and everyone is entitled to his or her own musical preferences. But taste is something that is cultivated, and we can learn to cultivate an appreciation for something higher and nobler than what is fed to the populace in dancehall.
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I am a Jamaican living in London. I an 1000% glad that Barbados has taken such a stance. all countries in the world should so and ban These so called artistes, degrading noise that some Jamaicans believe is music.
Good on you Minister, I wish every country in the first world would ban them too. It would make me proud to be a Jamaican at long last
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Olivia Grange is subtly taking a swipe at soca music, but the people in soca music countries know the songs are written within a context - culturally understood. Do not mix it with violence that many dancehall songs transcend, and do not try to impose your values on others. Commendations to you Mr. Jones, if it is ok for Jamaica, let Jamaica hug it up. You, sir, have a right to dictate what comes into your country in the guise of music. Don't like it, by all means reject it - that is your prerogative
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Well said Barbados,these so call entertainers are nothing but hooligans who can thing of nothing but garbage .They have a large audience who think just like them,hence their success in selling what passes off as music or entertainment.Entertainers should have a minimum level of education.Some of these Jamaican entertainers would do well to go back to school to get an elementary level of education.
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YES MAN! I AM A JAMAICAN, STILL A PROUD ONE! THOUGH HAVE NEVER AND WILL NEVER SUPPORT THE DEBASED STANCE IN WHICH MY FELLOW NATIVES HAVE 'CHOSEN.' It is a choice and clearly MOST of these Dance Hall Artists have chosen to smear our culture any chance they get to!
IT IS SAD WHEN SCHOOL CHILDREN SING ALOUD LYRICS WORD FOR WORD AND ASK THEM OF 'TODAY'S' LESSONS........ MUTE!
JAMAICA NEEDS TO TAKE DRASTIC MEASURES! TRUTH BE TOLD, JLP HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CLEAN THIS UP! IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME TO COMPLETE THIS 'DAMAGE CONTROL!' IT WILL BE DONE!
THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT DO THIS ON THEIR OWN, AS INVIDUALS WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE PURCHASE, LISTEN TO, WATCH AND ALLOW AROUND OUR CHILDREN!
TAKE ACTION NOW!!!
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