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April 05, 2008
Mavado's problems seem to have no end
 Promoters of the Linden Town Week in Guyana are looking to bring dancehall artiste Mavado to headline a concert during the celebrations this month end. However there are some individuals who are against Mavado performing there because of his promotion of gun use in his music. They argue that this is not the type of music that should be promoted at this time in a nation still recovering from two massacres in which 23 people were cold bloodedly gunned down. This according to a story posted on insomniac slacker web blog.
A sample of the DJ's lyrics was posted on the site to bring home their case against him.
Dem ah chatta dem ah qwaril
Yo mek mi rise di double barrel
For di christmas dem nuh talk bout nuh sorrel
Gangster nuh qwaril when we shoot we nuh chennel
Gunshot inna you forid
Boy gun dem ah war wid AK mi drive inna mi car wid heartless killers mi parr wid (yeah easy)
Wid mi gun mi ah squeeze
I am not alieyah just believe me...
Another example brought to the fore is the shooting case he is now dealing with. According to them he is making every effort to live up to the bad boy image he portrays in his song. Still the site found some amount of humour about the DJ as they mocked the fact that the 'gangsta for life' got robbed in Toronto.
To quote from the web blog "I'm no sociologist so I wouldn't go so far to say Jamaica's crime situation, among the worst in the world, may have something to do with the ready promotion of a gun culture by some artistes. Music could influence both positive and negative behaviours, don't need a PhD to know that, but you've got to wonder how the land of reggae is affected by this spawn. Here’s what one Jamaican journalist had to say about the issue: "We prefer the fantasy of pretending that we are still dealing with Marley, while dodging the fact that we are dealing with Mavado, 'the gangsta for life' who recommends death to informers who would help us to put away brutal criminals, terrorists and rapists."
Posted by yardFlex at April 5, 2008 11:40 AM
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Posted by: d' mon
on April 5, 2008 11:02 PM
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yo wha deh fuk dem a trouble vado fah,, jehovah mavado needs ur guidance!!!!
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Posted by: Incognito
on April 6, 2008 12:10 AM
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I don't blame Guyana one bit, it's about time people somewhere stood for something. Too often we sit back and let ourselves get led along into anything. Kudos to the Guyanese for launching an offensive against artistes with music of no apparently value.
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Posted by: DIAMOND
on April 6, 2008 12:56 AM
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LINDEN PROMOTORS GO CHUCK OFF A BRIDGE. ME NAH CARE IF U NAH LIK MI DJ. ME NAH UNDERSTAND WHY THESE RATTID PPL DEM ALWYS A TRY FI BLAME MI DJ. JEEZS LEAVE HIM ALONE
big up mavado di gangsta frm di gullyside..luk how much ting dem try mi boss n everything fail..gayana lol unu can guh sock unu mada ...fi unu frowsy country can stay big up cassava piece..gangsta 4 life..who nbuh like dat cum defend it
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Posted by: keak
on April 6, 2008 05:57 PM
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all dem ppl that get kill in gt was a statement,music don't mek ppl kill ppl ,got 2 b sum ole ass from guyana mekin all these prob
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Posted by: BEENIE FAN
on April 6, 2008 06:47 PM
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ALLIANC, mavado them soon ca only work a jamaica the killing country!! how about that for jamaica and dancehall?come om djs clean up de ting!!
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Posted by: Gakks
on April 7, 2008 12:01 AM
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i like this part:
Mavado, 'the gangsta for life' who recommends death to informers who would help us to put away brutal criminals, terrorists and rapists.
atleast he does some good ting too...
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Posted by: killa
on April 7, 2008 12:46 AM
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you people need to realise that person were been killed long before movado came in the picture. stop blaming di man and go relax unu self. unu just dont want to see a man meck it.
IT IS SURPRISING HOW PPL CAN TAKE A MUSICIAN'S LYRICS TO MORE CRIME MOTIVATING THAN ACTION MOVIES...WHERE PPL SEE ALL KIND OF GUNS AND HW THEY RE USED TO KILL ONE ANOTHER...
i cant imergine sitting a whole day without listeling to vado...
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Posted by: Wade Cameron
on April 7, 2008 10:27 AM
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Jehovah guide you my friend...
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Posted by: beennie fan
on April 7, 2008 04:15 PM
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Only eliterate fools dont see that these dj are some stupid dunce that stupid fools are led by,these dj soon find out that they will have to left their game ,soon they will only be able to work in the killing country jamaica!!how about that,can every one sit a side and let a few gun men with a mike asist to take this country apart?
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Posted by: friscal
on April 7, 2008 08:43 PM
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MOVADO LUCKY KARTEL AND BEENIE TO DI WORLD MAFIA AND EMPIRE
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Posted by: don
on April 7, 2008 10:36 PM
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Allianc mi seh guyana dem can go su...k them mother man a real jamaican
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Posted by: Petra
on April 8, 2008 08:30 AM
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I am so astonished at the comments under this story. The lyrics being sung by this artist should be banned. I had no idea that was what he was singing.It just goes to show that many people only listen to the beat and the hype. I applaud Guyana's stance, I hope Jamaica can do the same without ignorant people saying that it is not the DJ's fault. A society is not insular, these lyrics can impact somebody who wants to be like Movado. Grow up people and then again you probably will when somebody close to you dies.
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Posted by: fyah
on April 8, 2008 10:42 AM
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Why the media only talk about the negative tings. They dont sey nothing about him givin computers to the ghetto youth. If they want the DJ to stop singing about the guns and negative tings than they should stop reporting only the negative and promote/highlight the positive. If they want the DJ to stop promoting guns than the government she make a safe jamaica with opportunities and resources so we don't need no guns. I am sick of JA artists be signaled out for violent lyric when every country have artist with violent lyrics...
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Posted by: Traci
on April 8, 2008 10:42 AM
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Jamaicans, stop being so ignorant. We have one of the worst crime problems in the Caribbean yet we are ready to glorify gun lyrics. We praise Mavado's songs that describes in details how he would kill his enemies. Then we talk about Jehovah guides him. So if Jehovah guides him and he's so blessed, protected and God-fearing why does his songs preach so much evil. Anyone who critizes Mavado is against him. That's just being ignorant. I am not against Mavado. I am against his songs.
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Posted by: Traci Tucker
on April 8, 2008 10:45 AM
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Jamaicans, stop being so ignorant. We have one of the worst crime problems in the Caribbean yet we are ready to glorify gun lyrics. We praise Mavado's songs that describes in details how he would kill his enemies. Then we talk about Jehovah guides him. So if Jehovah guides him and he's so blessed, protected and God-fearing why does his songs preach so much evil. Anyone who critizes Mavado is against him. That's just being ignorant. I am not against Mavado. I am against his songs.
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Posted by: jongottius
on April 8, 2008 01:15 PM
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While I agree that ppl were dying before VADO he is not helping the situation, ppl wise up and help unnu country and stop support f..kry....Big up the king of the dancehall!
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Posted by: Jermz
on April 8, 2008 09:23 PM
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We need to stop this bullshit. Lot of these people who are commenting on this site need to move to China or North Korea. Left the man mek him talk what him want to talk. Me love reggae music; conscious and dancehall. Music is art and art should be appreciated as what it is. We watch violence on TV play violent video games and we commit violence against our children and yet we all point the finger at DJ. More free speech. Nuff a unnu nuh betta than de batty bway dem weh a try stop di music. FREE SPEECH
Alliance Mi Seh
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Posted by: Rmak
on April 9, 2008 10:19 AM
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A man can be gifted with talent and melody people need to stop defending movado saying that music has very little to with affecting the mindset of the people. Bob faught inequality in zimbabwe with woprds and sound aparthied was crushed on these reggae messiahs lets not belittle the power of the Jamaican music the whole world listens to us whether it be reggae or dancehall.
Don't tell me he's doing good too givin computers to the youth. And at the same time he can't find 2 inspiring songs to uplift the yutes without a line tellin us about somebody body's marrow crawling on the ground. Come on people get real. With great influence comes great responsibility
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Posted by: slim d
on April 9, 2008 11:54 AM
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'once more again' 'me want to know, a which gal mi frend f*ck ina car back anynite? and mek him so salt, mavodo u need to seek out urself, send away who to send away, and try to walk on tread carefully, u r too much in the spotlight in the negetive way, not looking good at all,
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Posted by: jaleesa
on May 3, 2008 06:39 PM
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mavado is the shotta boss and da is all i gotta say
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