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Artist Entitlement

7/20/2022

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"Artist Entitlement"

I've had recent interaction with certain artists about their music / career over the years as well as recently and it truly made me resentful when I felt that some of these artists blame my work or lack of work for their demise

The vibe I have noticed from a couple of folks, is what I may describe as "entitlement"

By that I mean, they assume that I should drop what I'm doing to promote them and their music.  Mind you, some of said artists have no respect or regard for me or my work but still want I man to promote their music anyway?????

I must speak as humbly and as honestly as possible as I consider myself as an artist with my loves of illustration, music and the drum so I do relate to the need for positive validation for one's creations

But

Because you choose to write a song or an album, does not mean that the world will automatically relate to, or love your music...  no matter how great that you think that it is

Let the fanbase decide.  Not your family members.  If fans like your music, DJs will find you

If you are already in your mid-thirties and over and you are not an artist of great reknown, your chances of international success are greatly diminished as a marketable brand.  The largest buyers / consumers of current music are youth.  Chances are, if you are past 35 with no history of charting or selling music, the odds are stacking up against your possible fiscal success as they do not relate to you nor do your music and lyrics relate to them

Fans like music and artists that the can relate to

If you are in your 40s and 50s telling me that, I personally, or CRW does not do enough to help your journey or that of Canadian Reggae, you are not focused enough on the person in the mirror

Some of you will not "make it"

Never make it

The statistics of life, is that the top 1% of the top 1% will make it in most endeavors.  The rest of the 99.99999% of us are just regular

De top a top

My ego tells me that I'm truly special, as it should, but not everyone else will agree that I am so special and I must accept this

So must you as a performer / songwriter

I'm not saying that one shouldn't dream.  Our dreams keep our hopes alive and can  elevate our creativity to write and produce music but that does not make it an instant hit song

I initially started writing this out of anger based on a couple of recent conversations, when it felt like I was being blamed for the demise of the person complaining, then my compassionate soul kicked in and toned down my rage, as my artist energy kicked in

Not all of you are going to make it

More accurately, most of you won't

Yet if some of those blaming me and the world for their failure, I'm suggesting that your focus is completely wrong and to revert your gaze and attention to the person in the mirror

My compassionate spirit tells me that art is another component of love

Making art is making love

The love is translated through lyric or the music or a combination of the two [or brush or pencil strokes], that melds with the fan/s.  That love and feeling is a spiritual energy and if your music does not resonate, continue in a loving path and you might find something substantial to self and to the world at large

If you blame CRW, Toronto Reggae, Reggaeville, Irie FM or any other outside source, believe me you are on the wrong track

Some folks will never ovastand that

A loving energy is my path and if I feel toxicity or venom, I avoid those energies, which is the reason that I do not vibe with everyone and do not work with everyone 
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Why Ras Spanky is important to I n I Community

7/4/2022

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Corral Gardens

All Jamaicans should hang our collective heads in shame for that incident in history

We should still be ashamed because NO ONE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO JUSTICE FROM THESE HEINOUS CRIMES and Jamaica still treat RasTafari like criminals to be looked down upon.  No Jamaican government has ever protected its people.  They are all slaves to western corruption which includes The IMF and The World Banks

The apology by Holness is not, never, never, ever acceptable!

They distract us through deep corruption, bringing about high level murder rates for decades now in the country

Since "independence"

Independence mi rass

What an abusive insult to Jamaican people but we also could have done nothing about the colonial abuses then or today.  We are forever pawns in this game

Bustamante ordered the murder of RasTafari

Jamaican people

All Jamaican leaders, with the exception of Michael Manely have abused Jamaican people and continue to do so today

Corral Gardens

Someone said that Rastaman dem just up and burnt down a gas station

Really?

Just for the hell of it

Another "rumor" is that the CIA and or the FBI groomed black agents to grow "Dread locks" on their heads, to simulate RasTafari, burnt the gas station so that the corrupt government would have an excuse to raid Corral Gardens of probably a few million dollars from ganja sales that could not be put legally in bank accounts.   The raids then and now were and are about stealing RasTafari money

This is only a rumor though [wink wink]

I believe there are other stories and rumors too, but the Prime Minister at the time, "Sir" Alexander Bustamante famously said, and I paraphrase, "if they cannot fit in the jail house, there is room for them on Bogue Hill."

Bogue Hill was a cemetery

"Sir", gave a statement to the babylon to effectively brutalize and kill RasTafari man and rape RasTafari woman

Jamaican man and woman

Innocent Jamaicans

"Sir" is no Jamaican hero

Not to I man

Nanny, yes

Three Finger Jack, yes

Nanny, Jack, Leonard Howell, Marcus Garvey and others, used their love for the people to create better education for intellectual, spiritual and financial upliftment for their people.  For all people

They put themselves at risk and do not bow

Spanky is like that

A RasTafari, peaceful man at heart, a teacher, selling herb, marijuana, ganja for decades now and playing music, reggae music to his community.   My community

I asked him how many times his businesses were raided by the Toronto police.  I asked if he had a number written down of the times babylon raided his establishment to which he said, over the past 20 years, he has lost count

I average 5 raids a year, for 25 years puts it at over 100 times.  This is a conservative count

Why was he raided you ask?

Selling herb to the community is that answer

Herb

Ganja

The same ganja that babylon now profits from with their dispensaries

They told us that he was a gangster

This highly respected RasTafari elder does not bow and through his perseverance, he has given I man a real strength to stand up on I own two feet as a man

A real man

A Lion of I community

A proud Rastaman

After each raid and he was released he was back to chopping herb for the community THE VERY NEXT DAY!

Nuh hitch

This Rastaman is leader, owner and selecta of King Stereograph here in Toronto, a RasTafari Sound System serving our community for close to three decades now.  A true musical servant of this community

A RasTafari elder of honor, courage and integrity who has been friend and mentor to many

A man of nobility that leads through his actions.  A man who I speak highly about to my own children

He is no "criminal".  That is babylonian disrespect which I refuse to ever accept.  Their bullshit isn't my truth and certainly does nothing to diminish my love and respect for this general

He elevates the community

He elevates me

He inspires my work as he does with many around him

DJ Records, at Eglinton and Keele is where he sells music, drums, herbs, roots drinks, ludo boards, books and literature on RasTafari, incense and much more.  I encourage our community to promote and to support this leader of our village 
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