Yellowman denounces domestic abuse in new song with daughter
Dancehall artiste Yellowman is denouncing domestic violence
against women in a new single, Rise and
Fall, a collaboration with his daughter K’reema. The reggae track, which
unfolds on Collie Buddz’s Cali Roots rhythm, bears the silky cries of K’reema
who cautions against yielding to domestic abuse because of its irreversible
consequences. Yellowman seconds this warning, while reminding listeners of the
virtue the female.
“My
daughter did come to me with the idea but Collie Buddz did approach us and seh
him want two of us on the rhythm,” he told BUZZ. “We both came up with our part and mi seh mi a go dweet
in a way to speak up for women cause mi daughter is a woman. So when you listen
to my part you’ll hear me seh ‘Stop the violence ‘gainst woman’.”
Murders
stemming from domestic violence have haunted Jamaica in recent years, and
continues to be a concern in 2020 with the murder of 26-year-old Nevia
Sinclair, and the murder-suicide of St Catherine residents Suianne Easy and
Jamaica Defence Force corporal Doran McKenzie.
The veteran
deejay said using his platform to address social issues has always been
important to him.
“People
have been loving this song and what I try to do nowadays is do songs with a
message which I’ve been doing for a long while but a lot of people never tek it
that way,” he said. “Even with mi song Mr Chin (1982), mi seh ‘mi cya
get nuh flour inna brown paper bag, all I see is the plastic bag’…and now dem
a ban plastic.”
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He also used
the proposed extension of the United States-Mexico barrier as inspiration for
another song, Border, featuring Desmond Brown and Ganesh. The song forms part
of his 2019 album, No More War,
produced and primarily authored by K’reema.
Yellowman
described the creative process with his daughter as a breeze.
“My
daughter is like me; she love weh she a do, love the music and love the
entertainment so with her it’s easier. Mi nah fi do much work when I’m working
with her – only on stage.”
The two also
released the collaboration Father’s Love
in 2016.