would have heard many songs over the years where I refer to Black causes and Black issues. Let me be clear on this, I do not present myself as a “conscious Reggae singer” or “a Rastafarian solider” but I am conscious of what is happening with my race and from time to time I do put my thoughts in an idiom called Dancehall Music. Though I am not quintessentially a “conscious artiste”, I am not writing this Chapter to defend my blackness or perceived lack thereof. I mean no disrespect to those who want to debate my personal choices ad nauseam, but I think the world, and particularly my country,
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