Reggae Riddim

66 years ago today, on 21 Jun 1960 Reynold Henry and members of his First Afrika Corps ambushed, killed two unarmed British soldiers in Red Hills, Saint Andrew, . His father, Rastafarian elder Claudius Henry, preached revolution; earlier that year had written Fidel Castro for help to overthrow the “oppressors.” The seeds of Coral Gardens, the Rodney ban, and the 1970s Civil War were being sown.

𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙋𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 (𝙣é𝙚 𝘿𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩; 21 𝙅𝙪𝙣 1931 – 3 𝙉𝙤𝙫 2010), 𝙇𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙮 #𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙧, 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙧, 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 95 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙞𝙣 𝙇𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙃𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙎𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙨. 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙘𝙤𝙣; #𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙘𝙖’𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙧; 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 1966 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 1985. #𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙜𝙖𝙚 #𝙍𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 #𝙎𝙠𝙖 #𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙘𝙖 #𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙣

𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟬, 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲, #𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗰𝗮. 𝗔 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 #𝗥𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻. 𝗜𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟰, 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗲. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲. 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟴, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆

𝙈𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙝 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚
𝘽𝙮 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣

𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙤𝙣 ‘𝙑.𝘾.’ 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙚, #𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣-𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙝, 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 61 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙣 14 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙚 1965, 𝙞𝙣 𝘿𝙪𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙮, 𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙝𝙖𝙢. #𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙜𝙖𝙚 #

𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝘄𝗮𝗮𝗻🔥💯

Veteran dancehall artiste Frankie Sly has stepped into the simmering fallout between Buju Banton and Wayne Wonder, releasing a pointed new single, Dutty Heart, that lays bare old wounds and highlights broken friendship.

There have been tension between Buju Banton and Wayne Wonder amid renewed questions over the authorship of the 1993 hit Murderer. Frankie Sly insists it was a collective effort, maintaining that all three artistes contributed creatively.

"Him talk it outta his mouth, so him caa tek it back now," Frankie Sly said, referring to an earlier interview on Onstage with Winford Williams, where he seemingly acknowledged both Wayne Wonder and Frankie Sly as contributors to the iconic track.

"We wrote songs together collectively because two or three heads are better than one. That is just reality. We were friends, so why would you sit there and write a song by yourself, especially since Pan Head, who died, was all a we friend?" Frankie Sly asked.

He also hinted at personal contributions to the track, including lyrical elements drawn from scripture, while stressing that the truth cannot be erased.

"Me all go inna my hotel room for the Bible and added Psalms 121 [which] is my favourite Psalms, and me incorporate that line deh in particular. People nuh stupid. You can't hide from the truth, but at the end of the day, I'm not bitter, I'm better."

Frankie Sly told THE STAR that he has stayed out of the matter "as I didn't want to get involved in the drama". Instead of the back-and-forth, Frankie Sly said he chose to speak through the pen, crafting Dutty Heart as both a personal reflection and a broader commentary on betrayal and changing loyalties.

The veteran, who was once part of a tight-knit circle with Buju and Wayne Wonder, suggested the song reflects betrayal and the changes fame can bring. He described their past as a brotherhood that spanned years of touring and collaboration, but admitted the relationship with Buju has long gone cold.

"All of us used to roll together. We toured the world together, but at the end of the day, he is who he is, and it's sad to see it end up where it has," Frankie Sly said.

He explained that the idea for Dutty Heart came from sitting with the situation and processing the unfolding controversy, using music as his outlet to address the emotions surrounding the dispute.

"Everything in it is a fact, but at the same time I didn't want to make it seem like it was all about him (Buju), as a nuff people have experienced having a friend that did them wrong," Frankie Sly said.

While his relationship with Wayne Wonder remains intact, Frankie Sly said things have not been the same with Buju Banton.

"He and I haven't spoken in years. I can't even remember when was the last time. I don't like negative energy, and if a pure negative energy you bring, then me rather nuh see you or be in your space," he said.

"Dem seh some fren rich and switch, well dat a him. A him tek wey himself, enuh. Me and Wayney Wonder still par. Nothing changed about our relationship, and we did a par before him come 'bout," Frankie Sly added.