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After the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled his plans to make a debut appearance in the UK last year, Dancehall star Daddy1 immediately began to put things in place to connect with his fans even as the world went under lockdown.
Now, he is continuing that media marketing initiative by teaming up with BBC1xtra disc jockey DJ Kenny Allstar on a show dubbed – interestingly enough – “Global Shutdown”.
“I have been focusing on the internal aspects of my business during the pandemic…registering businesses and trademarks, and getting my team ready for when the borders open back. I’ve also been working hard in the studio,” Daddy1 told
General Manager of the Jamaica Music Society (JAMMS) Evon Mullings
General Manager of the Jamaica Music Society (JAMMS) Evon Mullings, says the international market is not buying into the new-era (Trap, Hip-Hop, Island Pop) music coming out of Jamaica, based on royalty payments he has seen coming into the country, since deepening collection ties with UK-based Performance Rights Organization Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) late last year.
Mullings told entertainment journalist Anthony Miller during Friday night’s
The Entertainment Report programme on Television Jamaica, that the songs raking in the cash are the older, authentic productions dating back to the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.