Mr. Vegas
Heads High deejay Mr. Vegas, has rubbished statements made by Senator Damion Crawford that the government was being “allowed to paint a negative image of Dancehall”, arguing to the contrary that artists themselves were already tainting the industry based on the number of superstars that have been convicted for crimes and thrown behind prison bars.
During a Live Instagram session two days ago, Vegas sought to deconstruct Crawford’s argument which he had made during Saturday’s edition of the Onstage Entertainment.
Critiquing Crawford’s claims point by point, Vegas argued that people should research and think critically for themselves as opposed to just sucking up what Crawford said or being fearful of contradicting him, simply because he is a university lecturer, as lecturers are not always right.
Damion Crawford
People’s National Party (PNP) Senator Damion Crawford came out in staunch defence of violent Dancehall lyrics, during an interview with Onstage host Winford Williams on Saturday night.
In the interview, Crawford, who has proclaimed himself the Dancehall Defender, stated that he had read studies conducted in Norway, England and in the United States, which show that there was “no causal relationship between music and crime, in particular, murder”.
“All the research – England did the research recently as it relates to the rap or trap music; America has done the research; Norway has done the research and they have shown no co-relation,” the former junior Entertainment Minister said.
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