BEING an Albino in his hometown of Annotto Bay, St Mary, Marlon Morsby was subject to ridicule and a fair amount of prejudice. That never discouraged his ambition to become a top-flight deejay.

“We’re human beings so when people sey bad things yuh feel a way. But wi always push forward,” said Morsby, who is known as Dotta Coppa.

The 25-year-old toaster took his cue early from deejay Yellowman, an Albino who faced similar challenges early in life but overcame social prejudice to become a dancehall legend.

Dotta Coppa met his hero seven years ago at a car wash establishment in St Andrew where he worked. There was an instant connection.

“Him gimme a hug an’ sey him love mi vibes. Him sey mi an’ him mus’ do a song an’ video,” Dotta Coppa revealed.

That proposal has not materialised but the fledgling entertainer’s career is on the move with Love Like This and Ink mi Up, his latest songs.

Dotta Coppa’s first released song, Life or Death, came out in 2009, one year after he met Yellowman. Other tracks, such as Chrome a Spit and Hunt fi Mine, followed.

While the durable Yellowman is his biggest musical influence, Dotta Coppa also tuned in to Shabba Ranks, Sizzla, Buju Banton and Bounty Killer as a youth.

His initial songs ‘neva get nuh real love’ but the affable entertainer is confident Love Like This and Ink mi Up will fare better.

— Howard Campbell