Dancehall artiste Yellowman is denouncing domestic violence

against women in a new single, Rise and

Fall, a collaboration with his daughter K’reema. The reggae track, which

unfolds on Collie Buddz’s Cali Roots rhythm, bears the silky cries of K’reema

who cautions against yielding to domestic abuse because of its irreversible

consequences. Yellowman seconds this warning, while reminding listeners of the

virtue the female.

“My

daughter did come to me with the idea but Collie Buddz did approach us and seh

him want two of us on the rhythm,” he told BUZZ. “We both came up with our part and mi seh mi a go dweet

in a way to speak up for women cause mi daughter is a woman. So when you listen

to my part you’ll hear me seh ‘Stop the violence ‘gainst woman’.”

Murders

stemming from domestic violence have haunted Jamaica in recent years, and

continues to be a concern in 2020 with the murder of 26-year-old Nevia

Sinclair, and the murder-suicide of St Catherine residents Suianne Easy and

Jamaica Defence Force corporal Doran McKenzie.

The veteran

deejay said using his platform to address social issues has always been

important to him.

“People

have been loving this song and what I try to do nowadays is do songs with a

message which I’ve been doing for a long while but a lot of people never tek it

that way,” he said. “Even with mi song Mr Chin (1982), mi seh ‘mi cya

get nuh flour inna brown paper bag, all I see is the plastic bag’…and now dem

a ban plastic.”

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He also used

the proposed extension of the United States-Mexico barrier as inspiration for

another song, Border, featuring Desmond Brown and Ganesh. The song forms part

of his 2019 album, No More War,

produced and primarily authored by K’reema.

Yellowman

described the creative process with his daughter as a breeze.

“My

daughter is like me; she love weh she a do, love the music and love the

entertainment so with her it’s easier. Mi nah fi do much work when I’m working

with her – only on stage.”

The two also

released the collaboration Father’s Love

in 2016.