Dancehall artiste Jada Kingdom shared an emotional message to her

Instagram today, August 1, as her video WiN

trends number one on YouTube.

Noting that the success of her latest single is not the first time she

had led the platform’s trending, Jada Kingdom said this one was more special

because it represents her “real life, adding that “nothing was manufactured

about it”.

Released six days ago, WiN pays

homage to the artiste’s humble beginnings in Seven Miles, Bull Bay in St Andrew

and has already racked up more than 650,000 views on the platform

“Over the years I’ve been told so many times, a cyan dweet and mi naw go

buss and mi naw go reach nuh weh; unu know di talk dem,” the Banana singer told her 1.2 million

Instagram followers.

“Mi just buil’ dah song here fi motivate myself and give miself strength. Mi literally listen da song here every day since mi record it. And the video mean the world to me because nutn nuh sugar-coated ’bout the video,” said a choked up Jada Kingdom as she tried to find words to express herself.

“Mi literally shoot the video a mi yaad. Mi run go link mi modda and a

par the day and mi just hol’ a bade, hol’ a wash off, run a boat and we deh deh

a vibe and ting.”

The artiste shot down rumours that said the video was shot using actors

and a borrowed house saying it was her family including parents and siblings,in

the video, which made it all the more special when it received such warm

reception. “It just mean so much to me, and mi just happy say everybody

gravitate to the song and relate to the song so much because mi never expect this

none at all.

“Just thanks fi the love and thanks fi the feedback. I’m so f***ing

happy right now unu wouldn’t even understand because as mi say it was totally

unexpected.”

Despite the impoverished conditions portrayed in the video, Jada Kingdom

said she is determined to buy her mother a house, and that’s what “just keep mi

going and keep mi pushing”.

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She ended by stating she’s happy to have found the confidence to fairly

represent her community, hinting that the journey to reaching that place of

self-assuredness is “a whole different conversation for another day”.