Overseas-based dancehall artiste Martin Curran, more popularly called Deportee, is quickly making a name for himself with the recent release of the motivational track Bad Mamma Jamma.

The song, which is an ode to women, celebrates their strength, resilience, and beauty. Produced by Ricky Ten, who is also a featured artiste on the track, it was released on January 3.

“The aim of this song is to ‘big up’ women all over the world. Women are the mother of all nations so they deserve our respect,” he told the Jamaica Observer.

The artiste was drawn to music from a young age. He was however given an opportunity to pursue his passion through a religious leader.

“My talent was discovered in the dancehall/reggae community in Detroit, Michigan in 2019. Reverend Cashma Bryan was producing a reality show that consisted of a talent competition of reggae artistes. The show was not produced to completion, but I was introduced to the community, including Don Vince, an artiste from Ocho Rios, St Ann who resides in Detroit and brought me onto a stage show in Jamaica in 2019, and the rest is history,” Deportee said.

His love for the genre was inspired by the musical maestro Siizla Kolonji, the self-proclaimed fireman of the dancehall/reggae genres. Sizzla has over 45 solo albums and over 15 combination albums, crossing different genres, spanning over 30 years.

“Sizzla is the most consistent artiste I know and he’s in great shape to perform with a huge catalogue of much going on decades now. On the international scenes, Muslim artiste Nemahsis has shone her light on him. She is a Muslim, like me, and I love the way she touches on Islamic themes without coming off as preachy,” Deportee added.