KINGSTON, Jamaica — Social media personality Shanice ‘Combo Boss’ Wilson, who drew widespread attention in December 2021 after a controversial party promotion video, reportedly died this week.

She died on Tuesday after reportedly falling into a diabetic coma. Wilson’s spouse, Zouma, confirmed her death via social media.

Wilson and her friend Kedesha Lewis had garnered attention on Jamaican social media in late 2021 when a video advertising adult entertainment at a house party in Waterford, Portmore, went viral.

The women went on to deny the more salacious aspects of the event, protesting that they were merely having fun.

She returned to prominence on social media this year, planning another event, set to take place this weekend, when she reportedly fell into a diabetic coma.

Zouma, who is a popular selector, revealed the details of her death via a live broadcast on TikTok. He said that Wilson had been complaining of flu-like symptoms for a few days. However, booked for work, he wasn’t able to stay home with her.

“Mi woman tell me say she good so mi lef’ her inna the house go play dawg. mi de de and mi mind a run pon her the whole time. Then Monday morning mi de pon the live and she never call me and ask me if me good. Then her mother called me and say ‘ Zouma, check pon Shanice, cause mi nah get her’,” Zouma recalled.

He said that he drove to Portmore and realised that she still was not responding to any calls so he forced his way into the house.

“Mi stay so and jump through the window and mi woman de de a fight dawg, we haffi rush wid her go doctor dawg, the woman ah fight fi breathe pon oxygen,” he said.

Zouma shared that he had almost given up by this time.  “Mi turn to the nurse, and she no look good,” he related.

Then the following morning, the tragic call came.

“This morning, mi get a —- up call say mi woman pass dawg, mi never bawl so yet, is like somebody stab mi inna mi heart, mi heart feel empty. Everyday, mi woman tell me say we ah go mek it, everyday she tell  me it, stay focused and keep yu life dawg, she call me down right through, this hot dawg, this hot bro,” Zouma lamented.

The 2021 promo also drew the attention of police. At the time, the Jamaica Observer reported that officers sought Wilson over suspected breaches of Jamaica’s pandemic restrictions. In February 2022, police told the newspaper that another planned event linked to Wilson, this time in St Ann, did not go ahead.

Wilson took her sudden fame into the studio, teaming up with fellow Waterford artiste Maestro Don for a debut single, Combo Boss, produced by Ojay On The Beat.

– Claude Mills