PRODUCER Sheldon “KillaImij” Thaxter disagrees with the Broadcasting Commission ban on certain types of songs.

“Music just imitates life; music doesn’t cause crime. This won’t magically stop the crime and murders in Jamaica. Instead of Broadcasting Commission banning songs, they could have approached the Minister of Security with a crime plan,” suggested KillaImij.

Recently, the Broadcasting Commission issued a directive to operators of electronic media to ban, with immediate effect: “any audio or video recording, live song, or speech which promotes and/or glorifies scamming, illegal use or abuse of drugs (eg Molly), illegal or harmful use of guns or other offensive weapons, ‘jungle justice’, or any other form of illegal or criminal activity;

“any edited song which directly or indirectly promotes scamming, illegal drugs, illegal or harmful use of guns or other offensive weapons, jungle justice, or any form of illegal or criminal activity. This includes live editing and original edits (eg edits by producer/label) as well as the use of near-sounding words as substitutes for offensive lyrics, expletives, or profanities.”

According to KillaImij, music can be consumed via other platforms.

“There are many other platforms, YouTube, Tiktok, iTunes that people can listen to get that content — whether it is dancehall or rap music — so banning them on the radio won’t work,” he said.

“The bigger heads are seeking to scapegoat dancehall for their inability to keep the murders down and to create a better society for all of us live in. The artistes sing about what they experience; if we have a better society maybe we will have even less-violent music,” KillaImij continued.

KillaImij is based in California. He attended Titchfield High School in Portland and, after his graduation in 2008, he went to the College of Agriculture, Science and Education. He later migrated to the United States of America.

He scored a hit earlier this year with Gaza Kim on Bubble.