‘Nice’ donation for St Catherine High
AFTER donating $200,000 to his alma mater, St Catherine High School on May 30, dancehall producer Ainsley “Notnice” Morris is encouraging those who can afford to contribute to worthy causes to do so.
“Whoever can do it, whether whatever form yuh deh in, once you can give back. You know some people out deh have it rough, so once you are in a position (to) can actually do it, I think it’s a good gesture — not just entertainers and producers, anybody weh can give back. It might be so small but the small gesture might mean so much to another person,” he told the Jamaica Observer.
Morris graduated from St Catherine High School in 2002. He and his business partner Kram Medley, put the funds together to aid students in need.
“Yuh know you have some students out there, dem cyaa really afford it. Dem parents cyaa afford it an’ dem actually a do dem work, so we decide to help out four of them. It’s going to be an ongoing thing weh happen every year,” Morris disclosed.
The proceeds will help recipients cover the cost of books, school fees, uniforms and stationeries.
Notnice rose to prominence in 2009 with Ramping Shop — a risqué collaboration between Vybz Kartel and Spice. He is also the producer of Vybz Kartel’s hit songs — Last Man Standing, Cake Soap, Mama and Get Wild as well as Jah Vinci’s Watch Yuh Friends, Popcaan’s Gangster City and Dream, and Shawn Storm’s My Life.
He has new projects for the remainder of this year.
“We have a dancehall riddim dropping called the Cool Reminder an’ we have a reggae EP, the Kyng Midas Volume 1.1, and some other singles just released. There’s also a music video with Jah Vinci. The reggae project that I’m working on, I just released the first single from it with Richie Spice,” said Notnice.
Founded in 1948, St Catherine High School is a Catholic co-educational institution. Its graduates include Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Chronixx, Spice, D’Angel, Mr G, Chico, Red Fox, Jermaine Edwards and Shinehead.