As if Guyana has not had its fair share of live performances from Jamaican artiste Mavado, on Christmas Night thousands flocked to the Vege Village super concert for another serving. Just as he promised he ‘shut down the west side.’ But there is more to this often controversial artiste whose name often lands in the news. During an entertainment exclusive interview on the fast becoming popular Caribbean music Box Programme he reveled that he prefers to let his performance and lyrical shots speak for him be cause as he puts it ” me nah inn a dem bragging thing”
Speaking to the youths who often get lost in and adopt the musical messages as lifestyles he made it categorically clear that they should understand that ‘education is the key” he also advised them to not be fooled into “taking up guns everyday and killing each other because he says “if you do that everyone would soon be dead.”
While he represents for the ‘Gully side’ he told the Guyanese youths on the programme aired on BTV 2 that if they aspire to be like ‘the Gully god’ or Natural Black then they have to have a mind of their own and keep a real long term aim and work towards it.
“You can’t have an aim towards the destruction of yourself, friends and family. Aim towards prosperity,” Mavado added.
Reflecting on being the initial ban from Guyana he expressed thanks to the Government for lifting the ban but remains adamant that “me nah know what mek dem ban me last time cause me nah do nothing.”
By Mondale Smith