FROM : DUTTYGYAL.COM TO YOU

I don’t know if the meaning of this public letter will be understood clearly by you but here I am giving it a shot.

First let me explain that JMG is a website, specifically, a gossip website with bits of education and enlightenment thrown in. The website itself is not a person; it is situated on a server and doesn’t have a heart-beat. The gossip that is posted here, are not posted because of my personal affiliation nor are they posted because I am aiming to hurt anyone. I give voice to gossip and issues specifically in our very small and close knit Jamaican community. In saying this , when an article is posted , whether it be bad or good, it doesn’t  prevent me from doing vice versa in the future because postings are made without malice.

Subjects concerning the Jamaican public, where gross maltreatment occurs, may influence postings to be heartfelt, in defense of the victims.

Lady Saw, there were many posts in reference to gossip/ a certain subject in your life posted here on JMG , neither the website or I know you personally and so would not want to ‘’rend’’ your relationship. It was a post and nothing else.

It is amazing to me how many artists  that are posted thinks it personal and points at the website ,  that has no inkling of who they are but yet they feel that the website personally harmed them, even when they can recognize familiar persons via comments.

Each post about you Lady Saw brought an incomprehensible rant from you via twitter, which looked unprofessional, as if your life was truly in disorder. It was not a good look. But, you continued.

It would be silly of anyone to tell you about your relationship , when you know it best. There were never any specifics mentioned about your personal life, the posts all spiraled around the gossip at hand. Yet, without any personal mention of your personal life, the lifeless website became the enemy. Let me say this, you are still my personal favorite female DJ and that will not change because it is your music that I like. I have no idea who you are as a person, and that allows me to focus on what I know about you, which is again, your music.

You have ranted and raved about the website, changing the name tonight to, ‘’duttygal’’ , seemingly making it personal as if the website itself has attacked and is at war with you. This is not the case and I will never choose an artist to be at war with. If you notice: – a topic may be posted about someone this minute or an artist, and in the next minute,  if they have a hot single out. It will not be stifled from being posted; the good and the bad are posted here. Posting about you does not mean anything other than posting about you.  I do not post about Lady Saw because I hate or dislike Lady Saw. I do not know you enough to make a personal assumption about you or your persona. It is specifically the reason that I may curse one minute and praise the next minute.

I don’t know if anyone has spoken to you about tweeting and yes you are a doll on it most times , but please remember your twitter has mostly fans, people who look up to you to feel a certain way. They are not looking for ultra-personal posts about you because for all they know you are Lady Saw. The only female artist in Jamaica that can go up against a male artist, the female who sings about the issues affecting us as women, in a way where, singing one of your songs may keep that person from being depressed about their struggles.

Your music will live on way after you are gone, but right now the fans have the best of both worlds which is Lady Saw and her music. Please allow them to keep being fans of what they see you as in your music and nothing else.

The personal situation going on now, that you have ‘’resolved’’ has done nothing more or less to you as a person.  I am a woman, and so are you, but it is your place always to know how much or how little you can take. People who are not suckers for love have never loved at all, and we all can suggest what you should do but we have never loved like you, because we all love in different ways and react to love differently. Your career is bigger than any decision you have to make, that will break you. So for now, deal with what is on the front burner, in the biggest pot. Your career.  The new songs you have are great, please keep them coming, that is what we are really looking for.