VIDEO: Shabba Ranks arrives home to rousing welcome
BY CECELIA CAMPBELL-LIVINGSTON Observer staff reporter [email protected]
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

JAMAICAN Grammy-winning reggae artiste Shabba Ranks arrived in the island yesterday to a rousing welcome from adoring fans at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.
The ghetto boy, who made it big on the international scene after winning two Grammys, is here to perform at this weekend’s Reggae Sumfest where he will on Friday share the stage with American R&B singer Trey Songz.
Grammy-winning deejay Shabba Ranks is the centre of attention as he walks through Olympic Gardens in Kingston yesterday. (Photos: Marlon Reid)
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Shabba, whose real name is Rexton Gordon, was immediately reconnected to his roots when he was taken on a tour of Olympic Gardens in a motorcade organised by Red Stripe, after leaving the airport where he briefed journalists.
The visit to Olympic Gardens turned chaotic when the vehicle carrying the beloved Shabba pulled onto Olympic Way. An amplification of his recordings alerted his fans to his presence, triggering a mad rush by men, women and children shouting “Shabba! Shabba! Shabba!”
“A di best ting mi ever si fi a good while now… it look like a dis a celebrate Jamaica 50,” said John Atkins, as he joined the throng to welcome their hometown musical hero.
Shabba has not performed in Jamaica since 2001.
“Pram! Pram! A di biggest artiste ’bout di place,” shouted Esrene Williams, almost out of breath as she ran to catch up with the motorcade.
Shabba — adorned in a grey fedora and shades — was immediately swallowed up by some adoring male fans when he stepped out of his vehicle, but with mostly men running towards him, one woman shouted: “Di man dem just a flock him, wi caan even get a chance fi hug him up, dem fi back off!”
Known for his catchy dancehall lyrics, the deejay got loud cheers when he took the microphone. But he only wanted to acknowledge the crowd instead of giving a performance.
“Unno done know how it go,” he said.
“Yeah!” roared the crowd in response.
“A one Shabba Ranks, a me mon, big, bad, dutty, stinking Shabba!” he said, repeating the line he coined that helped gain him popularity.
After more roars from the crowd, the ‘Grammy Kid’, as he is also known, told his fans to “part the sea” as he asked for privacy to greet his father-in-law. But even that proved to be a challenge with the impatient fans. “Di man soon come out, no go inna di people dem house,” it was announced over the public address system.
Shabba’s fans were not the only ones enjoying the presence of the man who recorded hits such as Trailer Load A Girls, Mr Lover Man, Twice My Age, Peanie Peanie, and Housecall. Fellow artistes made the trek from the airport to the community where the deejay was born.
For Jigsy King, it was a must for him to meet the deejay at the airport. “Nuff a di artiste dem shouda come out and meet Shabba a di airport ’cause a him kick off di door fi wi,” he said.
For foundation artiste Screechie Joe, Shabba is the man. “Mi nuh too guh airport unless mi a fly out guh a one show, but when you si me reach here fi welcome Shabba, you know mi rate him,” he said.
Shabba’s presence in Olympic Gardens was also a chance for young ones to receive a first-hand ‘history lesson’. One father, after making the comment “a have to get my children to see this”, hastily pedalled away.
For 14-year-old Travis Heslop it was a chance to meet the artiste he had seen only on the television. “I am happy; now I have seen him in person,” he said.

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* People here Marsha Paragon-Singh is allegedly talking about Danahi Williams, boyfriend to popular and the first dancehall queen Carlene, ex girlfriend to Beenieman.*

Marsha P-Singh

Here’s the truth; DW has a narsiccistic personality (which was confirmd to me by a psychologist who counselled us for 2 months). Unfortunately I discovered this after giving birth. The lies are countless and the justifications endless and they continue. The deceptions go deep and are cruel, and they continue. The emotional roller coaster which has resulted has put me in a deep depression which affects my appetite, sleep, and mood mostly. The relationship was built on my perception of his many many lies. The baby and my current financial situation are my new prison. I am sick to my core of him. Any good feeling derrived from him is based on deception/false hope and as such is short lived. Bad feelings prevail 9 times out of 10. I don’t speak behind his back, anything said here has already been said to him. I have no hope for ‘us’. Narcissists are at war with themselves, they can’t help themselves. They live in a different world, they rationalize every wrong they do to others. So change is next to impossible, he is too caught up in his ‘greatness’ to admit such a disorder. This is impossible for me to live with in peace, as I am the opposite of submissive. It is pointless to love him, for he doesn’t know what love is. He thinks what he feels for me is love, but it’s not. I am a mirror to him, I confront him on every level with the ugly truth, I do not concede, I pull him up, I therefore he cannot conquer me, so I become a mission of some sort. He knows something is wrong with him, perhaps that is why he must have me to keep him on the right track. But there is no joy in constantly having to pull up your spouse, on integral relationship issues. That is stressful, because every time you think things are getting better, same shit, different day. He has lived his life doing as he pleases and getting away with it. He thinks he ought to be able to talk me into things still…I am tired of his rubbish, I’m tired of listening to his BS, I’ve given 2 wasted years trying to build a relationship with someone who wants to be arms length from me always, so I just want back my money or I go to court. He expects me to feel comfortable in a relationship with him when I know he is lying about so many things. He thinks he should tell me what I should believe. Narsissists are pathological liars so honesty will never exist between us. I wish you knew what I know, you would see too, even his best friend agrees with me. But, “a jus Busha dat” according to him. I will not be broke and be with him in peace. When I first met him he was seeing a girl who was then as skinny as I am now. I now realise that he causes depression in every woman he’s with. Depression affects people differently, Carlene got fat. He does not understand that if my appreciation of him is just for provisions and not for himself, then, what’s the point? I have told him so many times how much I hate him and he thinks I’m just angry. I’m not, I really hate him for the cruel things he has done to me; for the many deceptions, for the humiliation suffered, for the pain, for having no conscience and the unreasonable situation surrounding my money. He has stolen millions of US$ and has the heart to keep my $87,000 so I will be dependent on him. Before I become dependent and fall into his trap, I will take him to court!

AN IF ANYBADDIE TEEF MI STORY A LAWYER AND JUDGEMENT FI UNNO TODEH MI SERIOUS…MI TIRED A UNNO NOW

By Alastair Jamieson, NBCNews.com
Two people have died and at least 19 others were wounded in a shooting at a block party in the eastern Toronto suburb of Scarborough Monday night, according to Canadian media reports.
Toronto police Chief Bill Blair told CBC that a teenage girl and a man aged about 20 had been killed in the violence shortly before 11 p.m. ET Monday.
An infant was also wounded in the shooting, he told CBC, although the child’s injuries were not life threatening.
“I’ve been a cop for 35 years, this is the worst incidence of gun violence in my memory anywhere in North America,” Blair said.

A report in the Globe and Mail said police had a person in custody, and that the shooting appeared to be a dispute.
More photos: Shooting raises fears of rise in Toronto gun crime
Leighton Robinson, a man who said he knew someone injured at the scene, told the newspaper the event was a typical block party.
“It’s got to stop, there’s no need for it,” he said.

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