OutAroad.com caught up with ace deejay Busy Signal, known for hits such as Nah Guh a Jail Again, The Days and Badman Place featuring Mavado, who shared his views on the argument outlined above.

Some people take the message of the music the wrong way, but yuh still cant blame the music in Jamaica or the rest of the world (for the spiraling crime rate). Music cannot be solely blamed for crime, there is also poverty, lack of jobs and the fact that the highest set of crimes worldwide is caused by dirty politics, Busy explained.

Busy has shown his versatility in the dancehall genre of music with songs like The Days, a single depicting the everyday hardship in Jamaica, and Nah Guh a Jail Again, which talks about the alleviation of criminal activities. However, one can argue that he also trespass onto the gangster role in Badman Place.

I try to keep it dancehall and leave out the graphic aspect out of the music. There are all types of people out there who enjoy different kinds of music. When we sing positive songs there are still people out there who dont listen to them, they still gravitate towards the hardcore ones,
he told OutAroad.com.

Radio disc jocks need to play positive music, but they also need to play for their audience. They cannot shoulder all the blame either.

OutAroad.com: Do you think dancehall is growing in popularity?

Dancehall is building, but there are those who try to zoom in on all the negativity and shine a bad light on dancehall. People are trying to blame dancehall for violence.

According to Busy if one is going to start branding dancehall as a perpetrator of violence there are several other factors and entities that will need to fall under that umbrella.

If you are going to start blaming dancehall for the spiraling crime then you will also have to start blaming the internet, movies, alcohol and drugs. What critics need to realize is that a lot of times artistes sing what they see, Busy argued.

Busy Signal is presently voicing several singles and is in the process of completing several high-end music videos. He is also looking forward to his album that is due to hit the streets in the latter part of July or early August. Signal has an extended tour of Europe in July and August, but will return to Jamaica for Reggae Sumfest.

Busy is also fine tuning his movie soundtrack single Cop and a Bad Man for the soon to be released movie Loaded Maga.