Looking at the spiraling crime rate in Jamaica many citizens have lost hope while others have migrated to foreign lands in an effort to escape the reality of our crime problems, so now it's up to us who are left in the homeland to tame this beast.

For many years our local entertainers have been the scape goats used by Government and certain sectors of society to blame for the uncontrollable monster now wreaking havoc throughout our society.

However with the dawning of the new year, many of our entertainers stepping to the fore to give some hope to the youths of this country, in recent times heading the list is reggae icons Buju Banton who recently made a public declaration to all his fellow entertainers to clean up their lyrics and public personas, this was met with mixed criticism but more positive than negative.

Surprisingly the call has been answered by one of Dancehall's most notorious bad boy, the leader of the Portmore Empire, Vybz Kartel who has vowed to join the campaign to bring peace and lyrics that are more edifying to the youths.

Kartel said that entertainers are very powerful people and also the voice of a nation but they can only do so much and no more as the media and disc jocks have to do their part.

According to Kartel "Mi sing a song name 'Broad Day Light' and it get play fifty (50) million times a day, but di song weh seh 'Everybody Wanna Tun A Badman' if you hear it three (3) times that nuff, so yuh see di media haffi do their part to dem also have a responsibility fi educate the nation".

In another Interview Kartel was quoted as saying that himself rival bad boy Mavado among other prominent entertainers will be joining forces to campaign for peace in the coming months as that is what the industry needs right now for all of us to operate as a united front and do away with the confrontation.

Kartel who just months ago was freed along with fellow deejay Aidonia of gun-related charges is enjoying some steady success with the launch of his Vybz Rum and a cadre of new singles saturating the local airwaves.