"This is a response to an article written by Esther Tyson, (principal of the Ardenne High School in St Andrew) and advocated by the rest of the social hypocrites who claim Rampin' Shop is musical poison.

The 'devastating impact on the psyche of Jamaican children' is not caused by daggerin' songs but rather by socio-economic conditions which leave children without free education, with single-parent homes (or shacks), lack of social infrastructure in ghetto communities, unemployed and disfranchised young men with no basic skills who are caught up in the 'gun culture' cultivated by our politicians in the 1960s/'70s. These are all faults of the governments (PNP and JLP)."

The Portmore deejay continues citing the case of the hypocritical double standards in our society and those that govern it.

"When Vybz Kartel did Money Fi Spen (with the intro being 'we nah run dung gun ... we nah run dung war), it went to number one on the charts. No accolades were given. When I did Emergency, no accolades were given; but when the same audience that embraced all those 'reality' songs embraced Rampin' Shop for what it is - music, it's a problem to you and yours, the Scribes and Pharisees of our time," Kartel added.

"Incidentally, has anyone ever wondered why this song is so big? It's because everybody loves it and that's the whole bottom and top line. In part, because contrary to what is said, there are a lot of self-righteous, undercover Jekyll and Hyde characters.

Rampin' Shop is just as easily accessible to the public as porn sites on the Internet via laptop or phone; as accessible as R-rated movies or carnival revellers 'daggerin in broad day uptown during the day-time on our local and cable television stations. I encourage you to use your obviously lengthy spare time to write about things that actually affect the nation like, I dunno, probably a light-bulb scandal, etc ... and stop making much ado about nothing." 

Just days ago Kartel was sent a strongly worded letter from EMI Publishing advising him to desist from playing, distributing or promoting the song as it was an infringement on the rights of 'Ne-Yo - Miss Independent' owned by the publishing company.

Since then a remake was done but was short lived on the air due to the now imposed ban by the Broadcasting Commission.

We encourage you to participate in our informal vox pop on the recent ban by clicking here: 876 VOX POP