Pt II- Jah Cure’s Universal Cure Interview with YawdFromAbroad.com
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Here’s Part II of my interview with Jah Cure. Jah Cure’s “Universal Cure” hit stores today. Click here to read Part I.
YFA: So, let’s talk a little bit about Jamaica. As you know, the rate and violence in Jamaica is at an all time high with the kidnappings, murders, and corruption. Specifically the violence against women is getting a lot of headlines. What do you feel that the problem is and what can the people and government do to stop it?
JC: If I tell you that I can explain the problem, I would be lying. Mi no frighten’ or pretend. This problem is big, it starts from the head…I mean Jamaica is just a puppet. Yuh know what I mean? All these things that are happening, these things are…sometimes them things are well planned ahead by…the system and secret societies, and them have black people just down in a hole for years and them nah stop fighting themselves. It’s not just a problem…it’s probably just a method, a strategy, a plan to over come…I mean to keep us down and to keep us doing it. Probably it’s that…but I don’t know. Just everyday we try to come with problems and nuh find the solution.
YFA: So, I mean at the end of the day when it’s problems in a society…(interrupts)
JC: It’s not just Jamaica alone. It’s the world. Right now America have the biggest problems, so… we have to just live with it because people are always getting crazy. This is a serious time..the Bible prophesied about times like this, guns is all over the earth, and people are all thinking evil for no reason. Drugs and guns contaminate the earth and long as drug is there and guns is there and illegal racketeering is there , people will always be ripping off people. So, we all, we all know. It’s just the same thing going on.
YFA: Well, I’m speaking to you here from the US where just 2 days ago we elected Barack Obama as our first African American president. It’s an extremely historical and proud moment for Blacks here and around the world. How did you feel when you heard the news and what do you think his election means for Jamaica and the Caribbean as a whole? Will it have any real significance?
JC: Yeah, I think it’s a big sign, for all people, but especially Black people who have been fighting the struggle over the years. For me it’s a breaking of a cycle, it’s probably heavenly sent. (Laughs) I know that there is a lot of burdens and things to deal with…a lot of problems. We all got them to face and they all got to be dealt with somehow, so… either it was him or somebody else was going to deal with all of those problems. So if it’s him or somebody else, its got to be dealt with right?
It’s a great sign, sign of the times to know that he could be the President right now. We never know that we would live to see that in our times, I’m glad that it happened in my time and I am alive to see it, a black man would be the President.
YFA: O.K., so I know that you’re a very busy man and that your music takes you all across the world, but do you have any plans to settle down anytime soon? Do you have any children?
JC: Well, no I don’t have any kids yet. But you know, in life we hope for the best in life for ourselves and everyone, so as we go along we ask for God to lend a hand in our life so we can achieve the best and live the best. So, as life goes along hopefully, (laughs) we could do all of that and everything is well so you could know more about what’s going on in my life.
YFA: Alright, I’m going to ask you a question about a rumor that’s going around, and you feel free to answer it however you want to. So, there’s been a rumor media in the media regarding a certain young lady that you’re involved with (interupts)
JC: No, that’s rumor. Rumor is rumor. I heard but I don’t pay it no mind. I have nothing to say about it because I don’t know nothing about it.
YFA: OK.
JC: And trust me sometimes they just pulling my tongue to get me out to make another article.
YFA: Ok, that’s why I wanted to ask you about it, to go straight to the source and find out about it.
JC: Trust me I don’t nothing about this thing. I heard about it. And I have seen it. Trust me, I have nothing to say about this right now.
YFA: So what kind of things do you enjoy doing when you’re not in the studio or on tour? What’s a typical day like for Jah Cure? What would your fans be surprised to know that you enjoy?
JC: Well, I’m roaming the streets and I’m with my friends playing video games.
YFA: What’s your favorite video game?
JC: I play a lot of video games and we compete against each other and we cook together, laugh and drink. And mock the losers you know? (Laughs)
YFA: So, what kind of video games do you like?
JC: I like Power Evolution soccer, that’s what we play. Nothing else. Straight Power Evolution Soccer, on Play Station 2 or 3. I beat my opponent any time. (laughs)
Click on the audio below to enjoy a live snippet of Jah Cure singing “Love Is” acapella and listen to him, in his own words ,explain what he’d like his legacy to be.
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I think it’s good that you asked him his views on JAWI in terms of crime and violence! Overall, the interview sounded less and less like an “interview” and more like a conversation that you were letting me in on. Good stuff!
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