Veteran dancehall artiste Papa Biggy says he is now available for dub sessions, live performances and interviews, after he returned from long hiatus from music due to concerns over his health.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had to take time out to address personal health issues. I have always been a big person but when diabetes and hypertension set in, I had to take time out and address those core issues, basically saving my own life,\u201d the Connecticut-based deejay said.<\/p>\n
\u201c(But) now that my new found health has afforded me a renewed opportunity to step back in the ring with confidence, I am ready,\u201d shared Papa Biggy confidently.<\/p>\n
Now the deejay, born Courtney Porteous, is punching stronger than ever with lyrics from his newly released track, \u2018Roots to Youths\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, which seeks to highlight the marginalization of the original rub-a-dub dancehall music within the modern era.<\/p>\n \u201cI think my fans will show their love for it,\u201d Papa Biggy predicts.<\/p>\n The track was produced by US-based Lifeforce Productions, with the rhythm being built in Zimbabwe by Coco Beats Productions.<\/p>\n The 40-year veteran said that he is getting ready to release a slew of new songs, which he believes will reconnect him with his fans and introduce him to the younger generation.<\/p>\n \u201cThe current state of Jamaican music is very vibrant. One could not expect our music not to evolve just like any other spectrum of life. Remember people use to ride donkeys now they are driving self-driven cars. But there must be a balance through recognition, inclusion, and education of the people and craft that brought us to this modern sound that is now embraced by today\u2019s generation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Papa Biggy became famous in the early 1980s. He has voiced many conscious songs including \u2018Your Dreams\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, \u2018Stop Dem\u2019<\/em><\/strong> and \u2018Walk with God\u2019<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Veteran dancehall artiste Papa Biggy says he is now available for dub sessions, live performances and interviews, after he returned from long hiatus from music due to concerns over his health. \u201cI had to take time out to address personal health issues. I have always been a big person but when diabetes and hypertension set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":10150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10158,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10157\/revisions\/10158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}