{"id":12132,"date":"2026-02-20T10:25:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=12132"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:26:17","slug":"gramps-morgan-antiguan-pm-collab-on-reparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=12132","title":{"rendered":"Gramps Morgan, Antiguan PM Collab on Reparations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Multi-grammy-winning artiste Gramps Morgan has teamed up with <strong>\u201cGassy Dread\u201d <\/strong>(the musical persona of Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Prime Minister Gaston Browne) to produce the single Reparations. The track addresses the legacies of colonialism that still shape the region today.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with the\u00a0Jamaica Observer\u00a0recently, Gramps Morgan shared that\u00a0<strong><em>Reparations<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>is more than just a song and expressed that by launching it against the backdrop of both Reggae Month and Black History Month, the single reinforces reggae\u2019s role as a tool for liberation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe it [the issue of reparations] is a conversation that must continue to be had. There have been many times people in our society have brought this conversation and, as a musician, I am just doing my part for Africans and the Diaspora of the Caribbean in the Americas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis message is not new, but I think it is important for us, as artistes, to bring up this conversation from time to time so that we never forget the spirit of our ancestors and what they\u2019ve been through and the fact that they must be justly compensated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By centering <strong><em>Reparations<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>in the 2026 Reggae Month celebrations, Morgan said he and Gassy Dread are reminding the world that the \u201crhythms of resilience\u201d are not just about surviving the past but about demanding a fair and equitable future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI pray that people can be reawakened to the issue once again, especially in the Caribbean and those in America. This is a call for something long asked for, and I pray that it may gather the attention of the United Nations, so we can revisit this conversation, and there\u2019s no better time to do that than in Black History and Reggae Month,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral of our nations have been through trauma, and we were able to heal through the passage of time, but I\u2019m hoping that this message will reach all who had a hand in the transatlantic slave trade, countries like Spain, the Netherlands, the UK, and Portugal, so they can revisit this conversation and let it touch their hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Describing Gassy Dread as a talented individual whose heart is set in the right place, Morgan said it was a pleasure to collaborate with the Antiguan prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very easy working with the prime minister of Antigua. I was impressed that he wanted to tackle a project like this. It just shows that everyone in the world wants justice, and that there\u2019s still good out there in this world, and there\u2019s nothing wrong with having this conversation or touching on this topic,\u201d he shared. \u201cThe prime minister of Antigua is a true visionary and great songwriter. It was a pleasure to collaborate with him, and it just shows you how much talent there is in the Caribbean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Reparations<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0was written by Gaston Browne and Gramps Morgan, co-coordinated by Digital1 Music, and was produced by Justin \u201cJuss Buss\u201d Nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multi-grammy-winning artiste Gramps Morgan has teamed up with \u201cGassy Dread\u201d (the musical persona of Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Prime Minister Gaston Browne) to produce the single Reparations. The track addresses the legacies of colonialism that still shape the region today. Speaking with the\u00a0Jamaica Observer\u00a0recently, Gramps Morgan shared that\u00a0Reparations\u00a0is more than just a song and expressed that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":12124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12132","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\/12132","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\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12133,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12132\/revisions\/12133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}