Anthony Cruz has made a name recording a mix of lovers rock and roots-reggae songs. He turns his attention to one of the world\u2019s hot topics on his latest single.<\/p>\n
That song, Sexual Harassment,<\/em><\/strong> is the Jamaican singer\u2019s head-on strike against predatory behavior, particularly at the workplace.<\/p>\n Cruz said he wrote the song after a female friend confided in him that her boss kissed her on the neck while at work. She said the incident made her uncomfortable, but she did not report it.<\/p>\n The veteran vocalist has heard of similar incidents. He said women rarely report their out-of-line superiors, fearing they will lose their jobs.<\/p>\n In the era of #MeToo Movement, Cruz believes sexual victimization must be tackled from all angles.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are di voice of di people an\u2019 we have to get di message across through music,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Sexual Harassment<\/em><\/strong> is produced by Stingray Records from the United Kingdom, which has had success with acts including Freddie McGregor and Spanish reggae band, The Emerterians.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Anthony Cruz has made a name recording a mix of lovers rock and roots-reggae songs. He turns his attention to one of the world\u2019s hot topics on his latest single. That song, Sexual Harassment, is the Jamaican singer\u2019s head-on strike against predatory behavior, particularly at the workplace. Cruz said he wrote the song after a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[237],"class_list":["post-1340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-music-featured"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1342,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340\/revisions\/1342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}