{"id":2766,"date":"2022-01-21T10:17:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T10:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=2766"},"modified":"2022-01-21T10:23:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T10:23:50","slug":"queen-ifrica-targets-predators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=2766","title":{"rendered":"Queen Ifrica Targets Predators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Released in October as part of Nuh Rush Records\u2019 <strong><em>Redemption Project \u2018riddim\u2019,<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>\u2018Predator\u2019s Paradise\u2019 <\/em><\/strong>by Queen Ifrica is a hard-hitting song that takes direct aim at sexual harassment in Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>Though songs with social messages are sometimes lost in the mad rush of party singles that dominate Jamaica\u2019s music scene, the roots singjay is determined <strong><em>Predator\u2019s Paradise<\/em><\/strong> will be heard by the masses. \u201cWe want to make a louder noise about how we can all together get rid of this predator\u2019s paradise within our real paradise; our Jamaica, that love our families, love our youths,\u201d said Queen Ifrica.<\/p>\n<p>In October, the Sexual Harassment Bill was passed in the Jamaican parliament and Senate. It is aimed at\u00a0at protecting individuals in the workplace or institutions from unwanted\u00a0<strong>sexual<\/strong>\u00a0advances. Such behavior, lawmakers, found, is rampant in the Caribbean country. Though she welcomes the legislation, Queen Ifrica does not think enough is being done by civil society to protect not only vulnerable women, but boys as well. \u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of talking, opposed to acting, when it comes to finding these predators,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Redemption Project also includes songs by Gott-Yo \u2018<strong><em>Worship And Praise\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, Lutan Fyah <strong><em>\u2018Game is Over\u2019,<\/em><\/strong> Natural Black \u2018<strong><em>Serious Times\u2019<\/em><\/strong> and Kananga <strong><em>\u2018Stronger\u2019.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Released in October as part of Nuh Rush Records\u2019 Redemption Project \u2018riddim\u2019, \u2018Predator\u2019s Paradise\u2019 by Queen Ifrica is a hard-hitting song that takes direct aim at sexual harassment in Jamaica. Though songs with social messages are sometimes lost in the mad rush of party singles that dominate Jamaica\u2019s music scene, the roots singjay is determined [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2766","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\/2766","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=2766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2768,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2766\/revisions\/2768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}