{"id":7089,"date":"2023-11-03T10:51:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T10:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=7089"},"modified":"2023-11-03T10:57:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T10:57:02","slug":"jahdon-shows-his-pain-in-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=7089","title":{"rendered":"Jahdon Shows his Pain in Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Roots singer Jahdon pours his sorrow in <strong><em>&#8216;Pain&#8217;<\/em><\/strong>, a song recalling the recent death of his 17-month-old daughter.\u00a0 Released in mid October, the track is self-produced by his Broomie LLC\/Look Ya Noww Entertainment companies and distributed by Tuff Gong International.<\/p>\n<p>Citing privacy, Jahdon did not reveal his daughter&#8217;s name but said she was the only child for him and his wife, Francine.<\/p>\n<p>He added that expressing his feelings in song is one way to shed the pain he and his wife have endured since their devastating loss.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Navigating through this tragedy has been the most challenging chapter of our lives. I&#8217;ve faced personal losses before, but nothing could&#8217;ve prepared me for this. My experiences have instilled in me a renewed drive and passion,&#8221; said Jahdon.<\/p>\n<p>The Rastafarian artist has quietly made a name for himself with a steady flow of songs, operating from his hometown of rural Canaan Heights in Clarendon parish.<\/p>\n<p>Songs like &#8216;Broomie&#8217; and &#8216;Congo Bongo&#8217; have earned him a growing following in parts of the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Pain&#8217; is easily his most personal musical effort to date.\u00a0 &#8220;While creating &#8216;Pain&#8217;, I went through a profound emotional journey. Writing and voicing the song became an essential part of my healing. While the anguish remains, I&#8217;ve learned to channel it constructively and carry it in a way that honors the memory of my loved ones,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roots singer Jahdon pours his sorrow in &#8216;Pain&#8217;, a song recalling the recent death of his 17-month-old daughter.\u00a0 Released in mid October, the track is self-produced by his Broomie LLC\/Look Ya Noww Entertainment companies and distributed by Tuff Gong International. Citing privacy, Jahdon did not reveal his daughter&#8217;s name but said she was the only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7089","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\/7089","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=7089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7090,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7089\/revisions\/7090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}