Gold Gad Says Cops Are Among His Biggest Fans, Despite Anti-Cop Song

One year after he released the song F–k You MOCA, Dancehall artiste Gold Gad says an overwhelming number of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) members are among his biggest fans.  The song took aim at the Major Organized Crime & Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) in Jamaica and insulted members of the Jamaican police force.

In fact, the Quarantine Chap artiste, says once he hits the street in his new US$100,000, gold Mercedes Benz AMG C-Class, and is spotted by the police, he is chased and made to pull over by his adoring police fans.

“Is jus a good ting seh mi have more dan one car enuh, because dah car deh, yuh can’t go outta door wid dat.  As yuh drive out man, everybaddy know a Gold Gad da enuh, people a stop light a run mi dung,” he explained to Onstage host Winford Williams.

“I neva haffi seh dis, but di police dem – caw di police dem rate mi still – but everytime mi drive, di police dem haffi drive mi dung, jus fi come hail mi.  Dem naw disrespect enuh, dem just always a drive mi dung.  Everytime mi drive mi si blue light,” Gold Gad said proudly.

According to Gold Gad, his car is so impressive that the police and other people who form his fan base in Kingston, are able to see it sparkling from afar.

“Remember is 24k gold and it bright, and when di sun touch dat, whole place bright up, suh a problem.  It’s beautiful,” he said.

In January last year, Gold Gad released the song F–k You MOCA, an ode to the illegal lottery scam in collaboration with Brick Boss.  A part of the track’s hook states: “F–k you cop, naw stop dial all when di phone hot.”

The song is available for streaming on Spotify, Deezer, Audiomack and Amazon.  An amateur music video was also done which featured Gold Gad and his friends prancing around in a huge parking lot, whilst tossing money around.

Gold Gad told Williams during the interview, that his songs are being done to show young Jamaicans that they can stay on the island and accumulate wealth, and live a fulfilling life.   He noted, however, that the things he sings about like scamming are not things he does in real life, and were only for artistic purposes.

“Everybaddy fi just believe seh yuh nuh haffi deh foreign fi live like a foreigner, yuh nuh.  Yuh can stay a yard and be rich tuh becaw mi stay a yard and lock in and be one a di wealthiest artiste fi 2020, its beautiful,” he said.

“Most a dem song wha mi a sing, a nuh nuttn wha mi a duh.   But by singing dem song deh, it mek mi be very popular.  An being very popular mek mi rich.  Suh yuh nuh haffi a sing weh yuh a duh. Yuh nuh haffi a falla dah message deh.   Yuh haffi just believe inna yuhself and inna yuh craft, becaw memba yuh nuh seh a just craft mi use yuh nuh,” he explained.

Gold Gad, who is a former studio engineer for Alkaline moved from behind the scenes just over a year now, to the forefront with songs fixated on sex and scamming such as Client Convo, Choppa Sex, Quarantine Chap, New Scheme, GoldGad Hub and Big Money.

According to him, since he is now known in Jamaica everywhere he goes, he is going to take his craft international his year as he wants to do some international collabs and do some overseas gigs.

“Mi a get whole heap a offer all over di world but at di same time, mi nuh too want dem lock mi up still.  Mi a guh teck some a di show dem, but mi nuh want dem lock mi up still,” he joked.

With respect to his live nightly Instagram feeds for which more than 250,000 viewers tune in, and which he said has turned his page into a profitable ‘virtual exotic club’, Gold Gad said this came about as a result of boredom.

“Literally every song weh mi d trend and den afta a while it kinda get boring because uh can’t really go out fi enjoy so everyday new song a drap and song a trend and people a seh ‘yow yuh song dem bad’.  But den mi a seh mi dweet different an it work fi mi and mi a seh wha else mi can duh.  Mi nuh just want be a ariste; mi a entertainer.  Das why mi teck it to di live, bring humour inna it, one bag a suppm,’ he explained.