Black Queen Mourns Death Of Her Mother

Reggae artiste Black Queen is mourning the death of her mother, 76 year-old Evelyn McDermott who died suddenly on Thursday night.

“I think it was her blood pressure, it spiked suddenly and she collapsed and died,” Black Queen confirmed to DancehallMag.

“RIP MOMMY. I did the best I could to make you happy, I tried so hard , you are the reason I worked so hard . Ever since I was a little girl I made a promise to myself to take you out of poverty and give a better life, sometimes I was so frustrated because there was much envy and people fighting against me and I could see the sadness on your face as you would say you feel bad cause it’s me alone everything was on , I even put my career aside because I wanted to focus on you and my other siblings before I branch off because I know I wouldn’t have the time for you, but I want you to know I have no regrets,” she posted on her social media pages.

Black Queen is known for singles such as Black N Proud which is a response to the negative connotations that some persons ascribe to the word ‘black’, and tracks such as Thankful, and Nobody Knows My Pain, a tribute to Niko Chromatic who passed away after losing his battle with kidney disease.

The artiste recently called out Spice for her reluctance to praise Ninjaman for his role in pushing her career. Spice recently gave a heartfelt shoutout to Ninjaman on his birthday.

“I salute Spice for doing that. I just want all the females to come together and be really united and stop the in-fighting and bickering,” Black Queen said.

She is hoping that female artistes will participate in her virtual staging of ‘Black n Proud’ festival during Reggae Month in February.