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Chronixx Takes On Nzinga King’s Cause

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In the aftermath of Foota Hype’s berating of Rastafarian artists for failing to frontally condemn the alleged shaving of the locks from 19-year-old Nzinga King’s head by a policewoman last week, Chronixx has responded, pointing out that he had made contact with the youngster’s family the day after the news broke.

Chronixx, who, based on his utterances has taken on the young Rasta’s cause, says he was not surprised at the claims against the policewoman and holds her fully culpable, she was just a part of a Eurocentric colonial system deep-rooted in Jamaica starting at the governance level.

He even pointed to, as an example how Rastafarians were treated at the airport and being ordered to loosen their locks, when traveling overseas, as a means of humiliation.

Although he echoed some of the sentiments of Foota Hype, who used his Instagram platform to lash Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Culture Minister Olivia Grange whom he said were silent on the matter, Chronixx said he preferred not to use his platform to comment in detail on the subject, as he knew there would be hell to pay in any ensuing court battle, by the Constabulary, for the human rights violations exacted on the teenager.

“I hear people blame a police officer for cutting off yute hair.  I blame her.   And I hold her responsible, but I can’t talk ‘bout it cause it is a legal matter for which the entire Constabulary will have to pay, so I don’t want to use Instagram as a thing to complicate the legal process, yuh zimmi,” Chronixx said in an Instagram video on Tuesday.

The Chronology artist said that the reason for the behavior of the policewoman is rooted in colonialism, and the fact that the Jamaican government is not sovereign and the Prime Minister, as a consequence, has only been only carrying out the dictates of the colonial masters, meaning the British monarchy.

“But we live inna country called Jamaica wid a big ol’ Governor General representing a big ol’ Queen from a next sovereign country… He (Prime Minister) is not the sovereign.  That is why I will never come and use the platform and blame a Prime Minister of a colonial machinery the driver of a colonial machinery… or the trustee, someone who the colonizer leave to look after the colony for them.  I am not gonna blame him,” the Spanish town native said.

“Son of the soil; yuh educate him, you make him into yours and use him against him people dem,” he said of Prime Minister Andrew Holness.

Chronixx also gave an insight into the conversation he had with Nzinga and her family, on Emancipation Day when The Gleaner broke the news of the alleged assault.

“Suh when mi si wha happen wid di young sistren – I spoke to di young sistren yesterday, a very beautiful princess Nzinga.  And I spoke to her parents, very beautiful ones.  Nyahbingi people.  Wi naw talk out one a di people dem from Scotiabank who have dreadlocks and wi naw talk bout one a di people dem from carnival who have dreadlocks.   Wi a talk bout a third generation Nyahbingi princess…,” he said.

“She was separated from her covenant – her physical covenant that she had from birth by a police officer who was in a… police pen, with other police officers present; with her superiors present.  You can imagine?” he marveled.

Like Foota, though not as strident, Chronixx called on all Rastas including his musical compatriots to unite for the cause.

“But we as Rastafari, we need to come togedda now enuh.  All di man dem an woman who benefit financially from Rasta music and Nyahbinghi and Bobo shanti and di works of Prince Emanuel, the honourable.  Di prophet and di priest and di King, we have made  wealth.  We have been given creative freedom…,” he added.

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