Jahshii, First Nation Family Lay Producer Tadmar To Rest

The memorial service for Jahshii’s producer Mabreco ‘Tadmar’ Watson was held yesterday at the Meadowrest Memorial Gardens in St. Catherine.

Tadmar, age 29, was fatally shot and killed by police in Grants Pen, St. Andrew, while at home with his girlfriend, stepdaughter, and 91-year-old grandfather, in December of last year.

Jahshii, who is the creator of First Nation, and more than 50 members of the group headed to the service in St. Catherine, after leaving from a meeting point in the Grants Pen community.

A member of the First Nation family told DancehallMag that though they were in good spirits being together, they were sad that their friend will no longer be around.

“We are sad, nuh man nuh feel good fi know a dat gwan and di dawg nuh deh yah wid wi, a di whole a wi par as one team a build di dream and now this gwan, it mek we sad but we still in good spirits and putting in the work,”Jahshii’s cousin, who is a member of the First Nation Movement said.

Tadmar, also known as Podman, was responsible for the production of Jahshii’s breakthrough hit Cream Of The Crop with Navaz, which he also co-wrote with Jahshii. The talented producer from Active Music had several other projects from the deejay set for release before his untimely passing.

He is also known for productions with Malie Don and Chronic Law.

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) had said that the producer was wanted in connection with the murder of a man, who was carrying out construction work in the community, as well as a separate shooting incident involving another man.

However, Tadmar’s family had described him as an “uplitfter of the people” around him through music and a person who had big dreams with no time to engage in criminality.

“Di amount a riddim di youth have, him have a whole heap a artiste and song line up. You see Active Music Record Label? A him dat. Di first number one weh Jashii have, a him. When you kill di youth a nuh him alone yuh kill, yuh kill all him other likkle friend dem weh him check fah,” Tadmar’s uncle told the Jamaica Observer in December.

“All a dem likkle entertainer yah have youth weh dem a elevate suh it is like you have a tree and the root get chop out. His auntie who just come down [and] we expected to be celebrating, and it’s disaster instead.”

He added, “The youth a progress, so my question is: Why would he take up a gun and go inna shoot-out with police? Everything weh him ask fa him get it. There is no evidence of a shoot-out. Not even a spliff dem nuh find pon di youth.”