Skeng Determined To Get To Guyana For ‘Baderation’ Show After Kingston Airport Arrest

Skeng and his management and legal teams are working assiduously this morning to unravel the logistical challenges of jetting the popular Dancehall artist to Guyana so that he can honor his booking commitments there.

“We are working on that, the flight to Trinidad is not the issue, the flight to Guyana is the issue because he has shows in Guyana too. If it is not done by the commercial airlines, we may have to charter a flight, so we’re looking into the various options right now,” Skeng’s attorney-at-law Christopher Townsend told DancehallMag.

As DancehallMag previously reported, the Protocol deejay was pulled from a flight to Trinidad yesterday by police authorities after he got into a heated argument with a member of the Port Security.  He was reportedly ‘pepper sprayed’.  The 21-year-old artist, whose real name is Kevaun Douglas, was charged for disorderly behaviour and resisting arrest. He was offered bail and is to appear before the Kingston and St. Andrew court on June 21, 2022.

Skeng has been confirmed as the headlining act for BADERATION alongside Shaneil Muir and Young Bredda set for May 27 in Guyana.

He and two members of his entourage were expected to be on a flight to Trinidad and Tobago, where he is scheduled to perform for the first time.

The two-day event, called ‘Revival: The Return of Dancehall’ was scheduled to happen this weekend at Ranch Setters in Valencia on May 28, and at Space La Nouba night club in San Fernando. Skeng was named the headliner for both dates, and those dates don’t appear to be in jeopardy given that the charges are considered to be minor misdemeanors in nature.

“I do not anticipate that this will affect him traveling, the offense he is charged with are not finger printable, and are petty sessions, from the conversations with the police they are petty session offenses and don’t carry a jail time,” Townsend said.

Townsend further remarked that “Skeng is an excellent artist, extremely talented, from what I know that is in the pipeline he is going to go very far.”

Skeng is the second most viewed artist in Jamaica on YouTube over the last 12 months, behind Chronic Law, according to the platform’s Music Charts. His single Protocol with Tommy Lee Sparta, which Nicki Minaj has hailed as the “baddest” song in years, has neared 25 million views on the platform.

Heaven Passport with Intence has locked in 12 million views, Gvnman Shift has 24 million, and Street Cred (another Nicki favorite) has 11 million views on YouTube.

Skeng’s other recent tracks are London and Taibhan, his collab with Stalk Ashley.