Popcaan continues to mourn the tragic death of his close friend, Unruly Shagel.
The Dancehall entertainer gets emotional in his latest offering titled Traumatized. Released on Thursday, May 2, Popcaan dedicates the track to his slain friend.
“It’s been 6 months and still feel like yesterday☹️ @unruly_shagelshag miss you bro keep watching over us from above??.. RIP bro unruly fi life a swear blood?,” Popcaan wrote under a snippet of the track on Instagram.
Traumatized is produced by Notnice Records and Unruly Records, while ONErpm handles the distribution. The heartfelt single starts with Popcaan reminiscing on how he and Shagel used to chill out in his home town of Morant Bay, before explaining why he finds it difficult to trust people.
“Dawg dis a mussi one sign how mi fi go trust mankind / Coulda weh me bredda do yuh dawg mek yuh wah fi stab him 38 time / Mi nuh care who you are, karma ago show yuh sign / Me nuh care weh yuh a par, is only a matter of time,” Popcaan sings.
The “Family” deejay also addressed rumours once that that he was involved in Unruly Shagel’s death, “All kinda fake news a advertise / some a say me set yuh up and a sacrifice / But any boy ever say dat in front mi eyes / More dan a thousand rifle rise,” he continues.
Traumatized ends with a voice note seemingly sent from Shagel to Popcaan, telling the deejay to read his messages, while informing him that the kids need to be taken to school.
Shagel, whose given name is Junior Thompson, was found dead at Popcaan’s Cherry Gardens house last year December.
The 38-year-old was discovered lying in a pool of blood in a room on the property by workmen about 8:30 a.m. Initial reports indicated that he was murdered during a home invasion. Its alleged that armed men entered the “Family” deejay’s residence, hoping to commit a robbery, when they stumbled upon Thompson.
Unfortunately, no arrests have been made in connection with Shagel’s murder.
Stream Popcaan new single “Traumatized” below.
