Anthony B has called out the government over its lack of effort to properly recognize Reggae music.
According to the Reggae superstar, the government has not done enough to promote the Jamaican culture, particularly the musical aspect.
The veteran artiste made the claim on an Instagram post of American singer John Legend singing Bob Marley’s Redemption Song at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony back in December 2017.
“This is why The Legend of Bob Marley is so great. His songs are songs with meaningfulness. It will live forever. As the King says, music alone shall live. If our Jamaican government could only see that our most powerful weapon in this world of economics is our Culture. Our Ppl invest in our cultures; our ppl and Jamaican can change the world,” he said.
During the post, Anthony B would go on to express great disappointment with the various governments over the years.
“Still our governments choose to ignore our cultural contributions to this world and platform by trying to suck up to these uptown’s elects and know Jamaica greatest wealth is the Culture we create and warm loving and kind-hearted ppl in Jamaica despite’s the odds against us,” he said.
Anthony B recently released a 19-track album titled “King in my Castle.” In October he completed a five-month tour that saw him perform in several countries such as; Malta, the Reunion Islands, Austria, Germany, France, Sweden, China, India, Israel, Canada, the US, and Trinidad and Tobago.
