Dancehall Queen Carlene is hitting back at critics who claimed she copied Aunty Donna’s sweet potato pudding business.
Over the last few weeks social media users have been locked in a heated debate over ‘Dancehall Queen Carlene Sweet Potato Pudding and Aunty Donna’s ‘Nyam Bad’ Sweet Potato Pudding.
Its being alleged that Carlene began copying Donna’s formula for success after noticing that the humanitarian was gaining traction locally and abroad for her baked goods.
Carlene recently appeared on TVJ’s Smile Jamaica to share her story about how she started making her ‘healthy, sugarless puddings.
“My father was a vegetarian, and so am I. So, I always tried to create stuff for him that had no milk, no cheese, no egg, no anything. I’ve been making these (puddings) since I was about 13, 14 years old,” said Jamaica’s first Dancehall Queen, who reigned during the 1990s and early 2000s. She mentioned that she officially started selling slices of her pudding in 2017 at House of Dancehall but upgraded to whole puddings after continued customer requests.
Dancehall Queen Carlene, whose real name is Carlene Smith, also uploaded an IGTV post to address the critics.
