HearingTest has been following the story of Jah Cure’s new found freedom, from his first concert in Holland, the many updates about Curefest, and recently the announcement of a handful of shows in the UK. Well, I’m sorry to report that tour has been canceled, but not by Jah Cure or his management. It has been shut down and Jah Cure has been “banned from Britain” because of his background.
Anyone who has looked into Cure’s bio knows that he is a convicted rapist who served 8 years in prison and released four years early for good behavior. What many peeps may not know is that he was tried in Jamaica without a jury, without a DNA sample, without any witnesses. The female who accuses him based her testimony on memorizing his license plate at the scene of the crime and the sound of his voice (as everyone involved disguised their faces with masks.) I wouldn’t dare challenge this woman on her experience. I don’t doubt her word for a minute. But, I do see a lot of holes in the case against Jah Cure. No evidence? No witnesses?
There’s enough women in Great Britain that aren’t going to take a chance on Cure’s guilt or innocence and the Home Office is taking the same stance. According to the Daily Mail, the Home office cites that Cure’s presence in the UK “would not ‘be conducive to the public good’.” On the contrary, promoter Emma Sirius of Sirius Energy Productions feels that Cure would indeed be a benefit to the black youth of the nation. She says, “It would be very sad if he could not come especially at this time in London when a lot of black youth are looking to someone like Jah Cure as an incentive to get them onto a better path.” and “Irrespective of whether he is innocent or not he has served his sentence and he is an inspirational figure for young people.” Emma Sirius goes on to explain, “He is part of the peace in the streets campaign. All he does is spread goodness.”
Everyone should make their own decision about this situation. In the meantime, UK residents will definitely not be seeing Jah Cure live this month, unless you are willing to travel.
It is interesting to note at the end of this article, the reporter mentions how this situation echoes the time that women’s rights groups were opposed to letting Mike Tyson visit the country after being convicted of various crimes against females. The Home Office decided in that case to allow Mike Tyson to visit.
“Zion Way”:
On the note of being a peaceful rasta:
There is very little misunderstanding of his Jah Cure’s lyrics which promote peace, love, understanding and that sort of thing. For reasons that I do not fully understand, he is being compared in the press to Bob Marley. I have a strong feeling that this has to do with generalizing. It would appear that the journalists and bloggers who make this comparison, just don’t know very many reggae artists to begin with. Therefore, they are comparing Cure to the only other peaceful, One Love rasta musician that they have ever known, Robert Nesta Marley.
Much of the press surrounding Jah Cure has been mainstream, by periodicals that don’t know much about reggae music, Jamaican culture and probably aren’t going to take the time to learn, just to report the news about Jah Cure. So be careful of the misunderstandings of cultural differences being reported in mainstream news sources when reading about music stories like these.
What Do You Think? ↓
1 chris // Oct 10, 2007 at 8:55
when u serve your time and the matter is complete so should the world, if not what is the need then for prison
2 Molli Fire // Oct 10, 2007 at 23:45
I think this is exactly what people are going to have to consider. It would seem that prison rehabilitates the criminals, but not the victims.
ALSO - I learned today that Jah Cure’s publicist, Alison Young, is denying that Cure was banned from the UK. Since there are two sides with opposite stories now, I am looking into the matter further. Check the news on HearingTest for an update soon.
3 paula // Oct 12, 2007 at 16:11
im sorry but jah cure has totally been misunderstood he is the beam of positivity for the youths of thsi nation who are reckless and forget the meaning of life. its a real shame he cannot be here to portray some of that positivity and meaning to life that is needed by our youth in society i guess when it comes down to my opinion certain other personalities have been allowed in and for some reason jah cure is being heavily discriminated against well life is not fair . all i can say is the uk dont know what theyve just missed out on
4 BLACK // Oct 12, 2007 at 17:08
TO THOSE CONCERNED WE ARE NOT HAPPY WE ARE TIRED OF ALL THIS BULLSHIT TOWARDS OUR BROS AND SIS… OUR BROTHER JAH CURE WHO WAS SAID TO BE ‘GUILTY’ BUT WE KNOW DIFFERENT ,IS STILL BEING TARGETED BY BABYLON ‘THEY ARE WORLD WIDE LIKE A DISEASE’ HE KNOWS THE TRUTH AND IS ANOTHER MESSENGER BRINGING PEACE,LOVE,UNITY,BROTHERHOOD,LOVE AND ALL POSITIVITY TO US THE PEOPLE. WE AS ONE PEOPLE HAVE TO STAND FIRM AND BE STRONG AND DON’T GIVE IN TO THEIR CORRUPTION… MY PEOPLE ‘UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL’ ,WHATS YOUR POSITION ARE YOU A FOLLOWER OR A LEADER. SPEAK OUT AND SAY WE WILL NOT TAKE IT ANYMORE EVER AGAIN BE STRONG SUPPORT YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND LET US UNITE AS ONE…
BLACK SAY SO…
5 Molli Fire // Oct 12, 2007 at 17:18
Great comments! Keep ‘em coming! Let your opinions and your voices be heard!
6 Molli Fire // Oct 13, 2007 at 12:40
There is an update to this post:
Jah Cure Banned? Or Pending Visa?
I will add more updates when more info is available.
7 BLACK // Oct 18, 2007 at 9:34
WHAT’S THE VERDICT IS HE COMING OR NOT LET THE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING. THOSE WHO HAVE INVESTED IN TICKETS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW. THE SHOWS ARE THIS WEEKEND WHAT’S GOING ON? ANYONE KNOW HOLLA AND LET US KNOW WHAT UP… UNTIL THEN MY PEEPS STAY REAL STAND STRONG …
BLACK SAY SO…
8 Molli Fire // Oct 18, 2007 at 14:28
If you want to know the latest scoop on this situation, please check the news page. I can’t go back and update every older post, so you need to look for the most recent one on the news page. As of Thursday, October 18th, the newest info is here:
http://www.musicnewsculture.com/jah-cure-denied-entry-to-uk-seeking-waiver/10/2007/
9 kizzy // Oct 18, 2007 at 19:30
It’s a shame the Uk won’t get to see the man perform live - he’s amazing. Here’s some footage from Curefest last week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5Xt_caN0OQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K83nSZXo4oc
10 Molli Fire // Oct 18, 2007 at 23:17
Thanks Kizzy! I’ve been looking everywhere for videos from Curefest! you rock!