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INSPIRATION // SHAGGY’S GOOD WORKS

WRITER CALIBE THOMPSON

PHOTOGRAPHY ROBERT JOHNSON

JAMAICANS LOVE A GREAT PARTY, SOMETIMES JUST FOR THE SAKE OF MUSIC, WINE (THE WAIST VARIETY) AND SPIRITS. IN THE CASE OF ORVILLE BURRELL, BETTER KNOWN AS SHAGGY, THE DIAMOND SELLING REGGAE ARTIST, AND HIS WIFE REBECCA, THE REAL FUN COMES AFTER THEIR ANNUAL CELEBRITY BASH, WHEN THEY’VE MADE PROVERBIAL TRUCKLOADS OF MONEY, THEN GIVEN IT ALL AWAY!

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STEVE JAMES

THE 2018 SHAGGY AND FRIENDS CONCERT, held on the lawns

Then, he met a man whose daughter was being kept alive by

of Jamaica House in St Andrew, Jamaica, was the sixth installment

one of the instruments he had donated. That man’s profound

of the lavish event. Every other year, it is hosted by the Shaggy Make

gratitude touched him so deeply, that he realized that there was a

a Difference Foundation (SMADF) to raise funds for the beneﬁt of

much greater need than he alone could fulﬁll, and decided that he

the island’s Bustamante Children’s Hospital.

was not just able, but willing to do something about it. Together

Two-storey, white tents draped in luxurious fabric, with high

with his wife Rebecca, who is a production professional and the

ceilings, dripped with crystal chandeliers. The platinum area was

executive director of the SMADF, he pulled together the ﬁrst Shaggy

heaving with partygoers. Jamaica’s elite, and a throng of well-

and Friends concert on January 3, 2009, only eight weeks after his

heeled guests, packed in tight, dressed to the nines and out in force

interaction with that grateful father.

for a great cause. A lineup of international superstars including Sting, Wyclef Jean,

BUILDING A LEGACY

Third World Band and of course Shaggy himself, performed this

Shaggy’s charitable deeds have an ongoing prominence in his life.

year, with stars like Lauryn Hill, Eve, Damian Marley and Maxi Priest

Himself a child of humble beginnings, he speaks passionately about

lending their star power in years gone by.

giving back, now that he has seen fame and ﬁnancial success.

The stage was breathtaking, with huge LED video walls and

He is a patron of organizations such as Food for the Poor and the

multiple levels. The production quality was on par with any

American Friends of Jamaica, who produce annual fundraising galas

internationally televised concert.

to raise money for good causes on the island. Food for the Poor also

For Shaggy though, it’s less about the glitz of the limelight, and

builds homes and teaches sustainable living practices throughout

more about attracting generous donors with deep pockets. He’s

the Caribbean and Latin America. They now provide the online

conﬁrmed that his charitable work through the SMADF is far more

platform through which donors around the world can make their

important to him now than is his music. According to the megastar,

contributions to the SMADF.

“to be put in the same place as these people, where I can get them

Since that ﬁrst concert in 2009, not only have the crowds grown,

to do amazing things with their wealth to beneﬁt the poor ...I’m

but donations have increased signiﬁcantly. At each event, the concert

going to take that opportunity.”

focuses on a particular funding challenge faced by the hospital.

The goal of the event was to raise US $1 million to fund ten new

From the combined funds raised in 2012 and 2014, SMADF ﬁnanced

beds at the Bustamante Children’s Hospital intensive care unit (ICU).

the ﬁrst Catheterization Laboratory and the ﬁrst Cardiac Unit for a

Although Bustamante is the only full-service children’s hospital in

children’s hospital in the English-speaking Caribbean. Prior to the

the English-speaking Caribbean, until now they had only ﬁve ICU

2018 event, SMADF made contributions to Bustamante Children’s

beds.

Hospital to the tune of over 450 pieces of equipment, over 3500 treated children and over $1.6 million US dollars. According to the

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

team, 100% of event proceeds goes to the hospital.

In 2001, during a visit to Bustamante, Shaggy came to learn

His commitment to the Bustamante Children’s Hospital doesn’t

just how underfunded the hospital was. For years after that, he

go unnoticed. Shaggy can now count the doctors and nurses, the

made his own private donations, sponsoring equipment and facility

children and their families among his adoring fans.

upgrades.

If you’d like to contribute to the cause, you can learn more at shaggymakeadifferencefoundation.org. #TeamShaggy4Kids

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FEATURE // WYCLEF JEAN

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MIDNIGHT ROBBER WRITER COPYSEED.COM

PHOTOGRAPHY COURTNEY CHEN

WHEN WYCLEF JEAN’S NAME HIT THE HEADLINES BACK IN 2010, IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE, WE ALL SAT UP AND PAID ATTENTION.

“I MADE THE DECISION to run for president of Haiti the minute I landed on the ground,”

in Kingston. That’s where Wyclef is at his best, on stage - philosophizing, prophesying, identifying.

said Wyclef. “I saw over 250,000 people under

For those of you familiar with carnival’s traditional

the rubble. I looked to the right and my wife

‘ole mas’ characters, Wyclef is the Midnight Robber

was picking up bodies. That puts everything into

of hip-hop, full of ‘robber talk’ or storytelling,

perspective.”

extempo style. But, unlike the Midnight Robber, he

Once we had adjusted our brains to the idea of a rapper and a beloved Fugee running for the

doesn’t carry a dagger or a sword or a gun in his hand. His weapon of choice is a microphone.

presidency of Haiti, we all collectively, said, OK, hey,

In 2010, when Wyclef Jean launched a bid for the

why not? And almost overnight his highly publicized

presidency of Haiti, he was a highly visible celebrity.

candidacy was met with international approval.

Half-way through the election race, he was kicked

But there was something more to it than that.

out due to a technicality.

Haiti was in serious trouble and needed a visionary,

Then, the rumours ensued. Wyclef and his non-

a uniﬁer and a leader. We, along with Haiti’s

governmental organization became the subject of

majority youth population, decided the preacher’s

much talk, suggesting funds raised by his personal

son, raised in New Jersey but a child of the soil,

charity, Yèle, had been grossly mismanaged. The

was just the man for the job. Or so we all secretly

preacher’s son, bloodied by his brief brush with

hoped.

island politics, issued a statement, in which he

As a Grammy winning songwriter, producer and one-time political candidate, Wyclef Jean has

denied the claims laid against him, calling them “misleading, deceptive and incomplete”.

achieved great highs and suffered some pretty great

“Yes, I felt betrayed. Not by the Haitians on

lows, privately and professionally. But through it all,

the ground in Haiti, but by the Haitian diaspora in

he has never stopped doing what he does best -

America. I wanted them to ﬁght for me. I wanted

making music.

them to stand up and protest on Brooklyn Bridge

It’s 11:30 AM and I’m talking to him on the

and say ‘you won’t do this to our guy.’” He chokes,

phone. He’s somewhere in Jersey, or it could

his voice disappears for a moment, the hurt still

be Jamaica, where a few days earlier, he wowed

sounds raw. “I felt like Martin Luther King Jr.,” he

crowds on stage at the Shaggy and Friends concert

adds, “When they stoned him in Chicago.”

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FEATURE // WYCLEF JEAN

WYCLEF JEAN IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT, AND HIS CONFIDENCE IS HUGE. BUT THAT’S BECAUSE HE HAS A LOT TO BE CONFIDENT ABOUT. HE SURVIVED.

After that, Wyclef Jean sort of just - disappeared. That was almost ten years ago. Then, just recently, out of nowhere, Wyclef came back. Like a robber in the night, with all his swagger and musical genius. He

referred to as the denouement, (pronounced day-noo-mahn). It’s a French word meaning the untying of a story plot to reveal the ﬁnal resolution.

re-emerged from his hiatus to present Carnival III, the ﬁnal album

“Yes, it’s like a three act play,” agrees Wyclef. The initiation,

in the Carnival Trilogy, to the world. Billboard dubbed it ‘Top 10,

the confrontation, then resolution. “Through this musical journey,

critically acclaimed.’ Download it, you’ll immediately understand

you see me discovering things. Every song represents discovery

why.

of myself, and where I am, and where I come from. Every song

If Carnival II was about the fall of a refugee, then Carnival III is,

represents a place in time.

without doubt, the resurrection of hip-hop’s philosopher king. “I

“In Carnival III after the whole political thing, I felt like I had

think that my strength and resilience is that I am a Caribbean man.

sacriﬁced my whole career to try and move my people ahead, but

I understand my African culture so it’s going to be hard to take me

they tried to Marcus Garvey me using the Edgar Hoover method.

out of the game. When I show up in Kingston, Jamaica - I’m like

But I was able to rise again”

a local artist. “My mentality is always hard wired to the Caribbean.” But how did Wyclef get back? How has he reconciled his past with his future? For the answers, he says, we must journey through the Carnival.

I ask him to unpack Carnival III, the ﬁnal act, in theater, sometimes

Wyclef Jean is impossible to predict, and his conﬁdence is huge. But that’s because he has a lot to be conﬁdent about. He survived. “In the end it’s about where we come from and what we come through. We are a people that can’t be painted into a box.” Earlier on in the interview I ask Wyclef about growing up with

“The Carnival featuring Refugee Allstars was what it felt like

Christianity. “As you know my name is Wyclef Jean. I’m named

as an immigrant coming from Haiti and showing up in Brooklyn.

after John Wycliffe, the English reformer. But I denounced my

About how I pulled through as an immigrant. And it was a

father’s form of saying “this is what you have to do,” the same way

narration of what I saw and experienced - that clash of cultures.

John Wycliffe redeﬁned the Catholic Church. But at the end of the

So we start with records like ‘Apocalypse’ and ‘Guantanamera’

day I’m a believer of God, and I’ll always be a believer of the faith.”

expressing a fusion. And these albums have all of us in them - four,

On the question of the musical legacy he’d like to leave behind,

ﬁve languages, on purpose - including patois.”

there’s a thoughtful pause. He replies, “It’s yet to be written.”

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FEATURE // SEXY, SAVAGE

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I HAPPILY STARTED RESEARCH ON THIS ARTICLE BY GOING TO THE SAVAGE X FENTY WEBSITE, WHERE I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT WITH HER NEW LINGERIE LINE, RIHANNA WAS, OF COURSE, DOING SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE NORM. I SLOWLY SCROLLED THROUGH, MARVELING AT THE STUNNING, NON-TRADITIONAL SELECTION OF MODELS RIRI’S TEAM CHOSE FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. THE “SAVAGES” BROKE WITH EVERY IMAGINABLE STEREOTYPE—NO STANDARD SIZE 6 AND SMALLER, NO BIAS AGAINST CELLULITE AND STRETCH MARKS. MOST MODELS HAD SOME MEAT ON THEIR BONES… AND THEY WERE ALL SEXY. WRITER GHENETE ‘G’ WRIGHT MUIR PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF SAVAGE X FENTY

IN A VIDEO HALFWAY down the front page of the site, a voluptuous woman wearing cream-colored lingerie leans back on a couch with her legs crossed. Her expression—boundless confidence. Much like Fenty Beauty, Rihanna’s makeup line that caters to every skin tone, her lingerie line makes sexiness accessible to real women, not just the perfectly airbrushed “skinny girls.” With each of her models and designs, the Bajan bad gal resists and remixes traditional beauty standards. Rihanna told UK Vogue “It was important to me to push

the boundaries. I want women to feel...confident, sexy, flirty. But most of all, I want them to feel like themselves.” THE UGLY SIDE OF THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY Savage X is a body-positive brand. It’s part of a social movement that embraces the acceptance and appreciation of all body types, regardless of size, color, texture, or other facet of appearance. Take a look at the “Savages”—any woman can see herself in them.

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This powerful move dismantles decades of body-negative messaging, which imposed a rigid standard of beauty accessible only to the fair-skinned, straight-nosed, and slender—unrealistic for most, deadly for some. The statistics on women plagued by eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, for example, are staggering. According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, between 85 and 95 percent of people with anorexia are women. And the organization Mirror-Mirror Eating Disorder Help says people with anorexia are 56 times more likely to commit suicide than non-sufferers. This is not to say body negativity and low self-esteem are the only factors causing these disorders, but they do play a part. FOR EVERY MOOD It’s refreshing to see a megastar like Rihanna embrace body positivity, catering to all women and all moods. She divided the collection into four categories: “On the Reg,” a selection of T-shirt bras; “U Cute” for items with lacy details; “Damn,” which includes corsets and bodysuits; and “Black Widow,” crotchless panties. I love how Rihanna widens the scope of lingerie offerings. She says, “You don’t have to stick to one personality with lingerie; it’s fun to play around. You can be cute and playful one week and a black widow next week... I want people to wear Savage X Fenty and think, I’m a bad bitch.” The collection includes bra sizes from 32A to 44DD, underwear ranging from XS to XXXL, and offers several shades of nude—because nude comes in many differ-

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ent shades, right? And it’s reasonably priced. While other major lingerie brands may carry larger sizes, their models are usually one size—stick thin. At Savage X, there’s a clear break from that mold. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING In a review on the Savage X website, Susan, a size 2x/3x, wrote: “... Thank you for understanding that some of this world is more than a size 12 (sometimes way more)!” There’s a social media frenzy around the brand as well. Chire wrote on Facebook, “Just the range in sizes alone makes me feel included... She’s paid attention to what women look like, what this industry lacks, and addressed it.” “Most fun I ever had shopping for my wife #SavageXFenty,” tweeted G.L. @8plus9. “If she gets pregnant we naming this baby Rihanna.” CONTINUITY With Savage X Fenty and other collections that follow suit, I’m hopeful that more women will see reflections of themselves, and beauty standards will shift over time. It’s also significant that Rihanna launched her line at the height of her career, while she is still an influencer of millions, somehow validating all women, acknowledging we can all be sexy. Through this lingerie line, Rihanna proclaims the ideal body is the real body, and that’s pretty empowering. She emphasises on the website that women should enjoy lingerie for themselves, adding “I want women to own their beauty.” We agree!

FEATURE // ISLAND GYAL COUTURE

Long-sleeve, burlap halter with denim waistband and priest collar. Ripped, hand-painted “couture” jeans.

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AT THE INTERSECTION OF ISLAND AESTHETIC AND INTERNATIONAL COUTURE, YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL FIND THE WORK OF JAMAICAN AMERICAN DESIGNER AND STYLIST TANYA MARIE.

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LV long-sleeve, open-back halter top. Star-spangled fatigue cargo capris. Cameo by Thor.

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Elegant floor-length, floral halter dress with peekaboo waist cut and burlap waistband.

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Floral summer suit with ripped, floor-length skirt, billowed sleeves and belted bikini halter.

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