BY HOWARD CAMPBELL—
Cooper, a professor of literary and cultural studies at The UWI, was keynote speaker at the event at Courtney Walsh Drive in Kingston.
It marked the official return of A St Mary Mi Come From, a charity event initiated in 2000 by deejay Capleton to assist educational and health institutions in his home parish.
The show, last held in 2012, will be held August 5 at Gray’s Inn Sports Complex in Annotto Bay, St Mary.
Given the high negatives associated with dancehall music, Cooper lauded Capleton as “an artist who has supported positivity and we have to big him up. A lot of us forget where we come from”.
Capleton and his proteges Furious, Mortimer and Sativa gave brief performances. All will be on A St Mary Mi Come From, which will also include Barrington Levy, Cocoa Tea, Ninja Man, I-Octane, Busy Signal, Chezidek, Romain Virgo, and Yvad.
A number of institutions in St Mary, St Ann, Portland and St Andrew have benefited from A St Mary Mi Come from, including the Port Maria Hospital, Islington High School (Capleton’s alma mater), Annotto Bay Hospital, Oberlin High School, and Haile Selassie High School.
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