After riling up the world’s awareness to the existence of fake and evil friends with her viral song Letter To A Fake Friend, reggae-dancehall artist Abby Dallas has decided that it is time to pray for the world.
In her new single World Prayer, Abby Dallas denounces evil, human sacrifice, and violence.
“It came about based on the wickedness in society. A lot of Obeah is going on. Nothing else can protect you other than God. Everybody is glorifying the wrong things and are getting famous from it rather than righteous things. The start of the song says, ‘World Prayer, World Prayer, this a weh di whole world desire.’ As an artist I don’t strive to just write a song that won’t take the plane,” Dallas told the Jamaica Observer in a recent interview.
According to Dallas, Letter To A Fake Friend gave her career a lot of traction but shared that World Prayer gives her a chance to expose her fans to her other side.
“Fake Friend is the song for me, but World Prayer is the more conscious side of me… Nowadays di man dem nuh fraid fi kill di woman dem. Men need to start taking care of the women more and show love to them. Mankind nuh have nuh heart.
“The song is needed regardless of what people might think. I don’t do things for clout. The more you hear
World Prayer you’re going to love it. My songs are not just some ABC lyrics that you listen one time and it comes out your head,” a confident Dallas told the Observer.
Abby Dallas was born in Kingston Jamaica as Abbygaye Dallas. She shared that she spent most of her time in Portmore, St Catherine, and attended Bridgeport High School. After completing her studies there she gained a scholarship to Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts.
Even while she was studying at the Edna Manley, Dallas was singing background vocals for established reggae and dancehall artistes Queen Ifrica, Tanya Stephens, and Diana King, as well as Shaggy, Mavado and Yellowman.
“I pursued music performance in school. I was a vocalist. I was taught by one of the most prestigious vocal coaches, Pauline Watson, and the late great Ibo Cooper was also one of my teachers as well. I toured the world with Diana King for 10 years. I have done a lot of studio work with Dean Fraser,” she shared.
Dallas was the third and youngest woman to win The Jamaica Festival Song Competiton in 2012, with her song
Real Born Jamaican.
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