By: Staff Writer
February 1, 2022
Minister Marion Hall, formerly known as dancehall artist Lady Saw, has been blasting other female dancehall artists for their racy and sexy lyrics, notably Shenseea and Spice, even warning them of the dangers of “hell” if they continue.
Reported in Dancehall Magazine, Hall “admonished Spice, Shenseea, Jada Kingdom, and Ishawna to curtail the lewd content in their music, pointing out that all four appear to be competing in a desperate ‘race to hell.’
“In a three-hour Facebook sermon on Sunday, January 23, the former Queen of the Dancehall said she was taking responsibility for starting the ‘slackness’ in Dancehall, but was advising the quartet to turn to God and refrain from chasing the “things of the world”, or risk ‘losing their salvation.’
“’I am sharing this Live today because I want Spice to see it; I want Ishawna to see it; I want – what’s the other name? Jada Kingdom. I want you all to see this because you are all selling yourselves short and you are going to hell if you don’t turn around. I am telling you that because I was you. And its disgusting and you need to stop,’ she said. ‘And I don’t know if you have a heart like mine, or you have conscience… we all make mistakes and sometimes I believe even you Shenseea when I look at you, you’re so beautiful. I made some bad mistakes than, you know.’”
Shenseea has responded to Hall in a video post saying, “Imagine if I had fully attacked” Hall. Further saying she is “not afraid” of people or anybody, urging Hall to bring it if she wants to. Shenseea doesn’t care she added, not bothered by Hall’s attack.
Shenseea is reportedly trying to move to the mainstream and is said to have been making attempts to switch to pop music from dancehall. Probably urged by the huge success the Barbadian Rihanna is having, having become a billionaire already from a tiny country in the Caribbean.
We wish them all the best, from Minister and her new walk with Christ, to Shenseea and her push to become mainstream, to Spice for just being Spice and all the others who have endeavoured to make the Caribbean artform something we can enjoy.
Just one last taste of our favourite Lady Saw song: