Jamaica Salt

I went to August Town one time when the war was going strong and the roads were all blocked off. Everyone told me I was mad for going down there but I was doing a report on the gangs at the time and needed to get into the community.

What surprised me most when I was there was how everyone would talk about “Sizzlas men” and that is was they up the road who were causing so much of the trouble. I was abit naive at the time because I had been listening to a lot of Sizzla’s music and could not equate the man who was singing sweetly about love and strength and happiness and other sounds rasta beliefs, that he was neck deep in the gang warfare in his community.

Well he has also been ordered by the August Town community to leave the area. Sizzla’s house and fenced off bit is called “Judgment Yard” . There have been previous reports of large stashes of weapons being found there. I’ve heard that Sizzla arms people in the area and is being held responsible for deaths and shootings.

No wonder he rarely gives interviews, i’m sure there are quite a few questions he would rather not answer. he did do this interview with Robbo ranx. you can hear it here.

Needless to say, he did not get any difficult questions.