Bounty Killer has urged artistes to create good, timeless music and invest financially, as the day will come when "your music will be your retirement fund". Being in the industry for decades, the dancehall legend shared that "having a good musical catalogue" is a sound investment for artistes. "Anybody with a career, yuh have to make sure you work and yuh put down supmn for retirement.
But as an artiste, yuh affi mek sure yuh budget how yuh earn and how yuh spend. Yuh can't a spend more than yuh a earn. Music last forever but income nuh last forever [but] thank God I have music with longevity," he told THE WEEKEND STAR .
"There are some artiste weh dem music nuh mek sense today, suh nuhbaddy naah listen to dat, and dem neva save weh dem have suh dem ago hungry. Thank God I have a good catalogue, suh even if I should be delinquent today, I have a good royalty to collect because I have a strong catalogue," he added. Bounty Killer also stressed the importance of artistes making long-term financial investments.
"Investment is good; yuh always have to invest. Suh all who a talk bout 'Beast (car) ova house', beast depreciates. Suh nuh matta how much beast yuh have, yuh got to have good strong collateral and investment," said Bounty Killer.
The artiste made these statements in a heartwarming handover of a US$10,000 (approximately J$1.57 million) cheque to assist gospel-reggae singjay Lieutenant Stitchie, who recently suffered a brain hemorrhage which left him "unresponsive". With a .