Peyton Morgan-Kenton, manager of popular dancehall artiste Eddy G Bomba, is irate that police in St James will not be granting permits for events on which he is slated to appear. On Tuesday, Commander for the St James Police Division, Superintendent Eron Samuels, said "I personally will not approve of that artiste performing anywhere in St James", following the death of Constable Linroy Codner, who was mowed down by a motorist earlier this month and succumbed to his injuries on Sunday. Eddy G Bomba's viral single No Cap has lyrics that state, " betta move yuh speeda gun, the beast a come, mi wi lick dung police a grung ".
Samuels said, based on online comments, the song is an influence for motorists conducting reckless actions against police officers. But Morgan-Kenton called the 'shutdown' stupid. "It's not like they [the police] have any evidence to show that someone decided they want a viral moment and they are going to do what Eddy said and record it with them listening to the song and lick a police down.
Suh all a dis that they are doing is just stupid and they are behaving like they are politicians by making rules," he said. Morgan-Kenton said that the deejay was merely singing about the reality of what he sees happening around him. "They are just trying to find somebody to blame for the police officer who died and Eddy was just the scapegoat in all this," he said.
He further noted that No Cap has been out for about five months, and that Eddy G Bomba is regularly releas.