Dancehall megastar Bounty Killer has urged men to prioritise their mental health, stressing that neglecting it can lead to serious emotional and psychological consequences, affecting not only their well-being but also their relationships and overall quality of life. Speaking at a handover ceremony at Bellevue Hospital in Kingston on Thursday, the once "cross, angry, and miserable" deejay opened up about his own battles with anger. "I used to have anger issues that got me in problem in the past years - that's a mental issue too - when yuh can't control yuh temper and yuh composure.
And I learned from cross, angry, miserable to calm, cool, collected," he said, drawing laughter from the crowd. Bounty Killer highlighted the importance of mental health for men, especially in Jamaica's macho culture. "Mental health is very, very important.
That's like the pilot - a it direct wi fi do weh wi a do. Suh yuh affi tek care a yuh mental health at all time. Most times, a man kill people and kill demself.
Yuh barely hear a woman do dat and it's a serious thing with we Jamaican man," Bounty Killer told THE WEEKEND STAR . He also called out the stigma around men showing emotions, saying that society doesn't provide enough space for men to express their feelings. "If men cry, is like yuh soft.
If yuh have an emotion and yuh want to let it out, yuh fi let it out, and if a tears fi come, a tears fi come. When yuh hold in things, it might lead to other things. But, in our society, wi [men] have .