Boozy Bee set to release debut EP

Dancehall rapper Boozy Bee is gearing up to release his first EP, titled One Ting, in December.

"It's going to be 14 tracks and two skits, and it's going to have a theme around the experiences of a 'yardman' inna the US. That's why it's called One Thing, 'cause every yardman start with a one thing, a one job, a one girl, a one visa, a one item of stock; we all start at one," he said.

The album will feature tracks such as Gun Class, featuring Aidonia, and Solve Any Problem. Boozy Bee has carved out a reputation in the Los Angeles dancehall scene with his songs, which depict the happenings in the streets.

"I sing about real things in the hustling life, the 'corn life' ... images, stories, narratives. It is not no joke thing, this is life. And my message to all yardman is, when you go foreign, know what you're doing. Don't just jump into it, do wicked things and get rich, and then later, your head hurt yu so much so yu caan sleep at night. Do the right thing, survive," he said.

Despite his obsession with street life, Boozy Bee said the lead single is a love song collaboration with singer Twyce, titled I Wanna Be Loved.

"Twyce is a great singer, one of my friends when I reached LA years ago. He is mad talented, he is working on his own new album, but this collab is a love song that shows how big man fi deal with woman," he said. Boozy Bee also criticised the demeaning way in which dancehall artistes depict women in their songs.

"These modern-day dancehall songs have nothing to do with love, romance. Black women are sexy, and we do them a disservice when we talk about our goddesses a certain way that is based only on sex. Big up black women, who have fashioned their own definitions of beauty with their own inner confidence," Boozy Bee said.