BY KAVELLE ANGLIN-CHRISTIE, Staff Reporter
DJ Hollowpoint. - ANDREW SMITH
Hollowpoint up in the house who goes?
WELL, IT'S SELDOM you see a rising star with his talent. As a matter of fact, there is nothing 'hollow' about Hollowpoint, and what makes him more noticeable is his ever-present bandana and almost mellow deejaying style, reminiscent of dancehall legend, Supercat's.
He says he feels fortunate to be compared to Supercat, "He is a legend. Is a real top dads, so fi people a compare me or even say me sound like 'Cat, that is good energy for me...I think I bring some of the most electrifying lyrics to dancehall, alongside a new flavour so some people call me the 2000 and beyond Supercat."
As for the bandana, Hollowpoint says, "Is just the flair; just the gangsta. It is not a gang affiliated thing, is just an artiste flair." Irrespective of what he says, his dress and lyrics reveal someone who knows about street culture. He says the streets can be difficult, but they also serve as his inspiration.
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"Really is just an everyday struggle. I mean yuh haffi in the streets because is part of the work so yuh haffi do it. So me just go ahead and do the work although people will always have things to say and spread negativity, but you still have to try and come out the winner at all times," he said.
Born Shevon Stewart, Hollowpoint, moved between St. Mary and St. Andrew. His mother lived in St. Mary while his father lived in Duhaney Park. After a while he finally settled in Kingston where he attended the Bridgeport High School, St. Catherine.
He says even while attending high school, he enjoyed doing music. "Basically is from I was a kid that I loved music. I used to stay up late at nights and listen to my father playing music... and when him go way in the mornings, I would listen to them and go to school and deejay for my friend dem. I just loved the attention - yuh know wha me a say?"
After that, he took it further and started hanging out with Alozade. "Ah really him introduce me to the business still. Then I was sparring with Skatta for a while, but my big break really came with Don Corleon with Who Goes on the 'Sweat' riddim."
He says the song gave him the break he has been waiting for and "Even now, without a manager, my career is better than when I had one."
He explained that his previous manager was not focused on his career: "Him just when deh focus pon other things and I didn't think that he was putting the amount of energy in my career as he should."
However, before Who Goes, Hollowpoint was known for his songs Pinto, Sittin by my Window, Dads and the recent Inna Dis.
Hollowpoint says he is currently working on some new tracks and getting on shows to take his career to 'another level.'
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