Chuck Fendah BY TEINO EVANS, Staff Reporter
IT APPEARS THAT the recent ban on Chuck Fender's Gash Dem An Lite Dem might have done more to promote the song rather than hurt it, as the song has hit the number one spot on local charts.
According to Fender, "it (the song) deh a number one pon di Richie B chart and it a do well, yuh done know, a di people dem decide at di end a di day, cause a Jah works an it caan be thrown away, his works cannot be undermined."
At least two radio stations had previously confirmed that they had officially banned Chuck Fender's Gash Dem An Lite Dem, due to the song's violent lyrical content, but have since resorted to playing the song outside of prime time, this, in keeping with the Children's Code.
In a recent fax from the Broadcasting Commission, it outlined that, "the Broadcasting Commission is the regulatory body that is responsible for monitoring the compliance of licensed electronic media with standards that are established in the Broadcasting and Radio Re-Diffusion Act, Television and Sound Broadcasting Regulations and the Children's Code for Programming. The broadcasters are then left to determine what material they want to transmit and to ensure that the way in which that material is broadcast is in full compliance with the law."
Fender says, "I don't really know wah dem decide fi do, but the song has been number one for four weeks on the charts and Freedom Of Speech (new single) deh right behind it. Dem nah guh like dah one deh either but a jus equal rights and justice wi a try fi bring cross, but, man still all a frowns pon dah song deh to, but a jus upliftment wi a bring," Fender said.
Chuck Fender also made no apologies about the lyrical content of his recent singles, saying, "wi caan stop, cause a nuh me, a nuh Chuck Fender jus get up an seh mi a guh sing dem kind a song yah, a Jah who dwell within me, suh di world can jus look out fi more a di message."
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