Dancehall artiste Andrae Sutherland, popularly generally known as Popcaan was slapped with 5 prices on Thursday, January 4, associated to an incident at his St. Thomas live performance final month.
In a statement, the Jamaica Constabulary Power stated: “Mr. Sutherland attended the Space 5 Police Headquarters the place he was served with 5 summons, relative to his behaviour on the staging of Unruly Fest in Yallahs, St Thomas, between Friday, December 22 and Saturday, December 23, 2023.”
He was charged with the next offenses:
1. Breach of the Noise Abatement Act
2. Menace
3. Utilizing Abusive and Calumnious Language
4. Utilizing Indecent Language; and
5. Disorderly Conduct
He’s to seem within the St Thomas Parish Courtroom in Morant Bay on Wednesday the tenth of January to reply to those prices.
Disruptive ending to Unruly Fest
The annual Unruly Fest, which was held on the Phillips Subject Sports activities Complicated in Yallahs on December 22, had ended prematurely, with regulation enforcement pulling the plug minutes earlier than 5:00 AM.
Govana, Taurus Riley, Jashii, Skillibeng, Sean Paul, Protoje, Jesse Royal, Chi Ching Ching, Najeeri, and American rapper Quavo, have been among the many different acts earlier than Popcaan hit the stage to shut the present.
Police stated the present was initially scheduled to finish at 4:00 am, and the present benefitted from a bonus hour.
A verbal dispute erupted on stage between the artiste and lawmen, with a visibly pissed off Popcan accusing authorities of treating St. Thomas occasions unfairly.
“Das why St Thomas cyah higher as a result of unu combat ‘gainst every thing weh we do. Unu transfer up, mi drained a unu,” the deejay stated, as he urged the bands to proceed taking part in in between hurling expletives on the cops who got here to finish the occasion.
Popcaan, a local of St. Thomas, indicated that he might transfer the occasion to the Nationwide Stadium within the close to future. He stated that St Thomas won’t ever be higher if the parish continues to endure what he believes is unjust therapy from authorities.
