Stylex defends ‘bad word culture’

Recording artiste Stylex believes that Jamaican curse words have cultural significance and should not be labelled 'bad'.

"The Jamaican culture is international and we have the best bad words in the world, in fact, there is even a festival named after one of our bad words that is held every year in Europe," he said. In his latest song, aptly titled Bad Word, he shows that in Jamaican culture, 'badness' is just a social construct.

"These words come from hardship and are used to express intense emotions and maybe offend others, but it is still our culture," he said. Bad Word was released earlier this month.

"I am getting a lot of dub plate requests and clash-special requests for the song," Stylex said, laughing. The song is already a viral sensation after TikToker Fatty Boss did a viral video titled The Culture of Bad Word that racked up more than 54,000 shares and 72,000 likes.

Stylex burst onto the music scene in 2016 declaring an undiluted love for his 'fatty', a song that is still a dancehall staple. The song, which initially went viral on social media, won Stylex instant notoriety and he rocked several top stage shows with his inimitable high-energy style of deejaying. He now resides in Canada where he has been popping up on major dancehall events in Toronto.

Stylex said that he has been working to strike up fresh partnerships with new entities in the business.

"I'm not even going to kill up myself to get a number one song. I'm just gonna feed the people Stylex. I have a lot of ideas, and producers have been reaching out to me, so look out for more Stylex," he said.