Jamaica Tourism Board Vex With Drake
May 17, 2010 @ 4:24 PM EDT
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Apparently, Drake’s new video “Find Your Love” has ruffled a few feathers down in Kingston. Jamaica’s minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett said the rapper should’ve depicted the country in a more positive light.
“Care has to be taken by all, including our creative artists, in portraying images of our destination and people,” Bartlett told the Gleaner. “Gun culture, while not unique to Jamaica, is not enhancing (the island’s image).”
haha homeboy just cant catch a break, were they this pissed at steven segal for marked for death? lmao and its not like jamaica doesnt get millions of tourist already every year rite, and some rappers video is suppost to stop that? stop ya blood clot cryin……lol
lmao @ this story. theres no way to make them all happy, i guess you need to stop trying to. ITS ONLY ENTERTAINMENT!
No artists are required to abide by the moral standards of a country’s government. While it may be true that Drake didn’t portray Jamaica in a positive light, he didn’t take creative freedoms and make up falsities. What he showed, while probably stereotypical, is a reality in Jamaica and many other countries around the world. You’re probably thinking “what he showed” was the gun culture but in fact, it wasn’t; the point of the video was to get the girl. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out as smoothly as planned, which in fact, is much more of a universal reality than gun culture.
Why is this guy upset? Every city in every country has hoods why is Jamaica different. Does he really think that someone is gonna see Drake vid and be like OMG Jamaica is so dangerous I NEVER want to go there!!! Stop hating cuz you wasn’t in the video nigga….
HOW DEM A REAL RUDE BOYZ OR DREAD IN JAMAICA LET A HALF KASS (JEW/BLACK) GO IN A GULLY AND NOT LET DIZ FASSIE BOY NOT GET IT
YA DONT KNOW
If I was Drake I would just be like fuck it… and stop making videos cuz he just can’t win. People want him to make epic videos like MJ or something when he hasn’t even released an album yet.
Same shit happened when i went to Jamaica .
lol Drizzy Drake can’t catch a break with videos
Mannnnn, shut tha fuck up. Enuff ppl have been to or seen Jamaica to know that that’s not entirely what Jamaica has to offer. U think NYC gets upset when ppl portray the city in a bad light? Fuck no. They know there’s more 2 them than that…
And Jamaican niggaz r ALREADY frightening to (white) America anyway. Shit, they scare sum black ppl. Lol!
@ Jamaican Tourist Board
NEGROES PLEASE!!!! ONE VIDEO IS NOT GONNA DAMAGE THE REPUTATION OF JAMAICA OR THE TOURISM!!!! SURE A COUPLE OF STUPID GULLIBLE IDIOTS ARE GONNA BELIEVE THE VIDEO IS TRUE FACT BUT IT WON’T HURT THE TOURISM OF JAMAICA!!!! FUCK OUTTA HERE!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
Shoulda gotten Usain Bolt in the video to run and save Drake’s life. Lol
So I guess this Bartlett guy never saw or heard of Belly…
You know your country is too sensitive when your crying about Drakes G-Rated disney world ass being too Hardcore………..I’d love to see the reaction if Ice cube went there to shoot a video
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Well, as to those saying drizzy can’t catch a break with videos, I think we’d all be willing to give him a break when he stops making shitty ones.
Fuck it drake jus Bun up a spliff n smoke away lol
lol
how long before he apologizes for this too…
LOL I know this would happen most West Indian countries don’t like the negative aspects of their countries to be displayed being that they depend heavily on tourism.
Plays Morgan Heritage’s “Nothing To Smile About” throws up a middle finger to the minister of tourism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwExJpNffhk
oh shut the fuck up, its a video clip , a story about the music fuck ur islands image dick head fuckin 18th century aristocratic fuck heads still trying to burn art and books
[…] culture, while not unique to Jamaica, is not enhancing (the island’s image).” ~ Eurweb (via RR) Share & […]
lmao @WhatsUpSon u silly for that nigga
Have you ever been to Jamaica and went outside of the tourist spots? That aint no walk in the park lol. It’s some hellhole-looking places out there
Drake went to the right person Mavado….the Gully God….that’s the only pass he needed. Other than that, whoever that dude is could shut the fuck up.
why is no one asking why aubrey graham of degrassi is having anything to do with ‘gun culture’ in the first place?
500,00 first week for drake so let the haters keep hating lol for the clown taking about giving up quiting is for losers and drake is winning
some people will say any old bullshit 4 free press
http://www.guba.com/watch/3000089689/Ross-Kemp-On-Gangs-S03E01-Jamaica
I JUST DONT LIKE DRAKE SO ANY BAD PUBLICITY HE GETS IS 2 THUMBS UP FROM ME…..FORGET DRAKE. DAMN HIS VOICE IS ANNOYING, I CANT BELIEVE HE HAS’NT FELL OFF YET.
+10 points for use of the word “vex”.
Have they been to Jamaica? Kingston is scary, scary. I went there in the middle of the day and I was scared.
The title made me chuckle.
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