Men Stoned At Dutty Fridaze

[Bricktop]

Who were those six white men who were wining up on each other at last week’s Dutty Fridaze event. The men were pelted with crushed Red Bull can and pebbles before the selector stopped the music and asked them to leave. Buju, a popular personality at the dance, escorted the men to safety. It was later learned that the men were not gay, but were contractors working on the airport road project. Dem nuh know say Jamaicans no tek no check when it come to the funny man business?

[Lazie]

Different take on the story? I like this part, "nobody cyaa do dem nutten" and "a nuff a dem inside deh a byman."


When a group of seven white men crossed Fletcher's Land Square, Kingston, walking in front of where the selector's booth was set up to take up position almost under a streetlight at 'Dutty Fridaze' on Saturday morning, they attracted attention.

Foota Hype, who was doing selecting duties when THE STAR arrived at almost 5:00 a.m. until when the dance ended abruptly at close to 6:30 a.m., described them as "integrated whites".

They were not integrated enough to have caught the rhythm, though, and for once it was terrible dancing that drew a crowd at 'Dutty Fridaze', many persons surrounding them as they happily did very awkward moves to the dancehall beat, which followed a touch of Peter Tosh's Creation and a musical blessing of the dance.

The crowd soon lost interest and the street dance resumed its previous shape, with persons gathered around the perimeter of Fletcher's Land Square. Closest to the centre were four young men in chef outfits, complete with white hats, carrying bowls and large spoons. But they were stirring up dance moves, not cooking ingredients. One tall young woman in long, blue tights low on her hips to show her matching thong stirred her buttocks independently of the rest of her body.

Across the square from the selector's tent, the Taboo energy drink was on display, with the Taboo ladies handing out free samples. A new song from Voicemail was given multiple play.

Soon, though, just as 'Dutty Fridaze' was picking up pace with a Mavado selection being the turning point, the focus was back on the group of seven, with a report that there had been some deliberate man to man, 'groundsing' contact. Foota Hype demanded "wha a gwaan" and instructed some girls to go among them, playing Bubble Like Soup for them to dance to as a crowd again gathered. It seemed that the matter was settled and Foota Hype declared that the men had wanted some women, but did not want to anger anyone as they were wary of the reputation of Jamaican men.

But things took a turn when, a song or two later, he asked one of the girls what was happening and she said "dem a run from we".

From there it was a short musical trip to attempted eviction, Boom Bye Bye thumping from the speakers twice, as the people at 'Dutty Fridaze' were instructed to show them the way out. A human corridor was made to show them the way onto the upper part of King Street, hands waved rhythmically to show the group the way out. Obviously not understanding what was happening, they waved merrily along. Shabba's Love Punny Bad followed, the crowd picking up on the rolling bassline and, as the group of seven danced along, the focus seemed to go back to the party.


However, two bottles were hurled at them and, with confused looks on their faces, they were escorted by a woman across the square. This was not before, though, a man who had apparently thrown one of the bottles was accosted by a group of men and chased along the road leading onto King Street, one man giving him a flying kick to the back along the way.

It was down this same road that the group of white men went without any further incident, stopping short of King Street as one of two women with them declared that "nobody cyaa do dem nutten" and "a nuff a dem inside deh a byman".

With the music continuing in party mode, there was the flash of blue lights on King Street and a police patrol van drove up to the group of seven, where the situation was explained. Before they moved on to the square, though, the music stopped because of the presence of another set of police officers and many persons started to leave before 'Dutty Fridaze' was officially declared over.

That came soon enough, at close to 6:30 a.m.

Foota Hype said that he had to squeeze in one last song, Bounty Killer thundered "man a bad man, so man no fren' fish", to send the dance goers home.

It was the second consecutive week that 'Dutty Fridaze' had ended prematurely, as it was shut down by the police also at about 6:30 a.m. last Saturday.

[Historian]

LOL

Nowhere like yard!

[Jangle]

Historian, I see that you have some reading to "ketch" up on.