The curtains came down on Reggae Sumfest 2023 on a spiritual note Sunday morning, with a performance from Minister Marion Hall.
Hall, who went by the moniker Lady Saw when she ruled the roost as a female dancehall artiste, proved her detractors wrong. They had predicted she would use Sumfest to herald her return to the secular genre.
In fact, she reinforced the claim that she has permanently walked away from the dancehall scene.
Hall, who stated that her ministry is “unorthodox”, lashed out at Christians who seek to derail her from her mission.
“Me want ask the church people dem, the religious, righteous, let me ask them this: how you fi know Him (God) when you a block mi work? How you fi know him when you a try fi shut me up when there are so many mansions in my Father’s house? Nathaniel asked, ‘Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? And you are saying, ‘Can any good thing come out of Lady Saw?” she said.
The gospel artiste, who started her stint by chanting, “Everybody just a anticipate (what her delivery would be)”, did not spare Prime Minister Andrew Holness in her sweeping broadside.
At the end of her performance she accepted an award from Red Stripe for her contribution to the music industry. A that time she shared that red wine is the only alcoholic beverage she consumes nowadays.
