Belmopan, Belize 8 November (Belizean.com) Belize opened its arms last week to welcome home a man described as the country's most famous deportee.
Accomplished "hip-hop" artist Jamaal "Shyne" Barrow was handed over to Belizean authorities last Wednesday after spending the last ten years in the Clinton Correctional Facility, a maximum security penitentiary in upstate New York. (Clinton is named for the township in which it is located and not for the former US president.)
While in prison, Shyne changed his name to Moses Michael Levi to reflect his new found religion of Judaism. He has not indicated any plan to change his stage name but made it abundantly clear in an interview following an appearance at Wesley College that he definitely has no plans to change or "sanitize" his music. Shyne's lyrics, while catchy, creative and poetic is laden with vulgarity, violence and disrespect toward women.
While Shyne's presence in Belize could very well do wonders for our music industry, some have questioned what will be the long term effect on the morality of our young people. The administrators of Wesley College apparently had no reservations in that regard, allowing Shyne to give a press conference from a classroom while using the school and entire student body as a prop and backdrop.
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