Demarco Call it Quits on Making ‘Chopping Songs’, Wants Cleaner Dancehall: “Mi did a gwaan wid f**kry”

Demarco has called it quits on chopping/scamming songs and expressed during a live stream that it is time that Jamaican artistes stop only making ‘underground music’ and make more internal music with catchy hooks.

The Fallen Soldiers deejay shared his regret of falling prey to the hype that surrounds gun songs in his most recent livestream which surfaced on Wednesday. Demarco said while writing clash songs and gun songs can be a good way to show an artiste’s lyrical abilities, they are not very commercial.

“Wi need fi meck di music reach further, bro. Other people a teck our music and a guh further wid it… Dem a teck our music and a commercialise it when we weh come from Jamaica weh create the music a keep the music underground,” Demarco said.

He also talked on flashing guns in his videos, alluding to not following that path in future videos. “Mi did a gwaan wid f**kry dawg… a sing bag a song wid bay gun inna video daw,” he said before questioning where did the weapons in videos get him, and answering his own question by outlining that his party songs get him the most bookings.

He also stated that people will continue to use and benefit from the commercial side of Dancehall if Jamaican artistes fail to do so. The deejay went on to describe himself as an idiot, as he already knows what it takes to succeed, yet he continues to get caught up in the hype.

“Yuh know seh mi is an idiot fi real, dog. Becaw mi know. Mi si di ting dem and mi know di formula, bro. And mi know di ting dem and mi a do f**kery just because mi a get caught up in a hype… A going sing gyal song till thy kingdom come,” Demarco said.

The artiste expressed that it is best that anyone who has scamming songs with him release it now because he is done. According to Demarco, while gun songs may get him props, it’s his party songs for women that get him booked for shows.

Further speaking on the state of the Dancehall industry, Demarco said artistes need better riddims as well as better-written songs. The artiste also detailed the importance of incorporating English into Dancehall singles in addition to Patwah.

Demarco also called for more industry professionals aside from the artistes.

“Everybody cyah be artiste, bro. Everybody and dem mumma wah be artiste know. Wi need everybody in a di industry. Wi need managers, wi need social media people, wi need PR, wi need all a dem ting deh,” Demarco stated.

“We need fi do some music with substance,” he said before highlighting that overseas artistes want to work with the older form of the music that has substance instead of nowadays Jamaican music.