Singer Kym, formerly known as Gaza Kim, has released a new song which talks about her assault experience called The Truth.
In January of this year, the teenage singer, real name Kim Hamilton, was assaulted in the community known as 'Big Yard', off Mannings Hill Road.
According to a story previously published in THE STAR, a source close to the 'Gaza' crew disclosed that Kym was at Big Yard when she and a group of men got into a verbal altercation. THE STAR source claimed that Vybz Kartel arrived on the scene and the men were instructed to beat her. A statement from Kartel however, denied his involvement in the incident.
Name change
After the incident the singer changed her name from Gaza Kim to Kym and has since officially left the Portmore Empire. She is no longer being managed by Vybz Kartel's record label Adidjaheim Records.
In an interview with radio host Nikki Z, which can be heard on www.youtube.com, Kym explained the situation saying, "I was told that I inform on Vybz Kartel ... I was told to come to the studio 9 o'clock sharp on the day that the incident happened ... I was there and I just started to get beaten and I don't know why." In the interview, Kym confirmed that she knows the identity of the attackers.
wha' really gwaan
In The Truth Kym talks directly about the assault. In the intro she says, "my yute me know and you know wha really gwaan." In the song she sings, "from di day mi born mi fadda neva lay a hand/so how yuh reach so far yuh mek yuh foot go touch mi pants/ a how yuh bright so?"
Kym then explains what happened singing, "siddown a listen mi caw mi nah miss out no part/ everybody know how it start/ first ting 2 o clock inna di mawning/ mi get some text and some calling fi come ova 9 o clock inna di mawning/ but mi neva know a danger calling/ so nuh ask if mi neva get ready, get dress/went over dere and go buck up inna di mess."
She continues in verse two, "yuh assume sey mi do sumting, is best if yuh come confront mi/ but don't put yuh hand pon me /caz a neva you birth me/my yute mek it know sey yuh diss/yuh clownies dem beat me up/mi face full up of fist/yuh deh deh pon di scene so whappen afta dis?/unnu believe sey mi weak but mi a di strongest."
Bob Marley has been dead for 28 years, but his legacy lives on at the Grammys.
Three of his sons were nominated for prizes on Sunday, and two of them won.
Ziggy Marley, 41, his eldest son, picked up the fifth Grammy of his career, this time in the children's musical album category for his all-star project "Family Time."
Marley, who first made a splash in the 1980s with his sibling group the Melody Makers, corralled the likes of Paul Simon, Willie Nelson, Jack Johnson and Toots Hibbert for "Family Time," which also includes two spoken-word pieces from Jamie Lee Curtis. Proceeds went to a school in Jamaica.
His younger brother Stephen won the Grammy for best reggae album, the fourth time a member of the Marley family has won in the past five years. (Burning Spear broke the streak last year, when no Marleys were nominated.)
It marked the seventh win for Marley, 37, who was cited for "Mind Control - Acoustic," a digital-only follow-up to his 2007 Grammy-winning solo debut, "Mind Control."
In taking the prize, he beat 34-year-old half-brother Julian Marley, who was bidding for his first Grammy.
Paradoxically, Bob Marley never won a Grammy before he died of cancer in 1981, aged 36. He did receive a lifetime achievement award in 2001. This year, his 1973 album with the Wailers, "Catch a Fire," was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
The exact number of Marley's children is unclear. His official Web site lists 10, while Vanity Fair listed 11 in 2004, and a 1999 Rolling Stone story counted 12 with eight mothers.
After all the controversy surrounding this year's nominees for Best Reggae Album, it was Stephen Marley (and not Buju Banton) who went home with the crown. As we reported last week, the Recording Academy had come under serious fire leading up to this year's awards, primarily from gay rights activists who protested the inclusion of Buju, who has adopted a less-than-friendly attitude towards homosexuals in his lyrics and public statements. In the end, though, it was yet another member of the Marley musical clan who bagged the award, for his album 'Mind Control - Acoustic.' The non-acoustic rendition of this album won the Grammy in 2008, and became an instant classic. Now, Stephen has a second Grammy to his name. And the Marley legend, of course, continues to grow. Best Reggae Album Nominees: 'Mind Control - Acoustic,' Stephen Marley - WINNER! 'Rasta Got Soul,' Buju Banton 'Brand New Me,' Gregory Issacs 'J'Awake,' Julian Marley 'Imperial Blaze,' Sean Paul
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Singer Kym, formerly known as Gaza Kim, has released a new song which talks about her assault experience called The Truth.
Bob Marley has been dead for 28 years, but his legacy lives on at the Grammys. 
