Fans travel far and wide to see Kanye
Kanye West’s ‘Sunday Service’ had Jamaicans travelling from far and near to Emancipation Park. Marlene Dixon told THE
STAR that she travelled from Portland to experience the concert.
“It took me two and a half hours to get here. I’m not really familiar with Kanye West, I’m just here for the praising and to be a part of the excitement. My husband actually didn’t want me to come to the concert because he’s not coming, but I couldn’t miss this excitement. I want to see what it’s all about and why everybody and the media is talking about it,” she said excitedly.
Jamaicans weren’t the only people in the immense crowd. Pauline Smith from London, England, said she is in the island for her vacation but could not miss the service. “I have no expectations tonight so I can’t be disappointed. I’m just excited to see him. It’s really good that he came to Jamaica, that he chose Jamaica… that’s really nice and that will put Jamaica on the map one more time. It’s kinda nice, I’m quite surprised but it’s really nice.”
A young lady who goes by Lexi, said she skipped work to prepare for the concert. “Me not even go work today… me call in sick cause me come tonight fi jump up and dung and enjoy myself. How yuh mean? Kanye deh yah! Plus, a way a Hanover me travel from suh me did haffi start travel from early. A nuh like me coulda even leff work half day cause me lef Hanover afta three and still reach late. Me did haffi come enjoy dis. Me cah pay fi go see Kanye a farin, me not even have VISA, so me affi mek use a dem freeness yah.”
Jamaica need some more God. A pure killing and robbing and murdering and heartlessness as of recent ina we country. Hopefully, dis is a step inna the right direction fi we. It just sad say is a foreigner haffi come show we.”
She is calling for more Jamaicans to put their trust in God.
“I did get a ticket fi go Buju show, but me enjoy dis more. Dem deh yah a worry bout secular and rapping and a wonda if di man is a Christian, but all a dem a jump up and dung fi Buju as him run out a prison. Buju come out a prison a sing di same rubbish weh him mek before him go in deh but dem run backa him. Well a time fi run backa di gospel,” she said.