UK artiste wants to follow in Popcaan’s footsteps
Twenty-eight year old Temple had the gigantic task of opening Unruly Fest 2019. Admitting that Jamaicans are the hardest group to please, naturally the UK-born recording artiste was nervous.
But, after receiving fair ‘forwards’ from the crowd, the entertainer says she feels ready to take on the world.
“I performed in Jamaica last year in Duckenfield and obviously the show wasn’t as big as this, but I got an all-right reception there and that made me want to take my chance with this one and see how it went,” she said. “I feel like
I’ve accomplished something to get at least three or four screams. I appreciate Popcaan and I’m happy he even gave me the platform to showcase my talent. I feel like I’m ready to face the world now.”
Revealing that she comes from
Jamaican parentage, Temple said it would mean everything to her if Jamaicans supported her music.
“My grandma is Jamaican; my parents are too, so I’ve been back and forth to Jamaica. They (her family) are from Rolandsfield in St Thomas. My background is my confidence; and dancehall, Jamaican music, is everything to me,” she said. “This is the music that gives me life, makes me happy, and I want my music to do the same for other people. When you’re in England, no one cares about the whole English thing. They’re more about whether you’re Jamaican or African, you know. The culture is big over there. If Jamaicans could support me, I guarantee I’d make it in this business.”
Promoting the tracks Get Your Own Way and On The Qt, Temple says that like Popcaan, she’s hoping to highlight her family’s hometown.
“I respect what Popcaan has done because that’s what I’m tryna do with my music as well. I want to put Rolandsfield on the map. It’s literally not on the map. When you look on Google, it’s literally just bush,” she said. “It was good repping my home town on the Jamaican stage, and now I’m looking forward to repping it on an even bigger scale.”