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I dont know if any of yall saw DRAKES new video, called FIND YOUR LOVE, its shot in Jamaica with Movado, i just saw this article in the GLEANER online:

Mavado - file photos

Edmund Bartlett, minister of tourism.1 2 >

Mark Beckford, Staff Reporter

A music video shot in Jamaica by international recording artiste Aubrey 'Drake' Graham, featuring dancehall heavyweight David 'Mavado' Brooks, has prompted Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett to warn local acts to be careful about the way they portray Jamaica.

"We just have to say that care has to be taken by all, including our creative artistes, in portraying images of our destination and people," Bartlett told The Gleaner yesterday, when quizzed about the video for the single Find Your Love, which had a viral premiere Monday night at 11.

The video, which was shot in April in sections of Kingston and St Andrew, stars Drake as a foreigner who falls in love with a woman who is romantically linked with a 'gangster' called Puffy, played by Mavado.

The video starts out with Drake being warned by an elderly Rastaman about not fooling around with Puffy's girl. Drake, however, declares his affection for her and says he must see her again. As the video progresses, there are shots of Drake attending parties, ogling the girl and being intimate with her.

'Dogs from the gully'

In one scene, he introduces himself to the girl and is spotted by one of Puffy's minions. Puffy is informed of Drake's transgressions and instructs his "dogs from the gully" to kidnap the character played by Drake.

Drake is then confronted by a group of men led by Puffy, who then draw guns on him. The ending of the video shows Drake in a room surrounded by Puffy and his men. In an ending soliloquy, Puffy tells Drake that he is out of place for coming to Jamaica and trying to get with his girl, telling him that, "Anyting de a Jamaica belongs to the Gully Gad", in obvious reference to Mavado's other moniker. Puffy instructs his woman played by video model Maliah Michel to "done him". The video ends with the woman apparently pointing the gun at Drake's head before three shots are heard ringing out synched to the words 'Find Your Love'. Drake is not actually shown being shot.

Mindful of message

Bartlett said artistes should be mindful that the message that is conveyed about Jamaica is wrong.

"Gun culture, while not unique to Jamaica, is not enhancing (the island's image)," he said.

Mavado's manager, Julian Jones-Griffith, said that while he understands the concerns of anyone who might have a problem with the content of the video, he believes Mavado is just playing a role and that the creators of the music video came to Jamaica with a concept.

"The concept that they came up with, where did they come up with that? If Mavado did not do it, another Jamaican actor would have done it. There are a broad range of issues which need addressing if people from California want to portray a love story like this," he said.

Nothing more than acting

Jones-Griffith stressed that people should look at the video as Mavado acting and nothing else. He said Mavado has been doing positive songs, and has even had another cameo with Haiti-born rapper Wyclef Jean in a video, which was dedicated to victims of the Haiti earthquake earlier this year.

Since being released, the video has gone viral with major music websites embedding it, meaning thousand of views. Comments on these websites have been aimed at whether the video was good and not so much the content.

A search of tweets on the micro social website Twitter, commenting on the video, show a majority of people expressing their love for the song and the video, with several questioning what was said in the exchanges where the Jamaicans were involved.

mark.beckford@gleanerjm.com

DaDa, shut up.....i havent slept since i been home ( sigh*)

Nat, girl i just cant seem to get started typing up all this ####### that i need to be working on, so the twirling may or maynot be contributing to my laziness...LOL

OK i need y'alls opinion, remember i told yall yesterday i want to apply for a new internal position, well my coworker was ear hustling so she wanna ask me a hundred and one questions bout the position, i kept telling her just sshush and get out mi business, then she go and run off asking other folks bout job, the cow goes and call HR and find out how much job pay, NOW MIND YOU this job been posted for about TWO MONTHS, anyway when she find out im applying after she spent about 15 minutes talking down why SHE wouldnt apply for the job, im like OK thats fine for you..

well around 230 yesterday afternoon, she text me and say she think she gonna apply for the job too and she doesnt want me to be mad at her and that she feel that god will have favor on whoever is best suited for the job, now she is my friend and she is a christian but she need to keep GOD out of this, the DANG job been posted for MONTHS, so my DILEMMA is should i .......

A: BAX her in her HEAD

B: CUSS HER OUT and cause lifelong tension amongst us

C: let it ROLL

D: Or tell her i think she is a SCURVY, BACKSTABBING,H@E, and that is some for real BULLSH*T on her part!!!!

Dang i been back to work three days, and just because i decide that im tired and need a change all of a sudden she need change too, we sit next to each other and i like this chick but right now i cant look at her without wanting to open up a can of whoop A$$ on her.............

one song im addicted to is "rude boy" by Rihanna, that is my jam.... shhh dont tell anyone.

take it, take it, baby , baby, love me......

lawd im gonna need to change this cd so i can stop dancing in my chair...LOL

alright im gonna look up Tanya stephens when i get home?

Hey Finesse, good morning

I have a reggae mix, so far i have listened to Slow Motion by Vybez Kartel, which i LOVE, now im listening to JAH CURE, and i have Queen Ifrika, lioness on the rise, and then Drakes New song, FInd your LOVE, which i also LOVE....

Morning ladies,

How geeked was i, when i realized my work computer isnt blocking VJ for some reason....SWEET!!! anyway, i gotta ration myself so i can get some work done, but at least its good to have that option. SO far this morning i have only managed to listen to music and twirl around in my chair at my desk cause im still sleepy.

Since im not on here regularly anymore im out the loop, BUT congrats to everyone who has recieved interviews, approvals, NOA's, babies, birthdays, new jobs, new moves, just whatever in general, that way im not missing anyone...LOL

sorry bout double post

Peace yall

alright yall, hope everyone has a good day im off to visit yet one more person who doesnt know what planet he is on..

Our conversation will go like this:

Me: Hi David, how are you?

Him: I am innocent of rape and murder

Me: ok david, i know, no one is accusing you.

Him: im just saying you mental health professionals are stupid ( he will then summarily fart or pick his nose)

Me: so David how are things going for you?

Him: Ive decided not to take my meds anymore, instead i want to take herbs,like kava kava, cause you MF's are trying to poison me...

ME: ( sigh)

Y'ALL SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING RIGHT...lol

alright gotta run, yall take care

alright yall, hope everyone has a good day im off to visit yet one more person who doesnt know what planet he is on..

Our conversation will go like this:

Me: Hi David, how are you?

Him: I am innocent of rape and murder

Me: ok david, i know, no one is accusing you.

Him: im just saying you mental health professionals are stupid ( he will then summarily fart or pick his nose)

Me: so David how are things going for you?

Him: Ive decided not to take my meds anymore, instead i want to take herbs,like kava kava, cause you MF's are trying to poison me...

ME: ( sigh)

Y'ALL SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING RIGHT...lol

alright gotta run, yall take care

nope chiney i knew they had same name i always just thought it was such a cool coincidence that our sons had exact same names

i didnt want to name my oldest son tyrone after his dad, but he wanted it so i went with it and then when second kid came along i picked tyler

Lol.. hey Ja Eng, how are your boys doing? my tyler and tyrone are doing pretty good, you and chiney have some of the cutest kids i swear,

thanks for the clarification on the front thang...LOL

Dens, though i enjoy helping folks and i enjoy my clients, im just TIRED, ya feel me, this move would take me out a clinical position into an administrative one but HECK more money is always appealing and it would give me more experience in the filed so it would help me to be more well rounded, of course again i reiterate it would be listening to folks COMPLAIN all day and FILING COMPLAINTS on everyone under the son but i imagine i could suck it up and make it work. HECK I have been picking drug addicts off the curbs and corners for years, dealing with aggressive angry psychotic folk and people who have checked out from reality long time ago, so im bored and burned out now and ready for a change :)before i need my own services.

Afternoon ladies,

Just wanted to say hello, i see JAENG babies are still cuter than ever and they have the exact same names as my two sons, not that anyone cares but just means we got good taste....LOL

Ok one question and no one laugh at me, what does anytime him seh him wah front, mean???/

Im back to work and its kicking my tail, everyone and there issues are waiting for me, ah so the life of a social worker goes....

I decided today to apply for a new position within the company for i smack someone, as a recipient rights rep, which basically means i get to listen to people complain all day, but it pays more money and i get my own office...LOL

something is telling me to go for it so im leaving it in GOD's hands, if he means for me to have this job then its already written...LOL

Hope everyone is well !!!

DADa i just finish cooking all that dang chicken now i gotta go pick up the pickney from track practice, its never ending i tell ya....

chat later....

Peace yall

Aww thanks mrstee, one day i will have me a man to be occupied wit....LMAO

anyway when i return to work next week it will be dang near a month i been home, i havent been home this long in seven years so yeah im gettin bored.....

DADA i wasnt planning on cooking but i asked my son to get chicken out the freezer so i could cook something quick, his special needs azz goes and takes out the big family value pack of chicken, nuff chicken to feed all 12 disciples and then some, and puts it in the fridge, well once it thawed i couldnt rethaw it so suffice to say i been frying chicken for over an hour now and still not done

dada shut up and stop messin wit me... girl we used to use excel at my job but i hate it and power point, i have no clue.

i am glad to hear about all the new approvals, babies, etc....

Shanette i am happy for you girl, that was nothing but god at work, make sure you post a review

This being at home thang, i swear, im running out of things to do....

today i am cooking like a hebrew slave, my kids havent had a real homecooked meal in about two weeks well not coming from me grandparents not included .....

yesterday i dug dandelions out my front yard, i was real bored.....

maybe tomorrow i will paint my nails..... ( sigh)...LOL

whoo hoo full house this evening...

Good afternoon yall...................

well in hindsight Nat, i can understand, when newbies used to come on VJ i was wary of them, cause you know how VJ can be, until after they had been on the board for awhile. maybe since im not around as often on VJ some of the newer members feel the same way, and arent as quick to engage in convo with someone they have no knowledge of....

Hi ladyc,

I will be glad when i am at the point you two ladies are, you and dens wifey but unfortunately im not, with my SO, i really dont post anything about my journey anymore publicly, but trust me im with yall in spirit with your ups and downs.

I almost dare to say im bored,sitting at home but when i try to get out and shop and do things like normal folks im so tired all i can think of is home so i need to make this last week worth it

Hey Dens wifey,

I have been a Vj'er for over two years so its just so different now, i cant commit to being on as much as i used to so maybe i miss people but it just seems like people arent as friendly anymore, or maybe im just sensitive. Im only home cause im still recovering from when i was in the hospital a few weeks ago, girl trust when pay day rolls around im gonna be crying...LOL.. and it will probably take forever for my short term disability check to show up, but this rest has been well worth it, this will be my third week home

how are things with you?

wow, im really starting to think coming on VJ is pointless, half the time im lucky if i get a hello. times sure have changed

Good morning Ladies,

Aww justucia, i am so sorry to hear of your loss... i will keep you in my prayers.

DaDa how come every time i come on hear ya tail online, i thought work blocked it

Me im still home from work i dont go back to next week so i have a valid excuse

mornin ladies

morning ladies

Hello ladies