"Some people say soca music is devil music but soca music is of the people and any music of the people could never be devil music," Bounty Killer said referring to comments made by Jamaican reggae artiste I Wayne last year.
By Michael MondezieBounty Killer publicly urged the soca artistes he saw perform on the night to continue doing the music they love.
"Keep doing your music. I love all soca artistes especially KMC, Machel Montano and last but not least Bunji, keep making your music," he concluded.
He went on to discuss the high crime rate in Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago needs to return to a life of peace and love, says Jamaican dancehall star Rodney "Bounty Killer" Price.
Price, a guest performer at the Soca Warriors celebration fete staged at King George V Park, St Clair, on Saturday night, urged the large crowd gathered to use this country's qualification for the World Cup as a launching pad to effect positive change.
"Don't get like my little island called Jamaica, you got to live in love and peace and stop the murders," Price said.
The statement seemed a bit out of character, even for the eccentric Price, who is well-known for his violent and anti-gay lyrics.
Price, however, said it was a necessary message to which he felt obliged to deliver.
"We can't have all this murders and crime and allow it to continue. Someone has to speak out," he said.
The "bad boy" of dancehall music, as Price is well known, joined soca general KMC on stage to deliver a remixed version of KMC's hit Carnival single "3Mile."
The collaboration is KMC's third remix in two years featuring Jamaican artistes. Last year he remixed his then road march contender "First Experience" with Wayne Wonder and his lovers anthem "Soul on Fire" with Beenie Man.
A sizeable crowd half filled the large venue constructed on the western side of the playing field for what was billed as the official celebration for the Soca Warriors qualification for the FIFA World Cup in Germany.
They were treated to a series of high energy performances by Bunji Garlin and his Asylum band, Alison Hinds and her road show and KMC and his Red White and Black band.
All three bands incorporated patriotic songs into their repertoire with Garlin singing his Warriors Anthem "Stand up for Them" and Hinds performing a cover of Maximus Dan's "Fighter."
It was Maximus himself who would inspire the biggest jump of the night, as he stormed the stage midway into the Red White and Black's set and delivered a pore raising rendition of "Fighter".
HOLLA AT SEXXY BOUNTY ! BIG UP
