In the aftermath of the recent murders of two well-known entertainment personalities, Paul Tyrell of Shocking Vibes and the operator of Arrows Recording Studio, Phillip 'Arrows' Linton, owner of the popular Stone Love sound system, Winston "Wee Pow" Powell says he has been receiving threats on his life...
News Source: Jamaica Observer
...says he will be cutting back activities of Stone Love
Even though Powell is deeply concerned about the threats, he has apparently not gone to the police to make a formal report.
Checks with the Half-Way-Tree police station, the police division in which Stone Love is headquartered, revealed that no report was made to them by Powell.
"Wee Pow is a popular man and if he had made a report that he was threatened then we would know about it," an officer at the station said.
"He should alert the police so we could investigate and perhaps provide some degree of protection. Wee Pow is a good man," the police officer said.
But as a result of the threats, the veteran sound system operator says he is planning to cut back on the amount of dates Stone Love takes in the future, on a phased basis.
"We are planning to cut back on the amount of engagements on a strategic basis," Powell said.
Stone Love has been the leading crowd puller in the sound system business and has commanded the lion's share of the sound system business pie as dance promoters seek to maximise their profits.
According to Powell, to survive in the sound system business, nerves of steel are required as many times persons who want to secure dates that are already booked will try to use intimidatory tactics in the hope that the sound system owner would succumb to their demands.
"A man will call and ask for a date and it is already booked. He will try to bully you to go back on the contract you had with a client and give him the date," Powell explained. "If you don't give in, then the man will try badness."
Most times threats related to those issues were empty, Powell explained, adding that he was used to such behaviour and more or less treated it as an occupational hazard.
"That kind of threat don't usually worry me, because it's like they are part of the music business," he said.
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