Controversial Trinidadian Dancehall artist, KMAN 6IXX will not be performing in Dominica at a show originally scheduled for Saturday.
This follows similar trends in other Caribbean islands where he has also been banned.
In January this year, Grenada denied KMAN 6IXX entry.
He was down to perform on the eve of the island’s 50th Independence celebrations. St. Kitts also followed suit in February.
In addition, just last month the artiste was barred from entering the Bahamas for a scheduled show there due to what authorities said was his “active gang affiliation.”
Earlier this year, KMAN 6IXX was barred from traveling to Guyana with the President later reporting that an artiste was blocked from traveling to Guyana because he was on an “Interpol red list.”
Kman6ixx, whose real name is Kashif Alexander Sankar was advertised to perform at Fete Fwadi in Bellevue, Dominica this Saturday.
However, organizers have since pulled the plug on the entertainer, “due to National Security concerns.”
Well-known to law enforcement in Trinidad, he survived two shooting incidents in 2023, which have been described as ‘murder attempts” and in February of this year he was arrested and charged by Trinidadian police on gang-related offences.
The offences under the Anti-Gang Act 4 of 2021, included:
1. Being a Gang Member Contrary to Section 5 (1)(b).
2. Professing to being a gang member contrary to Section 5(1)(d).
The artiste, along with two others were also jointly charged for the offence of Possession of Ammunition.
At the time, the police said the arrest and charges stemmed from an extensive investigation conducted by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) Gang Enforcement Team into videos posted on social media platforms by the artiste.
According to police, “he was observed singing and using expressive gestures in videos that seemingly incited violence and promoted the Sixx gang, accompanied by his alleged self-professed affiliation as a gang member to intimidate the public.”
He was later granted bail.
The Sixx and the rival Seven gangs of Trinidad have been linked to wide spread mayhem and violence in the twin island republic.
The gangs have reportedly extended their tentacles to other island territories using the music of some affiliated “Trinibad” artistes to influence and initiate gangs in other islands.
Saint Lucia has not been spared with several young men here pledging allegiance to either the Sixx or Seven, with often-serious consequences when rivals cross paths.
I hope saint lucia does the same, don’t support active criminals even though they providing entertainment.
Let’s see what will happen if this “artiste” intends to perform in Saint Lucia. It is interesting to note, however, that dancehall songs which promote crime and violence and are banned in Jamaica, are not banned in Saint Lucia.
Artists have a responsibility to society and that responsible entails being a positive role model to over zealous fans, impressionable young minds and everyone else in between. If you as an artist ain’t doing that then you have failed as a force for societal good. Banning you and your music is only fair to protect the integrity of society.
And there we have politicians out there (eg. St Vincent) courting criminality. Shame!
If the need arises hope st lucia follows, they have a way of picking up all strays
Tell him come Lucia instead
Y’all taking about kman but plumply touch saint Lucia alr
Tcl too many haters
Anonymous September 7, 2024 At 6:32 am
And poisoning the minds of impressionable kids all the same. Imagine sitting on a block all day being bombarded with lyrics telling you to go kill people. What the heck they think these kids will start doing.
@ The Dutty Crow …..Pe’ Chu go take your Geratol and go listen to the Hardy Boys,
Based on Lowgrade Lucian’s thought process, if kman would sing a couple uplifting songs for the ghetto youth that would make good on all of the other filth and brainwashing that has come from his mouth in the past. Lowgrade it sounds like you have not been affected much by all of the violence around and I hope it stays that way for your sake.
@Lowgrade lucian, the unprovoked obscenities and insults coming from your mouth prove that you are no better than the thugs on the street.
Damm wannabes in St Lucia wanna act tough when in possession of a weapon.
Ohhhh Really there are…… yes I can flip and be that thug if necessary and be street savvy and understand what is taking place around me in real time unlike you. Left to the likes of you sensor ship would be a daily norm, what good does it do to ban an artist in 2024 when their music is readily available on all listening platforms. When these islands ban these performers it does nothing more than to drive these youth to seek their work even more. What are they going to do block iTunes Apple Music You Tube and the dozens of listening platforms they could stream from , they don’t carry such a big stick and today’s youth with that I phone in their hands this where there are getting their message from they don’t need to see the artist up close and personal to get their message …….governments just ban these artists to float the egotistical boats of stiff upper lippers like yourself. Look at Kartel the most listened to dancehall artist in St Lucia for years, if the Government decided tomorrow he can’t come here do you think it would make a difference ??? Nope ! Only to the like of you who would believe yeah yeah we got him.
@Lowgrade Lucian, people can go and get murder music online but that is not the point. The point is that we should not let negative influences into our state to profit from words of destruction. It is GREATLY DISRESPECTFUL to the families and victims of criminal activities to allow these artists in our country. If anything, everyone should protests these shows and put a stop to them. It has nothing to do with censorship (proper spelling of the word), and I do not subscribe to that. “Look at Kartel the most listened to dancehall artist in St Lucia for years”, how about look at the degradation of society for years.
Ohhhhh Really there you are……,. Yes yes yes “censorship” the absolute shame of it I need to go back to school. Well you said it “people can get murder music on line” of which they are as we speak. So question to you who’s profiting on I-Tunes and Spotify of murder music ? Where are these families outraged……and what’s even worst than having the artist on stage when you are streaming you are listening to the unedited version of the music with all the obscurity’s so your point is respectful in nature for 10yrs ago but is baseless today..The degradation of our society is not due to Kartels music, our degradation is due to social media (mostly).
nobody has a problem with the nonsense Dennery artist singing degrading women and telling them do shate with themselves. look now Dominica music is nasty business playing all over radio nothing for that. some of us in st lucia are to double standard and that why we eh going nowhere. violence will always be in music and on tv that doesn’t mean we got to do wat they say small minds out there
Plumpy boss came and performed already smfh Saint Lucia still allowing criminals no matter what
Low vibration arguments and feminine energy coming from men on here! No wonder yall dying faster than senior citizens and cancer patients!