Support the locals (Vent)

Greetings all

You know its been a while since my first blog i wrote something and i promised myself that i will be posting some more stuff but procrastination always takes me.. but not really, its just that i don't really own my timings these days. One thing that I have noticed in Trinidad and Tobago is that ... we really don't like our culture.. no really.. we don't... Check it. I noticed a day ((((without any influences i may add))) that our culture is so diverse, so mixed, so complexed and inspired by so much foreign influences that our culture/identity is well... lost. We dress like what we see on BET or MTV, follow the new slangs from the wiz khalifa,, (((((who in which i really don't like because he promotes allot of negative stuffs.. but you know what, women love to be called bitches and hoes while smoking weed so never mind)))) but at the end of the day OK, i accepted that outside elements influenced our society ok cool, but yet still, what is our culture? Honestly if i was to get into the roots to our culture it would go into things like slavery/banana republic etc but i wouldn't.. at least for this blog.

Back to the story at hand.

Everyone knows that i have various business ideas/ventures,,, its not a secret I hold but why when a brother decides to actually do something anything, may it be become and entertainer may it be hip hop or anything outside of the norm, to a small businessman to even hey a doubles man, there is always one ethnic idiot (((i wan't to say donkey but I wouldn't))) will always try to keep you down or go any lengths to keep you from success?. is it a crab in the barrel mentality that our slave masters left us with thats .. wait i said that out loud hmmm my bad. *rephrases* is it that unless your endorsed by some big company (local or foreign) its not considered good or poor or "lol what do he/she boy". This upsets me,, no really it pisses me off seriously because here we talk about becoming a 1st world country when were still stuck at a 3rd world ((((in my view even lower)))) mentality how do we expect to ... anyways i getting emotional.. *follows original trend*.

Supporting our locals  has always been a niche in our society. It seems as I said on multiple occasions that once its foreign its good, once its local its well stool... not stating anything else to cover it up because thats the reality. Yes I must say it have businessmen, entertainers or w.e service or product providers in Trinidad and Tobago which there product/service/ is very very poor, but yet still it have many others who strive for excellence and try to produce not just local excellence but also meet international standards and ofc i will give
and example...



For a while now i wanted to talk about this video but sadly i didn't know the name of it :( This remix is BAMF!! and if you don't know what BAMF means, kindly utilize the google tool. Turn It Up (Remix) Tim Starr, Jahmoun, 3Suns, Meet Source & Squeezy Ranking man oh man... when i first heard this tune i was like :OOO BOOOM! I swear it was some foreign guy that teamed up with locals but shamefully i realized its purely local which i smiled and sighed the same time. Smiled for the fact that yet again locals striving for excellence produced a tune thats very marketable, but sighed to the fact that outside of this team up each one of them locally is guaranteed that they aren't 24/7 Entertainers in which they need to hold on to another job to support their dreams.... but on towards my point. Local entertainers especially suffer the most once there not singing Soca,,, and even if their singing Soca its hard for them to even get booked a show, product sold or even well make any money. Hey at the end of the day its all about dollars and cents and its a business. Yes their producing something that we can download for free yes cause its local ? NO.. thats plain ....*bites tongugery*. When you watch the lifestyles of Rihanna, Neyo, Busta Rymes, Drake etc. They boast and coast their riches because its no doubt that they worked hard for it right? for free ? yes and no.. Yes they would do charity shows etc but when you watch how hard they work because its been made a demand that they produce music because it have paying customers to attend their shows, buy their cds or merchandises. The international community understands this but why cant we (locally). I have seen many upcoming and even seasoned entertainers struggled for years trying to make a living for the ungrateful society and the minute they ponder on saving some cash and deciding to take their talents to *America/Europe*  they either hit it BIG or actually have a lifestyle they can live on rather than hustling multiple jobs while trying to invest in their artistry.... Hey honestly we don't have any excuses, because when you go to the clubs, and you see peoples buying bottles of Nuevo or w.e drink, dressed to kill in brand * foreign* named clothing and representing them like if they are their marketing agents by saying "Gucci" I am rocking talk naw!! <<<slang<<< ask yourself this... Do these people actually know you ?

To end this note I know that our culture is somewhat changing to accept our locals but thats in its minority... Our current mind set towards any product produced locally, from clothes to entertainers to the shoe maker around the corner is simply, outcasts that needs to go get a steady job...

Thanks for Reading this blog .. thats if you even read all my rubbish above :/.. and I would like to say look out for this upcoming artist Lil Saint and Andreew Prescod. Local talent at its best i must say. Listening to this tune a while now, in which finally i heard it on the radio for which i smiled because i am always happy for any success for my people, because every little counts. Keep at it !