Vietnam (Raw Version)
1999 · Opera House · Jamaica
- Artist
- Frisco Kid
- Title
- Vietnam (Raw Version)
- Release
- Vietnam (Raw Version) / Vietnam (Edited Version)
- Year
- 1999
- Label
- Opera House
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Jamaica
- Genre
- Reggae · Dancehall · Reggae
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Latin & Central American, & Caribbean Music
The reggae song "Vietnam" (Opera House Records), released in Jamaica by Frisco Kid (born in Kingston, Jamaica). The song was about gun / gang crime in ghettos, which compared a soldier / police clampdown to Vietnam: "soldier turn di place upside dung, like a Vietnam, gunshot a wake man".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Jamaican dancehall deejay, born Stephen Wray in Kingston, Jamaica; prominent in 1990s dancehall ('Rubbers', 'Big Speech') and appeared in the film 'Dancehall Queen' (1997). His single 'Vietnam' (1999) uses the war as a metaphor for Kingston street violence. [Source: Rate Your Music / Wikipedia]