Emanuel Wung sings about ‘Hennessy Friends’

Mandeville-born dancehall artiste Emanuel Wung believes that one of the major problems fuelling violence in the society is the reaction of individuals to perceived betrayal at the hands of fake friends.

"The problem is largely money and greed because sometimes the plastic people are attracted to people who are more successful than they are, but they are not true friends. They come around for the fame, the hype; is just a friendship outta convenience and freeloading. Then when everything crash, there is animosity because of all the pretending. That is why I wrote Hennessy Friends because that describes friends who are there just for one thing, the hype, the partying and the money," Wung said.

Wung is banking on making a major breakthrough with the single.

"The song is picking up. The other day, I went to a party and when it played, the place erupt, four corner forward ... the song really connect with people. The way the forward big, all me frighten," the 27-year-old Wung said.

EDUCATION

He grew up in the Grays Hill Road area of Mandeville, and then attended Black River High school, after which he attended Northern Caribbean University, and then entered the working world. But music remained his first love.

"I am working on releasing some videos via my VEVO channel," said the artiste, whose given name is Kerrith Bernard.

He will be releasing a raft of other singles in the next few weeks.