Ricky General gets engaged

In what he described as a 'big man' move, veteran dancehall deejay Ricky General got engaged to his girlfriend Kishanna Kish on December 8.

He told THE WEEKEND STAR that what began as a birthday dinner for Kish at Dining with Curvy restaurant, ended happily as he proposed with a diamond ring.

"She said she waah have her birthday dinner so mi tell har pick the place. So she pick right deh so and mi jus' surprise har a the birthday dinner and she love it. To how she love it, she ask me when a the wedding?" he joked.

He said he has known his fiancee for years as he was familiar with her mother but he didn't pursue her immediately. It was not until a chance meeting at a recording studio that he vocalised his interest.

"Mi see har come studio one day wid one a my brethren name Streets and mi say 'Aa long time mi like that girl yah' and him a say 'A good girl, you fi talk to her'. So mi and har end up deh. She have her one youth and mi love her same way and my son happy too, and she always a ask mi for my son too," he shared.

Ricky General said that the courtship lasted for about three years as Kish was not completely receptive.

"She was in a relationship before, so she said mi fi gi har some time so me say OK," he said. "It work out that me and har start talk and me and har reason every day till we start go out and me a tell har say me want get serious. Me tell har say me want me an har deh and she say 'Jesus gimme some time'."

One of the qualities he said he loves about Kish is that she is a responsible woman.

"Some girl just wah wig and fingernail and party every day, she is not like that," he said. Ricky General said that they are trying to find a wedding date that is ideal for both their families to attend.

"A whole heap a people she have a foreign, so we a give it some more time. We naw rush nothing," he shared.