Honormosity says he is more than a ‘clash artiste’

Following his performance at Sting 2022, up-and-coming dancehall artiste Honormosity said he does not want to be labelled as a "clash artiste" as he is more complete than that.

"The biggest challenge I have faced in the music business is because of clashing. Because I have clashed so many artistes and won so many clashes, people try to put me in a corner ... so I am trying to get out of that box," he said.

"I am even hated by some established artistes because of mi clash talent, because sometime mi will put out diss tracks making fun of many big names. So it put a damper on my career even though it big mi up in another way, because mi win so many clashes pon Sting. But it hold mi back in other ways," he reasoned.

The Highgate, St Mary native, whose given name is Layton Simms, was quick to admit though that his biggest musical achievement to date was winning his clash against Mercenary at last year's staging of Sting.

"Last year mi perform pon Sting during lyme light hours and my performance was deemed one of the best on the night," he said. He described his music as hardcore, thought-provoking and outside the box, and thrives on doing music that others are not.

"So if everybody else a sing 'bout scamming and chopping and obeah, mi try no fi build no songs 'bout dat. My songs are original. Everything that I put out is original, meaning I try to be the first person to talk about that topic. If is a gal song, mi try to be the first one to come up with a specific topic weh nobody else naw sing 'bout when it come on to woman," he shared.

The Sideman Chronicle artiste is trying not to be complacent, as he keeps working on new material.

"I'm currently working on other projects, like a song called Stay Real and many other songs. I keep working, whether the song is going to be released now or the next 10 years; I'm always working," he said.

"I started doing music from high-school days, but when me moved to Kingston and meet [producer] Gadafi and Outta Road Records, that's when me start doing music professionally. [It was] over 15 years ago when they produced my first song that was playing on the radio, a song called Weed Head," he shared.