Beenie Gunter: Why I chose Patois

Zhafar Music Agency artist Beenie Gunter, real name Crescent Baguma, says that the Jamaican influence of Patois in his music started early, while still in Senior Two.

The one constant thing about Beenie Gunter’s versatile talent is the heavy Patois influence. In every song, you will hear the Jamaican Patois dialect.

For most of his fans, it is the unique language and the rhythm it creates in his music that drew them to him.

In an interview, Beenie Gunter notes that he has had to teach himself the Patois dialect, and he writes all his lyrics.

“I do everything for myself,” Beenie Gunter responded when asked to reveal if he gets some help from friends in the Caribbean while recording the Patois in his music.

He further revealed that he learnt how to speak Patois a long time ago while at St. Mary’s Secondary School, Kitende and he remembers buying Patois dictionaries in Senior Two.

Beenie Gunter says that it is what he felt would make him stand out from other artists and define his craft, a decision he is proud of to date.

I learnt Patois way too long when I was still in high school at St. Mary’s, Kitende. I started learning Patois from Senior Two. That’s when I started buying dictionaries for Patois.

As an artist, I always knew how my journey should look and how I wanted to be defined. I always look for things that are gonna make me different from other artists.

Patois is something that I love. I have been speaking it for more than ten years, and it keeps on upgrading coz I am connected to the culture.

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