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- ↑ Safe sex in song, Leighton Williams, Staff Reporter, Jamaica Gleaner
- ↑ Sound clash: Jamaican dancehall culture at large, ISBN 1-4039-6425-4 By Carolyn Cooper, pg 117
- ↑ Vibe Mar 2004, pg 158
- ↑ Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine Safe sex in song, by Leighton Williams Jamaica Gleaner