Dominica Slaps Ban On Trinidadian Artiste

Controversial Trinidadian Dancehall artist, KMAN 6IXX will not be performing in Dominica at a show originally scheduled for Saturday. This follows similar trends in other Caribbean islands where he has also been banned. In January this year, Grenada denied KMAN 6IXX entry. He was down to perform on the eve of the island’s 50th Independence celebrations. St. Kitts also followed suit in February. In addition, just last month the artiste was barred from entering the Bahamas for a scheduled show there due to what authorities said was his “active gang affiliation.” Earlier this year, KMAN 6IXX was barred from traveling to Guyana with the President later reporting that an artiste was blocked from traveling to Guyana because he was on an “Interpol red list.” Kman6ixx, whose real name is Kashif Alexander Sankar was advertised to perform at Fete Fwadi in Bellevue, Dominica this Saturday. However, organizers have since pulled the plug on the entertainer, “due to National Security concerns.” Well-known to law enforcement in Trinidad, he survived two shooting incidents in 2023, which have been described as ‘murder attempts” and in February of this year he was arrested and charged by Trinidadian police on gang-related offences. The offences under the...