Gassy Dread & Empress Maria — Message to the Youth

“Put it down.”

Because Gassy Dread knows music is a weapon too — but his is a weapon for peace. For unity. For lifting up the people.

And as Prime Minister Gaston Browne, he knows the real battle is not with each other. It’s with climate change, poverty, and the unfair system that makes small islands like Antigua carry the weight of global greed.

So with Empress Maria by his side, he’s calling on the youth:
Rise up. Protect the earth. Protect each other. Build a future where Antigua leads by example.

Hear the message in their words and in their music:
Put it down. Pick up the future.

He’s calling on the youth to rise up: protect the earth, protect each other, and build a future where Antigua leads by example.

So hear the message in his words and his music:
Put it down. Pick up the future.

Not just the guns.
Not just the violence.
Put down the hate.
Put down the division.
Put down the things that tear our people apart.