{"id":209433,"date":"2025-08-23T06:55:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T13:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=209433"},"modified":"2025-08-23T07:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:31:58","slug":"209433","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2025\/08\/23\/209433\/","title":{"rendered":"Gassy Dread &#038; Empress Maria \u2014 Message to the Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"239\">Gassy Dread &amp; Empress Maria \u2014 Message to the Youth<\/h1>\n<h3 data-start=\"241\" data-end=\"257\">\u201cPut it down.\u201d<\/h3>\n<div style=\"width: 480px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-209433-1\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-23-2025-06_52_13-AM.png\" autoplay preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/PUT-IT-DOWN.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/PUT-IT-DOWN.mp4\">https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/PUT-IT-DOWN.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"402\" data-end=\"523\">Because Gassy Dread knows music is a weapon too \u2014 but his is a weapon for peace. For unity. For lifting up the people.<\/h3>\n<h3 data-start=\"525\" data-end=\"741\">And as Prime Minister Gaston Browne, he knows the real battle is not with each other. It\u2019s with climate change, poverty, and the unfair system that makes small islands like Antigua carry the weight of global greed.<\/h3>\n<h3 data-start=\"743\" data-end=\"903\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2025\/08\/23\/209433\/chatgpt-image-aug-23-2025-06_52_13-am\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-209435\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-209435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-23-2025-06_52_13-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-23-2025-06_52_13-AM.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-23-2025-06_52_13-AM-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-23-2025-06_52_13-AM-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-23-2025-06_52_13-AM-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 data-start=\"743\" data-end=\"903\">So with Empress Maria by his side, he\u2019s calling on the youth:<br data-start=\"804\" data-end=\"807\" \/>Rise up. Protect the earth. Protect each other. Build a future where Antigua leads by example.<\/h3>\n<h3 data-start=\"905\" data-end=\"997\">Hear the message in their words and in their music:<br data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"959\" \/><strong data-start=\"959\" data-end=\"995\">Put it down. Pick up the future.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 data-start=\"767\" data-end=\"896\">He\u2019s calling on the youth to rise up: protect the earth, protect each other, and build a future where Antigua leads by example.<\/h3>\n<h3 data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"986\">So hear the message in his words and his music:<br data-start=\"945\" data-end=\"948\" \/><strong data-start=\"948\" data-end=\"984\">Put it down. Pick up the future.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"400\"><strong>Not just the guns.<\/strong><br data-start=\"277\" data-end=\"280\" \/><strong>Not just the violence.<\/strong><br data-start=\"302\" data-end=\"305\" \/><strong>Put down the hate.<\/strong><br data-start=\"323\" data-end=\"326\" \/><strong>Put down the division.<\/strong><br data-start=\"348\" data-end=\"351\" \/><strong>Put down the things that tear our people apart.<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gassy Dread &amp; Empress Maria \u2014 Message to the Youth \u201cPut it down.\u201d Because Gassy Dread knows music is a weapon too \u2014 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. 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