“Family sources alleged that during his early years, his late mother would take him to the cemetery to worship the dead at midnight hours and offered sacrifices. He was allegedly mixing voodoos with occultism, wrapped in spiritual mysticism.”
Journalist and social activist, Azuka Jebose Molokwu, made this known in an unedited excerpt from his autobiography: My Scattered Life.
Molokwu wrote further that Majek’s cousin and colleague, Amos McCroy, neither confirmed nor denied the allegations but gave additional insights into the genesis of Majek’s troubled soul. “Majek’s alleged carelessness and lack of respect, recognition, and appreciation for Jah Stix deepened; the remaining personalities began to seek different directions with their lives and their music. Jah Stix slowly fragmented into nonentity, barely surviving. A once-promising and hot Reggae Ital shredded by the success of its frontman. Black O Rize adds: “The mission of Jah Stix Reggae Ital was more than one person in the band.
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