Jamaican reggae artiste, Jah Cure, is expected to attend the funeral of reputed local gang leader and slain concert/sporting promoter, Mervyn 'Cudjoe' Allamby.
According to Allamby's family, Cure and other international reggae artistes with whom he developed friendships over the past decade may come in for his funeral tentatively scheduled for Friday. Allamby was among three people gunned down on Sunday night in Aranjuez.
Allamby was a founding member of Crab Connection, which doubled as a pro football team as well as an events promotions outfit. Through Crab Connection, Allamby presented several of the biggest reggae concerts over the past decade featuring the likes of Jah Cure, Beenie Man, Lady Saw, Junior Kelly and Richie Spice among others.
Allamby was instrumental in the worldwide Free Jah Cure project through which funds were raised for the reggae artiste's legal fees and other expenses during his incarceration for rape and assault. Jah Cure's mother, Panseta Campbell, once told the Express in an interview that Allamby treated her as a son would and that she had grown to love and respect him as such.
Jah Cure himself stated during his time in prison that the only concert he would perform at in Trinidad once he is released is one promoted by Allamby.
The singer held to his word and after his release from prison after eight years on July 28 last year his very first major show in the Caribbean took place at the National Stadium on December 15.
Along with the fund-raising Free Jah Cure and other concerts and running of the football team, Crab Connection hosted a number of other charitable community cultural and sporting events.
