I don’t have a script, I just have a scenario. “There’s no multi-camera, it’s one camera. His acting is all self-taught, and his production outfit consists of himself, a mic stand and his cell phone. I want everybody to be able to relate to my videos.” You have to pick up the mannerisms in the tone difference between city and country… uptown and downtown. But now and again, I have to listen to Bajan music, watch Bajan interviews. One of my neighbors is Bajan, so I picked up certain strategic parts of the accent. He says it’s the same research you’d do for any job. I ask about his process for perfecting an accent. The accents he’s given his characters are the ones he grew up around in the homes of friends and family. And I’ve never had someone feel like I’m disrespecting their culture.” That means I’m doing a good job of representing these cultures. It’s a beautiful feeling to be accepted by so many people.
“I’ve traveled to four different countries where they’ve all said, ‘Welcome home’ without even looking at my passport. The first two characters that I’ve ever created were Grandpa James and Di Rass and I really had to look at the characteristics that would make them have longevity and be relatable.”īecause no one knows his heritage for sure, every Caribbean community claims him. I think that life in general is an influence. Mitzy was actually a mixture of my experiences going to beauty salons and from my kids’ mothers. “Di Rass is based on my father, just a no-nonsense type of guy. But as he shares the background of some of his most beloved characters, through a little deduction, we conclude that he’s got at least some Jamaican blood. He still refuses to say exactly what his own Caribbean heritage is, even though he is known as the Caribbean King of Comedy. I also try to shed light on the stereotypes that we face.” I love the fact that I can make a joke about something that somebody probably went through that wasn’t funny at the time but now, watching Majah Hype, it’s hilarious. “My comedy always has to be relatable, so that’s why it’s situational. In Jamaican, Haitian, Trinidadian, Guyanese, Dominican, Barbadian and other spot-on Caribbean accents, he portrays a cast of characters evoking nostalgia and hysteria in anyone with a close Caribbean connection. Majah Hype has just shy of two million followers across his social media channels, all looking for moments of comic relief. Lucian - my main objective is always to build the numbers in the strength of the diaspora. “I don’t care where you’re from - you could be Jamaican, Guyanese, Trinidadian, Grenadian, St. “My sole purpose is to bring the culture together,” he says.
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