Jamaican reggae artist Sycure Gyan was killed in a motorcycle accident along the Boscobel main road in St Mary on Sunday morning.
The Corporate Communications Unit of the Jamaica Constabulary Force confirmed the incident but had no details about the circumstances surrounding his death.
On her Instagram page, his wife Sunshine Velvet, the whose given name is Shantell Anderson-Richards, questioned why in a post on Monday.
“Me baby, u, really gone? Why, why, why, why.”
Several other social media users have shared their shock and grief at the news.
One user wrote: “This is so sudden and hard to believe, CUZ. I never knew Wednesday at VIP Palace in Ochi would be our last time together; I’m literally broken. Wake up cuz the family misses you; Jayla, miss you.”
Another said: “I will never accept ur death, bro…u had so many big plans in the music industry. This hit me hard, mi bredda.”
Fellow reggae artiste Neako Fire wrote: “Jah know real youth this enuh my condolences to his family.”
Sycure Gyan, whose given name is Ralston Richards, hailed from Manchester in a small farming village called Plowden. It was while attending New Forest Primary and Junior High School that he fell in love with music, recording his first demo at age 16.
His debut single, ‘Farewell,’ featured reggae singer Turbulence. His other songs include ‘Success Prayer,’ ‘Too’, and ‘Na Nah.’
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