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Silk Boss Urged To Talk To Cops After Being Slapped By Gang Members | Haiti Gazette

The content originally appeared on: Urban Islandz The Jamaica Constabulary Police wants rising dancehall artist Silk Boss to report to the Portmore Police. Silk Boss confirmed this week that he was set up by friends and was robbed of $1.4 million that he was saving to buy a BMW car. The video showed the artist being slapped up by two men wearing Balaclava face masks. A red-faced Silk Boss can be heard pleading with the men. In an interview with […]

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