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Kavelle Anglin-Christie, Staff Reporter

Galliance? Many may not know it, but there are a few chicks in the Alliance too.

A member of the Alliance says there are a only few females in the Alliance thus far, but it is only a representation of dancehall.

"You have Alebra, K-Queens, Ruffi-Ann, Lexi-Lee, Tasha Rozez, that's a female sound system based in Toronto, Canada, and you have a few other females in the Alliance. It may seem like there are many more males in the Alliance than females, but that is because it is just a representation of what is happening in the business," the Alliance member, who did not want to be named, said.

Bounty's determined effort

He continued: "But I know that Bounty has made a determined effort to bring people in the Alliance. The females though may be a little more apprehensive about approaching Bounty when they have a song unlike the males wha wih put on dem bad man outfit and approach Bounty and say 'Bounty hear deh song yah'. Then the other problem is that not a lot of females are up to bleaching wid the man dem ah studio and dem ting deh," he said.

It seems most of the 'Galliance' members are upcoming acts, but apparently that will change with the upcoming Alliance album where there will be a few collaborations with the rising stars and the veterans.

Kerrine and Kaydine Francis are the two members of 'K-Queens'. They spoke of how their affiliation with the Alliance began.

"It happened at a show and after we performed Bounty sent someone to call us. Him say we bad and call we 'Killa Queens'. That was like March of this year, and since then anything that him having him will make us know," they said.

tremendoUs respect

They also spoke of how the male members of the Alliance treat them.

"The respect is tremendous. They treat us just like any other artiste out there. Like when we are around them they make sure that we are all right and take care of us. They give us advice too, like Mavado will say that we're gonna have many obstacles, but as long as we work hard, we will be successful."

Tasha Rozez, of the sound 'Gunz and Rozez', said she has always been a huge fan of Bounty Killer and when it came to naming her sound, it was only logical that it had something to do with the 'Killer'.

"We have been playing for seven years. I got the name from the song that Bounty Killer, Angel Doolas and Anthony Malvo did a few years ago. At that time I used to listen to Bounty a lot and he was sort of like a father figure," she said.

first Killer dub

Then in 2003 she got her first Killer dub, through someone who had worked with him. "The relationship kept growing from there. Like when I was playing at different shows I would always say Bounty Killer is my father and sometimes he is on the shows as well. This year I had played at a show in Toronto and along with him and Doolas and Kibaki. I had played and buss the place. At that time was when all the Beenie and D'Angel things were happening and people probably thought that there were no females around him. Bounty always supports the female artistes."

She continued: "It's weird. I guess I kind of put myself in the Alliance, but you can't do that without being accepted. We promote each other and it works that way and anything that they hear they usually let me know what's going on."