Reggae artist Princess Black promises to bring positive, uplifting messages to the Island Vibes Old School Reggae After-Party on Sunday, along with visiting Jamaican artist Jahmali.Princess Black, who is one of the event’s promoters, said she hopes for the concert to serve as “a community awareness event to incite the community to rise up against all sorts of violence”.The event, to be held at 8pm in Victoria park, will be a charity fundraiser to support The Chewstick Foundation, the Women’s Resource Centre, Mirrors and New Beginnings.“I just looked for charities that work either to prevent people from dealing with violence, like Chewstick, that gives people a good outlet for their talents,” said Princess Black of her charity choice. “The Women’s Resource Centre, because I’m a woman personally and ... violence against women I wanted to bring attention to, so [that] was a natural choice.“If I can support anything that’s going to uplift our people that’s what I wanted to do. I just didn’t want to have any event and just raise money for the sake of raising money. I wanted to strengthen the entities that already exist in the community.”Jahmali and Princess Black explained that for them, this sort of event is what reggae music is all about.“To incite people to do good, that’s the basis behind reggae music,” Princess Black said. “I know Jahmali’s a very positive person. He has always had encouraging messages for the youth, so for the community as a whole I thought it would be perfect to bring him for this event where in Bermuda right now we’re facing so many challenges, he could come and spread some light.”The two artists have crossed paths before, recording a song together that they will perform at the park. Jahmali has also visited Bermuda several times and performed.Both artists described music as a significant part of their lives from a very young age. Jahmali recalled singing on the weekends with his mother and nine siblings while his father played the accordion. He sang in the church choir throughout his childhood, moving on from there to perform at dances and shows, eventually recording his first song in a studio at age 14.Princess Black also sang in her home, at church and in school musicals as a child.“Music makes you feel no pain, as Bob Marley says. That was my thing,” Princess Black said, referencing the well-known Bob Marley lyric “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”As full-fledged artists, both now aim to work for what Jahmali called “the restoration of reggae music”.Princess Black explained: “It’s important. Reggae is a message music and it’s kind of gone somewhere, I don’t know where, but we have to get it back to simple lyrics meaning so much.”Added Jahmali: “It’s become commercial. The character of the music, to me and to [Princess Black], can only be explained spiritually and understood spiritually. If you are singing reggae music and doing reggae music and you do not understand the spiritual aspect of it then you’re just purely in it for commercial reasons. Most of what I see going on right now ... it borderlines on commercial and some personal ****.”Said Princess Black: “What you’ll find in the park on Sunday is purely conscious, purely positive, inciting the community to rise up against all this violence and silence that’s wreaking havoc on our Island.”Jahmali said that Princess Black is an inspiration to him because of “what she believes in and the conviction that she has for her work, because a lot of people lose sight of what it really is when they come into music. They just want to make it”.“I’ve seen too many people try to do something, go into it and they don’t understand what it is. You have to be really at peace with yourself and understand that it’s not just ‘because I can sing’ or ‘because I can DJ’ or whatever you can do.”Instead, Princess Black advised, “Do it with purpose.”Ras Giorgis, Flooki, and the Conscious Band will perform along with Princess Black and Jahmali. Presented by Spanishtown Entertainment, the event is sponsored by the Corporation of Hamilton, Irie 98.3 and Bone Fish Grill. Princess Black will dress in clothes designed by local designer Fatimaya.Admission is $15 per person.