Professor Nuts is known as the comedic deejay genius, but the side-splitting tales he tells deejay-style are not the only examples on record of humour in a music culture where matters of religion, romance and the 'streets' hold sway.

Lloyd Lovindeer is also known to see the funny side of things and present them in song. Wild Gilbert, his biggest hit, is prime example, in which Lovindeer sees the humorous side of the September 12, 1988 hurricane, including a Rastafarian character who chortles at the misfortunes of others. When his house gets hit, the Rastafarian comments, "Cho, Jah mussi neva know, sey I an I live right yasso."

The Emancipation Park statue has come in for attention from Lovindeer with Happiness in the Park and among his most recent offerings is a combination with Lady G in which she asks, 'Yu eat?', to which he replies, 'Yu cook?'

They are, naturally, not talking about chicken and that sort of meat.

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Pluto Shervington and Ernie Smith have gone the humorous route as well, with Ram Goat Liver and Duppy Gunman among their respective rib-ticklers. In Ram Goat Liver, Shervington sings about a 'lick dung' goat being eaten and running many bellies, while in Duppy Gunman, Ernie Smith tells the story of a man about to get down to action with a lady when "someone say don't move".

Stitchie also went he humorous route in many of his songs, among them Wear Yu Size, Natty Dreadlocks and Big Broad Hips and, most recently, Noel Rosa Rosa. Ellis has adjusted the lyrics to One Republic's Apologise to address the rising food prices , singing, "Too much fe poun' a rice".

- Mel Cooke