Kavelle Anglin-Christie, Staff Reporter 
Assassin
JEFFREY CAMPBELL is to receive a scholarship and will be pursuing his Bachelors in Business Management.
'So what?' you may ask, until you find out that it's dancehall artiste Assassin.
Assassin received the full scholarship for the three year degree from the Resource Development International (RDI) Jamaica. The scholarship will be tenable at the University of Sunderland (UK) and he will pursue it using distance learning technology.
Assassin says he is pleased with the scholarship and is eager to further his education.
"I was contacted by someone from the administration of the RDI. The person said they heard in an interview that I was interested in doing tertiary education but couldn't find the time to do so. They are the type of place that provides professionals that can't find the time out to stop, with a way to further their education," he said.
He says he was surprised about the decision to grant the scholarship: "You could describe it as that. At the same time I was flattered and grateful to be provided with such an opportunity."
Assassin attended the Camperdown High School, St. Andrew, where he did mathematics, principles of business (POB), history, geography, English and art. He completed his education there when he went to sixth form and did sociology, history, Advanced English and General Paper.
Assassin spoke of his decision to study Business Management: "It is something that can be applied in whatever field you are in. It teaches you the proper way to conduct your business, irrespective of what it is."
Nonetheless, isn't the artiste who sings Gully Sitt'n and As a Man worried that his degree could tarnish his street credibility? He says: "Not necessarily. That's Jeffrey Campbell and I always try to separate the personal from the professional as best I can. If I'm looked on any differently, I don't think it will be to any great expense."
Assassin says furthering studies is something that not only artistes should consider, but people in general.
"Not just artistes, but any human being who wants to maximise their full potential as best as they can. For any human being education is moving in the right direction," he said.
Maybe Assassin's decision to further his education will help to change the way people perceive artistes: "I hope so. I know the stigma that is attached to it, and that it is looked down on. But in the same way that people go to school and say they want to become a doctor and have traditional career choices, I hope that people will soon start to see pursuing music in the same way and not just classical music."
The RDI will be presenting Assassin with the scholarship on Thursday, July 27 at the Devonshire Restaurant, Devon House, St. Andrew.
