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Flashmag August 2020 www.flashmag.net
man you fell for, to have a child with. Today many agree that it is Stomy Bugsy the French rapper, of Cape Verdean origin, is that true?
Lynnsha: good, for happy living let's live in hiding ... I didn't have to spread my privacy all over the rooftops. Yes, today I can say it is Stomy Bugsy the father of my child. yes, I am proud to have a baby. Yes, he’s grown now he is 6 and a half years old. We have a beautiful boy.
Now that you are a mother , has it influenced your sense of creation, has your outlook on life changed? If yes, how?
Lynnsha: After my child, I ran out of creative fuel. I mainly focused on my life as a mother…. But still I got back to work very quickly. Music is my passion, but it's also my livelihood. I love to sing and I need to sing because I love being with my audience. But on the creativity side, it was more complicated.
My outlook on life has totally changed. We see life in a different way. But I often say, my son saved my life. I had wanted a child for a long time, so it was a second breath, for me to become a mother.
We are living in a time of great questioning with the current health crisis which has already claimed hundreds of thousands of lives around the world. How does this influence your philosophy of life? If there were any lessons to be learned, what would they be? Do you think a better world will emerge from this ordeal?
Lynnsha: We have had a very difficult year I say that we are in July, what does it have in store for us again, this year?
Like I said I am someone who doesn't like to let go, who likes to be in control. This forced pose, really taught me to let go. I thought this period was going to finish me up, but strangely enough, I reinvented myself. I have been very productive during this time. I was surprised at my reaction. Many contracts have been canceled and there were questions. I decided to occupy my time. I had a clip to shoot; I did the Stand Up clip a duet with my friend Ludivine (Ludy). I got even closer to my family. I got closer to my fans. Before, I didn't do live. Not that I didn't want to, but I didn't have the time. I did a job on myself, asking myself questions about who I am. I tried to rectify some things even around me, there was a cleansing. There were peoples who had nothing to do in my life that I have finally taken out of my life. This confinement has had a positive side, even if financially it has not.
Will a better world be born out of this? no, I do not think so. The human being forgets very quickly. In a while we will start to do everything as before ... we ask ourselves questions but I'm afraid that unfortunately, we will quickly forget what happened, and that this momentum of solidarity will disappear.
To return to music after a hiatus of several years, undoubtedly the time to raise your son, you returned to the forefront with the Album Over & Other, released in June 2018. A title that questions a bit. What does this imply Over & other, some would translate the end and the other. Would be the end of one stage and the start of another in your career?
Lynnsha: Before Over & Other there was an EP and before the EP there was touring. In fact, I never stopped. I may not have released an Album, but there are singles that did come out. And I think I wouldn't release Albums anymore, because it doesn't help much anymore. The thing is to release singles every 3 months. Albums don't mean anything anymore these days. Over & Other is the end of something and the beginning of other things. It's drawing a line in one part of my life and opening a door to something else. It's definitely a book that I closed to write a new one. I passed a milestone, I turned 40, there is a certain maturity, and in terms of career we see beyond music.
You are practically a dean when it comes to urban francophone music. However, many believe that the Afro French music movement is going a little in all directions despite the technology that favors production, by reducing costs and promoting self-production and the independence of artists, we have the impression that the scene is very scattered, and worse the end of the category world music, in the Victoire de la musique awards in France, has added to the slump that was already visible, including on the other side of the Atlantic where we are. What would you say to those who think that Afro Caribbean music needs a new lease of life and better management tools to emulate the Kassav generation, Zouk Machine, Malavoi or Experience 7, is there a chance that the Afro-Caribbean music again reaches the level of its success of the 80s and 90s?
What advice would you give the younger generation following you, to pursue a career in music?