Berbice boy keeping it real in the South of France

Fenton ‘Disajust-Stepa’ Collins

Disajust-Stepa whose real name is Fenton Collins is a Guyana-born reggae and dancehall music artist currently living in the South of France since 1995. He directs a group of five men who together perform in the French Republic under the name ‘All Nation Crew’.

Singers Alpha-Touré, Johanna Gueye, Jean-Joel Marceline, Jules Naravine and the rhythm producer Jimmy Bomela are French, Collins being the only original Caribbean native.

He was born in New Amsterdam, Berbice but grew up on the Corentyne coast in Number 52 Village, Stanleytown with his grandmother Agnes Renna Collins and his aunt Maureen. He described his youth to be very cool and well spent. At the age of ten the family packed their bags and left for the Barbican Capital where he