D’Angel Says Autobiography Will Make Some People “Apologise And Bow Down” To Her

Singjay D’Angel believes the details in her forthcoming autobiography will be vindicating.  

Speaking during an Instagram stream on Monday, the So Blessed artist said readers will be shocked upon learning what she has gracefully endured behind closed doors.

“When di book drop, nuff a unno a go apologise, you see, and bow down,” she declared. “But do not cry to me, cry to God. When the true story drop, when the autobiography drop of my life and nobody cya thump me inna my mouth cause mi ago talk and mi start talk already. Just hold on patiently. That book a go be a number one seller.”

The Spanish Town native has been teasing the publication since 2021, the initial release date.  

“I want to have a keepsake that people can learn from; people can have for generations and generations to come…” D’Angel said at the time. “Up to now, I have not shared my story, so everything is bottled up inside of me, I just don’t talk.”

She was against giving her life story to a traditional or new media platform, zooming in on the importance of ownership. 

“Me waan share my own inna one book,” she said. “Dem haffi pay me for my story; my story nuh normal. My story cannot be free. If that was the case, mi woulda dash it out longtime; it woulda be cheap and free and available. My story is my life, so mi cya mek dat just go suh cause a lot of women going through a lot of things and my book is going to be a healing for them, so this is this best way to do it.”

D’Angel, whose given name is Michelle Downer, often mentions her humble beginnings before she came to Kingston in the 1990s to pursue a modeling career. At the height of this endeavor, she met and fell in love with dancehall heavyweight Bounty Killer. The couple stayed together for several years but did not wed or have children.

D’Angel earned her breakout hit, Uptown Living, in 2005, and the couple split shortly after. Reflecting on their relationship in 2019, the entertainer told The STAR that Bounty was not supportive of her musical ambitions, which contributed to their breakup. 

By 2006, the Blaze artist started working on music with Bounty’s then rival, Beenie Man, releasing their debut collab One Man. Their musical chemistry grew romantic and the couple was soon engaged and headed to the altar. The marriage welcomed one child but was short-lived, with public spats and cheating allegations on both ends.

By 2011, they were heading down to divorce court, which was finalized eight years later. The period attracted a public hate train for D’Angel, which she has described as the lowest period of her life. She rose from the ashes with Stronger, her most celebrated reggae release. 

D’Angel’s colourful life has also seen her at odds with deejay Spice in 2019 over the success and promotion of their No Worries collab. The women reconciled at the International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) last year. 

D’Angel has also come under scrutiny for going risqué in 2020 by joining the subscription-based platform OnlyFans. The venture resulted in semi-nude content being leaked, inspiring her sexually-lucid song Exposed. The track paved the way for her lingerie line, Xposed by D’Angel. 

Fracas aside, D’Angel has a number of accomplishments to document in her book. She is the 2024 recipient of IRAWMA’s Humanitarian of the Year award, thanks to the nation-building initiatives of her Angel’s foundation.

She’s further established herself as an advocate for women and children, raising awareness for associated issues on her weekly show with Razor B. 

In 2022, D’Angel was honoured with a proclamation by the city of Atlanta for her contribution to reggae and dancehall music. The entertainer boasts the rarity of relevance even two decades later, while being an active single parent to aspiring boxer Marco-Dean Davis. 

D’Angel’s latest release is Time Now, produced by A Jus Di Vybz Music. 

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