Chevelle Franklyn shared the picture of the shack with a wooden door and planks barricading the window. The picture also carried the text: “I was born in this room. This was my beginning but not my end”
It was captioned:
“It’s not how you start but how you finish. I will finish strong in the Mighty name of Jesus.”
Born in the Tawes Pen area of Spanish Town in St. Catherine Parish, Chevelle Franklyn was forced to leave school at the age of fourteen to help support her family, and found work singing at hotels and resorts. She produced her first single “Nice and Naughty” as a Reggae artiste with the production credit of Harrison and Bennett. This opened her up to collaborations such as Spragga Benz (“A-1 Lover“, 1995), Shabba Ranks (“Mr. Lover Man“, 1991), deejay Lady G (“Thank You”, 1995) and Beenie Man (the song and album Dancehall Queen, 1997 (also used in the 1997 Jamaican movie Dancehall Queen).
In 1998 Franklyn was about to perform “Dancehall Queen” on stage during a concert and instead performed Kirk Franklin‘s Gospel song “Silver and Gold”, announcing that she had become a Christian. After collaborations in 2000 with deejays Papa San (“Touch From You”) and Lieutenant Stitchie (“Mr. Lover” – a charting hit in the US), she released her first Gospel album, Joy, in 2001, toured internationally, and won (in 2002) 5 Caribbean Gospel Reggae Marlin Awards. Chevelle’s other album include “His Way”, “Shake it Off” and the most recent album – “Set Time”.
