Grammy award-winning dancehall superstar, Shaggy, has finally handed over J$100 million to the Bustamante Hospital for Children, almost five years after raising the funds through his Shaggy & Friends Benefit Concert.
The funds were initially raised to assist the hospital in procuring critical equipment to help the nation’s children. However, a dispute arose when hospital officials appeared to change the purpose for which the funds were to be used, causing Shaggy to refuse to hand over the cash.
The bitter spat was eventually resolved last year when Shaggy clarified that his foundation, Shaggy’s Make a Difference Foundation, never handed over cash or money to any institution in the history of operation. Instead, the organization raised funds and procured the goods needed before handing them over to the organization in need.
The move to ultimately hand over the funds to the hospital comes after toughened struggles by the hospital officials, who had made several aspersions that the artist might have misused or refused to hand over the funds. This donation will go a long way in assisting the hospital in its ongoing mission to provide critical care and equipment for the nation’s children.
