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Press Release
 Hey everyone,
I have thought about this one since yesterday and I have decided without consulting with the rest of the band that I should post something about the shameful incident that happened to Roberto over the week-end... As a fellow front man, I can relate... Every performance, I have to stand in front of huge crowds with no separations with the fans and sometimes having to use only my microphone to control hostile crowds in very violent environment. Labor day week-end in Orlando, things got so bad that even the security guards could not do anything, the stage got filled up pretty quickly with people trying to protect them selves, while our instruments were put in jeopardy. In our 8 years Carimi has been involved in several big incidents where our lives has been put in danger, Gaz incident in Haiti, Canada... big fights that has left people in the hospital, and even attack on myself at SOBs 3 years ago. As a human being, I can tell u guys that I strongly considered leaving the business after the sobs incident and I am sure Roberto for the safety of himself and his family should be thinking the same way... I have seldom denied for any security in front of the stage as it destroys the strong chemistry that we have with our fans (mostly females) standing in front of the stage but this has got to stop... I think such incidents are attempts to destroy the industry that we have dedicated our lives to and vowed to represent... We must all unite as a country and as kompa fans, and stand up and say no to all these non sense...
Although sometimes at parties and on a public front, bands give this image that they hate each other.. people must know that this generation of musicians is not really like that. We travel together all the time and I think we really care for each other's well being... Reynaldo was among the first musician to contact us when we got in the car accident in St Martin and he was all the way in France. Let's leave the stage acting and playing for the stage, we are all human being and we work really hard to bring special music to our fans and represent our culture all over the world. We make music to make money to feed our families, not soldiers sent to Irak to defend our freedom... Same task, different methods...
The time is not for small talks and is now for actions, no matter what the reason behind this coward act of violence, we must stand up and protect our haitian artists... The fans are our first line of defense like these 2 fans who saved my life at sobs. If someone knows anything about this, they must step forward because the whole industry and all the fans would suffer if it was worst and Roberto had lost his life...
We (carimi) have made contact to express our concerns to the Vice camp... But I chose to make it public as this is unacceptable...
Get well Roberto and stay strong... Konen yo pa konen ke le bagay sa yo rive, se foss yap ba nou...
One Love
Mike
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