Former Portmore Empire artist Blak Ryno is not opposed to starting his own flat iron line of products as he tells Fame FM E-Blaze host Debbie Bissoon jokingly that the mood for the new year is “A flat iron new year.”
The deejay who recently ranted on social media about a discrepancy with producer Rvssian who refuses to release a song he recorded on the Dutty Money Riddim says he has put his grouse aside and has no hard feelings for the Krippy Kush producer.
“Big up Rvssian same way, at least he reached out, me appreciate that, reaching out same way, whatever happened and lead to that decision of him not releasing the song, me can’t be mad with a musician so big up Rvssian someway cause him gi we some big hits back then,” Ryno said.
However, Bissoon asked Ryno about his decision to flat iron his hair while airing his grouse online and taking it lightly Ryno explained, “that’s how I handle my hair, me hair is a hair weh easy fi break, so its like me nuh too want a bagga bagga Han in my hair, it just happen.”
From the now viral outage or Ryno delicately attending to his hair with a flat iron, a Rock n Ryno challenge started by Dj Franco has become popular online with other DJs remixing his past popular hits and adding a rock and roll twist with other major hits.
About his new found rockstar fame with GenZs and late Millennials Ryno said, “I caught on to it from Sparky’s page and it was really funny, the picture and the hairstyle and all that, wah me haffi dome haffi laugh.”
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“I have an EP and mixtape coming and a lot of stuff in the pipeline, I am working on some stuff, some should have been released from last year, somehow I just followed my mind and held on to some of them but I am ready to go forward now.”
Bissoon prompted Ryno to consider the release his own flat iron line amidst his viral popularity, to which he said contemplatively, “new flat iron line?” then added more seriously that he is focused on making music with a message. “Music is just a natural love for me even if I have hits or not, to let my voice be heard, I don’t even have to be back on the top, just let music be heard, now me have some message in most of the music now and we woulda love to deliver it to the world,” he said.
Blak Ryno had a brief but impactful reign atop the dancehall scene in the mid-2000s, after being introduced to the world by Vybz Kartel and holding his own delivering singles like “Money Haffi Mek,” “Shot A Buss,” and “Diss Di Link (Ay Ya Ay Ya),” the latter of which Burna Boy later sampled and interpolated for his track “Destiny” on the UK and Canadian Gold certified album African Giant. Burna not only borrowed Ryno’s melodies but also retained lyrics such as “Done know man a Gaza Thugs.”
Reggae’s leading singer Chronixx dubbed Ryno “the architect” in and Instagram story a year ago after the former Gaza artists shared a mashup highlighting instances where Burna incorporated his lyrics and melodies into his own music, proudly declaring himself as a musical trendsetter: “I am music, I am the king of this generation 
#trendsetter. My energy creates waves and artists. #1ryno.” Ryno also made an appearance on Burna’s African Giant album, contributing his melodies to a skit.
