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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAkil Borneo aka 5 Star Akil<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the pandemic, Akil was forced to move out of the rental space the company was occupying and move the business into his home. He currently employs two people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am not going to lie, it was hard and I cried over this. God see me and use that opportunity,\u201d he said of his difficulties. \u201cHe say Akil I am telling you today that you have to choose. You can\u2019t serve two masters. It was the most difficult time. When God telling you to walk away from something that bringing you money to something where you getting rejected that is not easy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Walking away from soca didn\u2019t happen overnight, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It took months Akil said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was after a performance on one of WACK Radio\u2019s live virtual shows and another on Boom Champions that Akil realised he needed to give up soca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI felt like I was sinning. I was hearing God\u2019s voice so loud. I was getting booked without even singing a hit song and I realised it was a setup. At one point, I was ashamed to tell anyone anything and God say if you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you and from that day I say okay,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGod say to follow him and as a follower of God you have to do what he says.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5Star Akil is now the owner of Island Treats lollies<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reflecting on his life \u2013 being shot, creating a big platform through soca, and being fired from SLAM 100.1 FM without a plausible explanation \u2013 Akil believes God was preparing him to minister and touch others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe wrote three things in my heart, that I got shot five times, that I walked away from the soca industry and that I opened a business. Those are three things that people can relate to and learn from,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stating that he feels blessed, Akil said now he has more time to spend with his three children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He also plans to get back into music but only to sing worship songs. He also has his eyes set on returning to radio but on a gospel station to share the word of God with listeners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For now, he said, he is focused on learning more, reading the bible daily and understanding God\u2019s word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRight now God have me in school.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In 2012 5 Star Akil scored a big hit on the soca scene with Partier. In the years that ensued, he stayed at the top of every party promoter’s list and was a consistent presence on the airwaves with hits such as To Meh Heart, Noise, and Different Me, which won Desperadoes the Panorama title in 2016. Last year, during…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/loopnewslive.blob.core.windows.net\/liveimage\/sites\/default\/files\/island_treats_easy-resize.com__677166bedbd62082870be3692f302d26.jpg\" "\\"5Star")
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