Divine Intervention: Criss P Steps Into the Spotlight on the Same Day Hurricane Melissa Forms

The Jamaican-born innovator releases Survival, an EP rooted in mental health, personal battles, including a tumor diagnosis, and his deepest truths, arriving in uncanny, cosmic timing. “It wasn’t planned, but it felt aligned,” he said.

Criss P

Jamaican-born artiste, tech visionary, and cultural bridge-builder Criss P has spent years shaping the sound and strategy of others. But on October 16, he stepped into the spotlight with Survival, a project that arrived in what he describes as divine timing.

Just hours after his 5-track EP’s release, Melissa was officially declared a hurricane, a system that would go on to become the most devastating storm to hit Jamaica since Gilbert. To some, the overlap felt eerie. To Criss P, it was confirmation. “It wasn’t planned, but it felt aligned. Music and the universe moved as one that day,” he explained.

Survival is a body of work born from pain, clarity, and a deep sense of responsibility - an effort to bring mental health into the spotlight while breaking the silence around issues many Caribbean communities quietly endure.

“The mental awareness encourages growth,” he said with conviction. “There are a lot of people who can’t speak about these things.”

The artiste doesn’t shy away from naming them either. “Where most entertainers stay silent, my music goes straight to the issues - mental abuse, old slave practices we still repeat, the things breaking our people.”

For years, Criss P has worked across reggae, dancehall, American music, film, tech, and digital innovation, but this project marks a shift. He’s no longer the man behind the curtain. Survival reveals the man, the mission, and the message and behind that message sits a reality he has never glamorized.

“Another weird thing is there’s a non-cancerous tumor in my right foot,” he revealed. “I might have to have it amputated because of circulatory issues that were diagnosed as PAD at the University of Miami over 10 years ago.”

He doesn’t seek sympathy, just truth, alignment, and understanding of the coincidences that brought him here.

As the EP unfolds, it tackles personal struggle but also confronts wounds many are afraid to name: domestic violence, mental abuse, and generational trauma. It is music as medicine, testimony, and awakening.

“It wasn’t planned, but it felt aligned. Music and the universe moved as one that day,”

In the midst of literal and internal storms, Criss P’s Survival stands as a reminder that even in chaos, purpose finds its way.