Stefan ‘Legend’ Davis Remembered Where His Journey Began

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Taylor Street came alive Thursday night with the sound of Junkanoo music as family, friends and the wider community came together for one reason – to celebrate Stefan “Legend” Davis.

Davis, a prominent Bahamian artist, died in a car accident in Florida on September 2nd, just three days before his birthday.

However, on this night, the focus wasn’t on how he died, it was on how he lived and the people he touched along the way.

For his aunt, Ann Marie Turner, seeing so many of those people show up for her nephew meant everything.

Anne Marie Turner – Aunt of Stefan Davis

“ I’m so happy to see that all of these people has come out to pay their respect and to honor Stephan and his life and what he has done for the culture.”

There may have been no more fitting place to celebrate him than right here on Taylor Street.

Turner says this was home for Davis. He was born on the street, grew up there and always found his way back.

More importantly, she says, it was here that his love for Junkanoo art took root.

Anne Marie Turner – Aunt of Stefan Davis

“ Taylor Street is where they found their foundation, [it] was started with Junkanoo art. And you can see we in the shop right now. And Stephan, this is Stephan roots, and he never left it.”

Among those there to pay tribute was Bahamian singer Alia Coley, who says she couldn’t miss the chance to honor a man who had touched so many lives.

Members of the Roots Junkanoo Group also offered words of comfort, while the Shell Saxons Superstars presented Davis’ family with a portrait in his honor.

Culture Minister Leslia Miller-Brice, who also grew up on Taylor Street, said the size of the crowd spoke to the kind of impact Davis made, not only as an artist, but as a person.

Leslia Miller-Brice – Minister, Culture

“[There are] persons that may not have been blood, but we are truly family. And it speaks to how much we loved him with the amount of persons and the presence that’s here tonight...”