McAnuff Family and The Ligerians revive Be Careful, honor Matthew’s legacy

The McAnuff family has brought “Be Careful” back into circulation, and this time the song carries the weight of three generations of reggae memory. Released on April 28, 2026, the new cut pairs Winston McAnuff, Nadia McAnuff and Rashaun “Kush” McAnuff with the French roots band The Ligerians, turning one of Matthew McAnuff’s best-known modern songs into a living family statement rather than a simple rerun.

The track is the second single from Africa My Destiny, due May 15, 2026, which gives the release a clear place in a larger campaign. The first single, “Story Comes to Bump,” arrived on February 6, 2026, and together the two songs frame the album as a continuing conversation between the McAnuff voice and The Ligerians’ roots-heavy backing. That continuity matters here: “Be Careful” is not being treated as nostalgia, but as a song with enough force to move forward through a new lineup and a new moment.

Matthew McAnuff’s original “Be Careful” had already drawn notice in 2010 and helped establish him as a rising reggae artist. His death on August 22, 2012, at age 25, in Montego Bay, Jamaica, left a gap that still shadows the music. Bringing the song back through Winston, Nadia and Kush makes the new version feel less like a cover than a family passing the message along, keeping Matthew’s voice present for listeners who may be hearing him for the first time.

The McAnuff and Ligerians connection has been building for some time. Winston McAnuff, Nadia McAnuff and Kush McAnuff toured France with The Ligerians in May and June 2025, a run that showed this partnership was already moving beyond a single collaboration. The Ligerians themselves formed in 2010 and founded SoulNurse Records in 2012, the same year their album Reasonin’ helped establish the label in Tours, France. That background gives the new “Be Careful” a strong infrastructure behind it, with French roots-reggae musicians and a Jamaican family line meeting at exactly the right point.

For reggae, the release lands with both emotional and catalogue value. “Be Careful” is now part of a broader McAnuff story that stretches from Matthew’s early rise, through Winston’s enduring presence, and into a present tense where family, band and label are keeping the song in motion.