While veteran artistes Sean Paul and Anthony B recently beseeched Jada Kingdom and Stefflon Don to “end the lyrical war”, Rastafarian singjay Bugle is blazing more fire for the clash to continue.
He said that it’s good for artistes to express their versatilities and most importantly, it builds the dancehall culture.
“Mi nuh have no problem wid clash because clash is a part of dancehall culture. As long it keep pon a level and it nuh get outta han’, den mek wi see who have more lyrics dan who and who more versatile dan who,” the Anointed singer told THE WEEKEND STAR.
The artiste opined that while others might see the recent ‘beef’ as a segregation in music, he endorses the clash culture because it inspired him as a well-rounded artiste.
“Mi grow up pon clash. Mi see Papa San and Stitchie, Ninja Man and Super Cat a clash fi years and love it, and excited and pay wi money fi go see dat as youths. Wi look forward to clash, nutten nuh wrong wid dat. Where the female dem [Stefflon Don and Jada Kingdom] is concerned, is still dancehall dem a do. As long as dem a keep it clean and lyrical, do unu ting,” he stated.
“People might a seh all dem a talk bout a dem ‘goodies’ but a di same ting man talk ’bout when man a clash; bun yuh out because a [yuh sexual preferences] and how dem a guh murder you. But it’s all just lyrics. Dem ago talk bout weh dem waah talk bout, all wah nuh go suh, a just suh it guh,” he added.
Bugle also highlighted that artistes generally utter “meaningless” and colourful remarks at other individuals when recording dubplates.
“Mi duh dubplate every day fi clash and when mi a do dem, mi seh di worse things ’bout di next sound weh nuh pay me fi a dubplate. Suh wah di difference? It’s the same thing. As long as when yuh see di person outta road yuh nuh duh wah yuh seh yuh ago duh to dem inna yuh song, mi good wid it,” he reiterated.
Dancehall supporters have been hooked to their screens to catch the lyrical blows and counteractions that Stefflon Don and Jada Kingdom have been spewing at each other for the past five days. The lyrical confrontation, which is allegedly over top Afrobeat singer Burna Boy. The heated exchange in ‘diss tracks’ reignited when Stefflon Don released a supposed ‘diss track’ Dat A Dat in which she threatens a female – who fans speculated was Jada Kingdom – for having an affair with her ex-boyfriend, Burna Boy.
Jada Kingdom then made an Instagram post to Stefflon Don, asking her to clarify the alleged ‘threat’ she made in her song. Upon responding, Stefflon Don altered her lyrics and redirected the threatening words directly at Jada Kingdom who fired back with the diss song London Bed. She then said that she was done with the feud. However, after Stefflon replied with the counter track, Dead Gyal Walking, Jada Kingdom clapped back with Steff Lazarus.
However, in a recent post on Instagram, Stefflon Don shared that she had “given Twinki [alluding to Jada Kingdom’s alias, ‘Twinkle’] enough of my time I wish I didn’t have”. She claimed that Jada Kingdom is going overboard with the lyrical war by telling “a lot of lies and made up stories” in her songs, which is something she finds disrespectful.
