Mr. Vegas And Bounty Killer Reignite Feud Over Political Dubplates

Dancehall artistes Bounty Killer and Mr. Vegas are at odds once more, after the Grunggadzilla took exception to the Heads High artiste labeling critics of deejays who have recorded dubplates for politicians, as being ‘badmind’.

Up to the time of Vegas’ first post on Sunday, Bounty Killer, Vybz Kartel, and Tanya Stephens were the main persons who had objected to the slew of dancehall artistes, voicing dubplates for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People’s National Party (PNP).

Vegas had said the critics were jealous since they had no hot songs, and no politician was calling them to do dubplates, unlike Skillibeng, Shenseea, D’Angel, Intence, Ishawna, Stylo G, TeeJay, Dovey Magnum, Spice, Alkaline, Christopher Martin, Masicka, Quada, and Jahvillani, who were all among those commissioned to make dubs.

On Wednesday, an enraged Bounty Killer responded to Vegas’ comments on his Instagram page in a manner so vitriolic, that some fans pleaded with him to erase it.

In his tirade, Bounty Killer hurled same-sex slurs at Mr. Vegas and claimed he did not use his influence in the prime of his career to “speak on any social issue” for the people.  He said Vegas was seeking attention and had never done any song about his struggles or mentioned where his roots were.

The Warlord also castigated Vegas for trying to mislead the public into thinking he was jealous of the artistes.

“Nobody is saying artiste shouldn’t deal or have an understanding with politician do dubs or whatever.   We are simple saying that if they wants dancehall support they should show the same support to the industry and music by stop stereotyping it tourist board does not sponsor dancehall events bcuz they don’t recognize it as a tourist attraction,” Bounty said.

He also made negative references about the scar that Vegas had in his face, and accused the Sucky Ducky artiste of teaching “youths to put money over morals”.

“Remember a the other day u said the government should lock off every party 12 am how young artiste tune would buss taking like u rate anybody u is a bothie big she-male we a discuss the state of the country and it’s future u talking eat a food,” Killer posted.

“Plus politicians have any money to cut dubs just a few dubs during elections that equivalent to Jamaica’s future that’s what u encouraging the youths to do go fold up under sum weh wid yu old clothes career batty b-tch witch unuh tag mek mi bag,” he added.

One fan who read the comments made by Bounty, plead with him to remove his statements, claiming it did not reflect well on him.

“C’mon rodney! Your ‘e a legend! I know you could’ve gotten your point across in a different manner. Your ‘e poor peoples ambassador. You’re respected by many. I’ve never seen you this degree of turbulence from you,” she wrote.

Bounty, however, was unrelenting, claiming that Vegas had evoked his anger, and he would not hold back.

“Don’t forget who this is the Mighty Bounty Killer boy and gyal fi know dem f__king place now mon everything and everybody is just too loose things need to be tightened up now I’m in my rage,” he wrote.

Vegas responded a few hours later in a 2 ½ hour Instagram Live, which he dedicated to jeering Bounty.

He read the entire post, including the derogatory comments made against him, laughing at intervals as he pointed pointing out the Grunggadzilla’s grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors and made it a point of duty to show that there were no commas or full stops in the extensive post.

“I am searching for a full stop and I can’t find one,” he said at one point, before bursting out in laughter.

Claiming Bounty Killer was consuming too much Hennesey over the years, he said the Warlord ought to ease off the alcohol in order to regenerate his brain cells.

He labeled Bounty a hypocrite, noting that the majority of his songs were laced with violent lyrics, and as such he has no moral authority to criticize any young artiste, referring to Look into My Eyes and Anytime as proof.

“Wi nuh hear no politician a complain seh di people dem hungry and mi see dem nine. So mi no feel seh yo fi come talk bout anybaddy music.  Dat is hypocritical…is a new age and people a guh look back pon your track record tuh…” he said.

Vegas also declared that he was only going to accommodate Bounty Killer’s devotees, whom he referred to as ‘sheep’ on his live session, even as he continued mocking Bounty Killer’s writing skills and use of English, erupting in laughter every time he found a mistake.

“We are only talking to Bounty Killer sheep tonight.  Any sheep wanna call?” he said mockingly.

The feud between the two deejays began in the late 1990s and rose to exponential levels on social media in 2014 after Vegas said he got fed up of being bullied by Bounty and decided to defend himself.    Vegas also revealed last year that in the early years of their feud, he had tried to take revenge on Bounty by ‘looking’ his then-girlfriend D’Angel, but the Stronger artiste had chased him away and hung up her phone.