Beenie Man Reveals What Started The Bounty Killer Feud

Dancehall vet Beenie Man has spoken on what started off his old feud with Bounty Killer.

During an interview with Teach Dem, the Girls Dem Sugar shared the origins of what was once the biggest high-profile musical beef outside of the Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls saga. In the near 2 hour sit down, Beenie outlined most of what he overcame on his rise to stardom with a catalogue that mainly catered to the ladies.

What blindsided him altogether was the gritty, rude boy deejay known then as Bounty Hunter, who would become his worthy nemesis.

The menacing performer from Seaview eventually changed his name to Bounty Killer, but had a bone to pick with Beenie Man. The perception at the time was that the latter was ‘pirating’ his lyrics and style, especially on the 1992 hit, Bad Man Wicked Man.

Rather than run from the challenge that Bounty presented, however, the Who Am I emcee sharpened his writing skills to be able to contest his fierce adversary.

“When it come to bad man lyrics I am not the greatest lyricist, but mek mi tell yuh how di Bounty rivalry nice fi me. When Killa tek me on mi decide seh mi haffi go build more bad man lyrics,” Beenie said. “Fi talk bout badness an do it inna story mi neva know how fi do dat so mi really learn from Bounty Killer.”

His months of preparation paid off as the two came to a head in the most infamous stage clash in the history of dancehall at Sting 1993. According to the host, that night in 1993 has immortalized both as giants and “columns” in the dancehall space.

Beenie went on to acknowledge that they’ve both helped sustain and sharpen each other’s careers and that for five years running, they’ve remained on good terms.

“If you a war wid a person fi 22 years, an you neva knock him yet an him neva knock you, ah yuh best friend dat man.”