The Fall Of Team Spice

The popular Team Spice trio comprising Dancing Rebel, TC and Pretty Pretty is in shambles.

The dancers are being labelled ingrates and hypocrites towards dancehall deejay Spice, after they were thrown into the saga between her and spiritual advisor Nardo ‘RT Boss’ Smith. 

In one of his online blasts, Smith said Dancing Rebel was the only one loyal to Spice, and added that he advised the artiste not to take the women on her North American bookings as they were opportunists.

Dancing Rebel’s loyalty was quickly counteracted by veteran dancer Dyema Attitude, who took to Instagram Live to accuse her of frequently gossiping about her boss. The accusation was worsened when friend to Spice, Richie Feelings, also went Live , saying the dance outfit was dissolved because they were ungrateful. He also blasted them for not publicly supporting Spice amidst the current throw down between her and Smith.

TC, who usually steers clear of cyber drama, took to Instagram Live last night to address Richie Feelings, and criticise Spice for not confronting the team behind-the-scenes. 

“Nutten never hurt mi suh yet fi see Richie Feelings a bring mi dung and Spice comment and seh ‘dem ungrateful’,” she said. “Mi nuh do nutten at all. Everything happen, all now Spice don’t tek up her phone and seh as a boss, ‘mek she talk’… A suh Spice stay; she prefer cut yuh off and nuh know and inna di long run she hear seh a so it did go… Graci yuh coulda come deal with this like a boss cause we have a group chat, and bad as things be Graci, me and you have a relationship where we can talk…”

TC contested claims that she was disloyal, saying she exclusively stayed with Spice for four years, accepted a meagre income, had no issues working for free if needs be, and endured several injuries because she loved her job.

“Memba dem time deh a JMD$2000 mi a get pay and mi never mek it a problem,” she said. “Spice carry mi go all over the world and mi grateful, Spice cya seh me ungrateful… Mi nah go tell unno seh mi nuh talk, everybody chat tings… Mi nah go tell unno seh one and two times, bad to bad, we nuh feel one likkle way bout the $2000… But wah, still go out, still dweet.”

Spice, who was in the comments, said the women should have called her to clear the air. 

Dancing Rebel went Live thereafter to confirm that she did speak about her boss behind her back, but said she wasn’t the only one. 

“Mi woulda f**k up fi true fi seh Spice nuh do nutten fi we, but di whole a we used to complain bout we pay and as a girl weh always outside before Team Spice a work, mi used to encourage the girl dem pon the team seh, ‘Girls, unno can do other things fi top up unno money’.”

She also defended her loyalty.

“Everybody did loyal to Spice…all when mi complain… Mi get nuff opportunity and mi nuh tek dem because mi seh Graci a mi dawg and mi wull it… Spice you is a good boss but get it together.”

Pretty Pretty was next to go Live , and echoed the sentiments made by the other dancers.

Though she was in the comments of TC and Pretty Pretty’s Live , Spice subsequently went Live and bashed the ladies for not defending her days ago when Smith attacked her character.

“You know why unno go live?” she asked. “Cause Richie Feelings seh something weh hurt unno and a unno alone have feelings but other things was said about me as unno boss and it never hurt unno, nobody nuh go Live .”

She denied paying the women $2000 a night, and said she would post receipts to support this. 

“I pay unno JMD$15,000 each week,” she said. “When unno deh a Jamaica each of unno get $3000 per night. People a work one week inna Jamaica and a $7000-8000 dem a get fi di week…and mi pay unno driver, mi buy unno liquor, mi buy unno clothes. Fi keep Team Spice pon di road every week it cost me over a JMD$100,000 and fi di four week when unno deh pon it, it cost me half a million dollars, and dat a just unno pay alone. When unno leave from Jamaica a US$700 unno get…but unno nah talk. When unno go a England is US$1000 mi pay unno.”

She also addressed the issue of the dancers not having U.S. work permits.

“Unno have Canada visa inna unno book, is me mek unno get. Unno have a England visa inna unno book, is me mek unno get. Unno have a Europe visa, is me mek unno get the Europe visa. Unno don’t have a US visa, why? Because me already have a work permit over three years and mi nuh own outta Embassy. Unno cannot go pon a work permit unless mi ready fi renew my work permit and mi work permit nuh up.”

Team Spice started five years ago as a street promotional ensemble for the deejay, with original members DHQ Nickeisha, Sher Luxury Doll and Renee Sixthirty. There is currently a U.S. installment of the group.