Fantan Mojah Goes Raunchy, Six Years After Bashing Dancehall Artists Gage, Alkaline For Lewd Lyrics
Six years after Most High Jah artiste Fantan Mojah ripped into Dancehall artists Alkaline and Gage whom he claimed at the time, were denigrating Jamaican women in their songs, he is now on the receiving end for his raunchy new song Fire King and its accompanying video.
Condemnation has been streaming in on his social media pages from fans who believe the video, is objectifying black women and that Fantan is disgracing Rastafarians, especially those from the Bobo Ashanti mansion to which he has aligned himself.
The video sees the 44-year-old dreadlocked artist surrounded by scores of scantily clad young women, many seemingly less than half his age, gyrating on beds and in front of him as he slaps their buttocks while deejaying about his bedroom prowess, among other things.
The Mama Hungry singer’s behavior is in stark contrast to his stance at the Rebel Salute show in January 2015 where he decried what he said was the negative impact songs like Throat by Gage and Alkaline’s lewd recordings could have on young and impressionable children who were unavoidably hearing them.
At the time, Fantan told the audience that he had a first-hand experience when one of his children had asked him the meaning of the slang ‘dung in you throat’?
“Tell di bwoy Alkaline and di bwoy Gage say, yo see me and my bredda Sizzla Kalonji, we gwine straighten up di music. If oonu want wi fi fix dem, say ‘fix dem!'” he had told the audience at the cultural festival.
In an interview with The Star tabloid, following his performance, Fantan had also demanded that the two youngsters, “write some good song and sing to di nation, and stop defile mi pickney dem a Jamaica”.
Fantan had also declared that if Gage and Alkaline failed to heed his warning they, would have to give account to himself, Sizzla, Luciano, Capleton, and “di whole a di Bobo warrior dem” who would ‘put them in their places’.
“Dem think a America or certain place dis? Dis a Jah mek yah… A mash yuh want mash up Mother Earth heavens? Have dem a shub bakkle dung dem throat?” he had said before adding: “Oonu can sing say di woman dem nice, enuh, and sing say yuh want mek love to dem but, come on man, a you bedroom business oonu want bring come a road? Hey, likkle bwoy, behave oonuself!”
But on his Instagram page where he posted snippets of the Fire King video earlier this week, his followers slammed him for straying from Rastafarian principles and denounced the video as objectifying black women.
“Objectifying black bodies of women and promoting mindless imagery that serves to tell woman all they are subservient to a next human being – no sah not the Owen I know – respectfully,” amyjlove50 said.
Labelling Fantan’s new style “Trapsafari”, others said they were disappointed with the type of women the artiste had chosen to appear in the video.
“Dem gyal deh no look like rasta empress @iamfantanmojah … mi lose offa yuh rasta,” djyagga said, while thomsprout rebuked: “Fire king nah deal with porno gals iya ..wah gwann.”
Also expressing shame at Fantan’s actions were burn_badest who noted: “I am bit disappointed in the fire King. What happened to the roots and positive vibes? Fire burn nudity” and diggy_british who lamented: “So disappointed jeeez what happen to this gentleman?”
Others like andykarasillah questioned the sanity and the integrity of the artist.
“What’s wrong with Fanta Mojah … you have fever or what?” he wrote while another declared: “Me no see no king! #Rastaimposta.”
There were some fans though, who cheered on the St. Elizabeth native, expressing pleasure that he appears to have scored another big hit.
“Fine it mi teacher Dah one yah come like a 10 year plan it bad big hit 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥king,” bam.rico said while ingineous expressed agreement with the lyrics noting: “How yu mean…gal fi get wuk yes iyah 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥”.
Fantan who has had to be defending his video in interviews, was again placed on the back foot during an appearance on The Fix YouTube podcast a few days ago.
However, according to him, he remains unconcerned about the bashing he has been receiving in some quarters, as his only intention was to connect with a younger audience through the trap-infused song.
“Mi young fans dem deh yah dem waan hear Fantan same way. Afta mi nuh get ole…mi know seh a di video oonu a bash… yuh feel like seh a you alone fi appreciate dese tings – some girl in front a yuh look nice and sexy and Rasta nuffi have dese tings right in front a dem too?” he asked the host Naro.
He was however jeered by most of the commenters who responded to the podcast for the raunchy video content, and rebuked by others for being overly defensive.
“Fantah gone guh buy some JERK PORK after this Interview,” Greg Lewis quipped, while Sunshine Tina teased: “He’s clearly not listening very well… he’s too focused on being DEFENSIVE. In conclusion, the song sounds good; the video however, is unintentionally laughable. It gives “trying too hard” for real. Gotta be able to RECEIVE “criticism” as a creator.”