Mr. Vegas Slams “Fake Outrage” From Some Dancehall Artistes Over Murder Of Khanice Jackson
Dancehall artists who have recorded songs glorifying the killing of children, are being labelled ‘hypocrites expressing fake outrage’, by Mr. Vegas and others, following the murder of Khanice Jackson. The 20-year-old’s slaying resulted in several entertainers mounting calls for justice.
Their blood-thirsty lyrics may just have come back to haunt them, as the biggest example of hypocrisy many Jamaicans are pointing to, is the fact the now-vocal artists all had their mouths on mute following the brutal murder of an 81-year-old lady by gunmen, and her five and eleven year old granddaughters, in Spanish Town last November.
The contention is that more than 280 people, including children, have been murdered in Jamaica so far this year, yet the artists who are now jumping to the forefront, have failed to empathize, burying their heads in the sand while continuing to praise marauding gunmen, in their songs.
According to Vegas, if these artists plan to continue singing violent songs after this, they should keep their mouths shut. While Vegas stopped short of calling any artists by name, Popcaan, who has been very vocal about the murder, is the main artist being fingered by other commenters as being a ‘Spanish machete’.
“Suubi’s Real Talk… Condolences to Khanice family/Hypocrital artistes. Khanice*” Vegas noted on his Instagram page yesterday, and, after expressing condolences, ripped into his Dancehall counterparts.
“Sometimes mi si a levels of hypocrisy and mi kinda allergic to it. Now I see a lot of entertainers coming forward and showing a level of revulsion for this case… This case really, really strike a nerve,” Vegas said.
“Suh mi a seh to myself seh dem artiste here now, who come forward and a talk bout ‘yow dem caan deal wid di crime and violence; violence fi done inna Jamaica and dem a blame di government, dem a call pan Andrew Holness an dem ting deh and dem a bun criminals. I want to know if a just one type a criminal out inna Jamaica, becaw di man dem weh go roun and shoot women and shoot innocent people and shoot innocent brothers, and shoot innocent sisters, dem a criminal to enuh!” he declared.
He added: “Some a di same artiste dem weh come forward an a seh yow a eediat ting dem do to di sista, mi a wonder seh when dem duh song and rile up dem likkle yute yah now, weh naw think rational, dem likkle yute yah weh nuh balance, when dem guh out and carry out certain act, how mi nuh hear di same outrage? How mi nuh hear no man a seh: ‘wha? mi a guh stop sing some song meck oonu feel like seh mi a sing song fi oonu guh carry out certain act yuh nuh.”
In response to Vegas’ arguments real_19s complained that the male artists had not given the same attention to other women who have been wantonly murdered.
“Real talk look how much woman dead from the past months but no just true she brown every body feel hurt fake woke a sell hard a Jamaica,” she said.
Vegas concurred, noting: “Exactly!!!!” later adding; “Because she look like dem type!!!!” in response to another commenter.
Over on Politricks Watch, a popular YouTube channel, the host and some followers poured scorn, particularly on Popcaan, saying Jamaicans should never allow him to lead any anti-violence quest, based on his musical track record. The host also accused the artists of not expressing outrage about other women who were murdered, because those women were not of the phenotype that they find attractive.
One fan labelled Popcaan and Tommy Lee Sparta as purveyors of evil, declaring that they have bad antecedents, having voiced songs about doing cruel things to little children in Jamaica.
“Popcaan saying raper bwoy fi dead and him same one encouraging people in his song to kick down door and murder children…source: Brawlin – Popcaan, Frahcess One,” he wrote.
“And Tommy Lee talking about blamming gunshot inna raper bwoy face and him same one singing about mixing gramazone and Gerber and feeding it to a child. Source: Dead Bwoy Jahmiel – Tommy Lee Sparta. Double standard,” he added.
In his song Brawlin, which was released four months ago, Popcaan’s speaks about murdering the children of his foes noting in the first verse:
“Kevanon put ah new duppy pon e zig
Rifle shot wul you and spin you like a gig (oii)
Rema find anyweh yuh live
Kill yuh kids and kill yuh relative, p_ssy”
Tommy Lee’s Dead Bwoy Jahmiel aimed at Great Man artiste Jahmiel also speaks to killing the singer’s little brother and feeding gramoxone to his child, after ravishing his girlfriend.
“Yuh likkle bredda weh guh missing
From school thing dem a find a him
Head pan table, den mi f_ck yuh baby mother
While yuh little baby sleeping
A murder, when the baby
Wake up fi feeding, mi just
Mix grammazone and Gerber”
Jada Kingdom was not spared, as fans also accused her of being duplicitous, for her lines in the Skillibeng collab Shake, in which she declared: “Every time mi walk di place get dizzy/A gunman alone make me drop panty”.
“Like di one Jada Kingdom… A she seh ‘gunman alone mek she drop panty” #FakeWoke,” one woman grumbled. “She must stop it because look how much time she get violated by men and even put out a song about it,” another responded.
Buju Banton was also hauled across the coals for his lyrics in Have to get You Tonight, which spoke about getting a woman’s body at gunpoint.
“These Artist glorify these behaviour also. One Artist (Potential Kidd) did seh him rather to be a rapist than a fish. Another one seh # Offi get yuh body by gunpoint# Dem (criminals) glorify these songs,” Night Fam26 said.
“All these criminal enabling DJs coming out acting like they care when they are apart of the problem, buying guns and sending their yes men to take out people!”
rudeboylexy said, while Christopher Garwood wrote: “The very same DJ’s who I hear now come talking are the very ones who are at the head demise of what I’d happening to women in our society.”
As Vegas continued his six-minute reprimand, he said there have been too many artists being arrested for being involved in gun-running as part of their lifestyle.
“Nowadays mi fraid a some artiste. Trust mi, dem drive fear inna mi, caw dem man yah a real bad man. Onu see it an oonu know. Yuh nuh hear no artiste a seh ‘di man dem nuh fi get ketch wid gun caw a music wi a deal wid’.
“Man a get ketch wid gun and wi a gwaan like wi uh si dat. Wi a gwan like wi want turn a blind eye pon dat. Den weh guh duh? Nuh kill people? If me have some fans and me know seh a real gun tings mi a deal wid, mi know seh yuh a guh have some fans weh a guh falla mi,” the Nike Air singer said.
Vegas sought to question whether the artists expressing outrage would abandon their violent lyrics, as a consequence.
“Mi understand seh people outrage becaw is a sista and of course she cute. But wha happen to yuh innocent brothers and sisters dem… becaw dem music weh oonu a sing nowadays, mi nuh si how it relevant in a dem time yah if oonu a come now an a seh how oonu nuh want no violence against di sisters dem. Suh wha? Violence against adda people OK?” Vegas asked.
“Suh dem artist yah wh a come out an a gwaan like dem so outraged, about weh happen to Khanice, oonu a guh stop sing weh oonu a sing? Onu a guh start bun out some man weh a sig bout coke? Some man weh a talk bout chop off people head? If oonu naw guh do dat oonu save dat enuh! And guh weh wid oonu hypocrisy and oonu fans dem weh a talk bout seh dem a come side wid oonu now afta oonu feed dem weh oonu a feed dem now. Dem a come now a gwaan like seh dem outrage fi di sistas. Guh weh did dat enuh,” he added.