Beenie Man Reiterates That He’s The Only ‘King Of Dancehall’ In New Song

Beenie Man has taken to the studio to reaffirm, unequivocally, that he will not be relinquishing his kingship title anytime soon, to anyone.   The new song, titled King Of Dancehall, comes two months after the Doctor declared that he remains the one and only “King of the Dancehall” as he was the one who “buss” Vybz Kartel.

Not to be confused with his Billboard Hot 100 hit King Of The Dancehall (2004), the new song is interestingly laid on a Dancehall-Trap fusion beat.  The Reggae Grammy winner outlines how and why his credentials and antecedents have made him Dancehall’s ‘One King’.

The consummate deejay, Beenie dominates the trap beat with masterful vocals, as he spits lyrics listing all his musical and personal accomplishments going back all the way to the year 1976, when he was only a tiny tot.

Beenie lists momentous occasions in his life including being booed offstage at the concert staged for Nelson Mandela in 1991, an embarrassment from which he said he rebounded like a boomerang.

He explains his longevity in the game noting that he works hard in the studio and harder on the stage to please his fans whom he praises for making his “kingdom grow”.

Beenie also hints that the success of his hit single Who Am I (Sim Simma) made him able to buy the BMW vehicle, which he drove to the airport to pick up Janet Jackson, for their Feel It Boy collab.

He goes on to point out that he has had three Grammy nominations including one win, as well as multiple MOBO awards, best-dressed awards and has been Artiste of the Year on 10 occasions.

“Tell bulldozer seh column stand up,” he sings, in taking aim at those who have dared to attempt to snatch his title.

He recalls being signed by Bunny Lee, buying a house for his mother long before being signed by Island Records, and notes that he is so committed to the Dancehall industry and his fans, that only a hurricane or earthquake would cause him to be a no-show.

The song comes just over two months after Beenie, during an interview on Ghana’s Hitz 103.9FM, declared that he was the only King in the Dancehall, and that title belongs to him because, among other things, he was the first person to present Kartel, one of the other contenders to lay claim to the title, to the world stage via the Billboard chart.

Beenie had made the statements after he was asked how he managed to keep the Dancehall King title “for so many years”.

“I am there from Shabba Rankin, Ninja Man, Kartel. I was the one that release Vybz Kartel really.  Memba me gi him him first numba one song; me put him pon Billboard di first time…,” Beenie Man had told his interviewer, while in Accra, Ghana for Stonebwoy’s Bhim concert.

The Craig Town native had said that his mentorship of Kartel began after the dramatic Sting 2003 incident where the Any Weather artist and his friends engaged Ninja Man in an onstage fight during a clash, resulting in Kartel being shunned by music promoters.

“Suh dem (Jamaica) neva want nuttn fi do wid him (after).  An mi find him and do a song wid him and [D’Angel] that went number one (Baby Father), and then ‘Picture dis, breast specialist’ [The Specialist] and that was the first Billboard song. Suh these are the songs dat wi meck wid him, bring him inna di business…” Beenie had declared.

“Das why wi have one king and not two…,” he added.

Beenie had also said that aside from working hard in the studio, he had worked hard on stage, and that his consistency had helped him maintain his title.

In 2020, Beenie Man had stated during an interview with Teach Dem that what caused a longstanding feud between himself and Vybz Kartel, was the Portmore native’s attitude when he felt he had reached a point of success where he no longer needed his support, and so became stand-offish, after he had taken him under his wing following the Sting 2003 incident.

According to Beenie, this attitude and an ensuing counteraction to a song, also drove a wedge between their friendship.

Beenie said he parted ways with Kartel after the Calabar High School old boy counteracted his Gaza Mi Say track, in which Beenie, among other things, declared himself Emperor for di Gaza.   Kartel’s reply had come via the track Gaza Commandments, to which Beenie took exception.

The Romie artist had maintained that despite Kartel’s alleged disloyalty and ‘dishonourable’ conduct, there was no residual animosity between them and that up to that time, he had spoken to the artist about two times since his incarceration.