Vybz Kartel Takes Jab At Beenie Man In New Song ‘White House’
The Worl’ Boss has taken a jab at Beenie Man in a lyrically witty new single titled White House, which was released on Friday (August 19).
Produced by the ZJ Chrome on the 1000k Riddim, the song’s animated lyric video features a cool and collected sketch of Vybz Kartel, who smokes a spliff while running through a series of poetic antitheses.
“Real like Bounty, nuh lie like Beenie,” he whispered in a one-liner of the track, calling out his rival.
There’s no telling what “lie” Kartel is referring to, but over the years the two have been in a constant dispute over who is actually the King of Dancehall.
Late last year, Beenie had declared during an interview that he remains the one and only “King of the Dancehall” as he was the one who “buss” Vybz Kartel on the world stage with their The Specialist (2004) collab supposedly via the Billboard chart—but there’s no proof of that. The Specialist is sometimes called Breast Specialist or Picture Dis, and Beenie may have confused that song with Picture This (You & Me) , a solo single by Kartel that did chart on Billboard in 2004.
Beenie had also said that his mentorship of Kartel began after the dramatic Sting 2003 incident where the Cake Soap artist and his friends engaged Ninjaman in an onstage fight during their lyrical clash, which resulted in Kartel being shunned by music promoters.
“Das why wi have one king and not two…,” Beenie said in the interview.
Another disputation was when Beenie declared himself “Emperor for di Gaza” in his 2009 track, Gaza Mi Say, but in a quick counteraction back then, Kartel returned with Gaza Commandments, to which Beenie took exception.
As for the lyric, “Real like Bounty,” in his new White House track, Vybz Kartel has always paid big respects to the Warlord. Not only has the Any Weather deejay referred to Bounty Killer as a father figure but also the person who introduced him to the music business.
In a heartfelt tribute in 2020, Kartel wrote a lengthy Instagram post to acknowledge Bounty’s “greatness” and impact on the genre. Besides the “raw truth weh him talk,” he also pointed out how the Eagle And The Hawk singer helped many youths, including himself, to realize their musical potential.
Kartel’s new track, which features backup vocals from dancer Dyema Attitude, goes on to tout his dominance in the music scene, despite his incarceration.
He states, “Me too powerful, Government pree me,” and brags on the hook, “All when mi lay down, nobady above me.”
White House is one of three new releases from Kartel, who’s eligible for parole in the 2040s. True Religion was released on August 15, while Polo Anthem was released on August 12.
Press play on White House above.