Khago Denies Threatening Daughter With Gun, Says She’s ‘Bipolar’

Dancehall artist Khago has denied any wrongdoing after being jailed for three days for allegedly pointing his gun at a relative following a verbal dispute at his home in Knockpatrick, Manchester, last Friday. 

The Nah Sell Out deejay, who is out on bail, has been charged with assault at common law and is expected to return to court soon. 

He has disputed all claims made by the young woman, whom he said is his daughter; noting that she admittedly suffers from bipolar disorder and was having consecutive outbursts that evening before she left the premises. The entertainer said he was left speechless at her erratic behavior.

“Mi siddung an’ mi a seh ‘sh-t, mi daughter sick’ an’ she come right back dung to zero. She nah disrespect mi still enuh, she nah disrespect mi. I won’t lie pon har; she not disrespecting mi. An’ she come right back dung to zero den she seh, ‘dad, I’m sorry. Mi bipolar.’ If a nuh bipolar, a one a di next one she use,” he recalled during a live video on Wednesday.

The woman, who told the Jamaica Star that the incident had left her traumatized, only listed anxiety and depression as her psychological issues. 

In relaying his version of the events last Friday, the Tun Up Di Ting artist revealed that he did not know about the woman’s existence until she was six years old, and that this week was the third time in 22 years he had seen her.

He explained that when he entered the room where the woman, her son and his son were, he discreetly put his firearm in a safe. 

Khago said after her first two outbursts, the woman—who had spent a couple days in the hospital for an unknown illness—expressed remorse and claimed that she wanted to go home. 

“She seh ‘daddy, I am sorry’ an’ mi daughter seh she sorry mi seh wow, maybe dat a di sickness weh she did deh a hospital fa. She come right dung an’ apologise den she seh ‘dad, I have to go home’ an’ mi seh OK mi daughter an’ she tek up mi grandson an’ she come outside an’ mi spend wah two seconds inna the couch because mi shock. Den mi come outside, memba seh outside full a man an’ she start again. Bipolar,” he said.

“Khagonians, mi daughter start again,” he addressed his fans. “Mi still a use the word ‘mi daughter’ an’ mi a tell yuh seh mi shock cause mi a seh wow, the girl sick suh she definitely aguh need my fatherly assistance now fi help har out.”

Khago said one of the men present, Newton Green, volunteered to take his daughter home.

“Newton Green (one of the men present) seh Khago, mi a carry har home fi yuh an’ mi seh yes an’ Mr. Newton Green an’ carry har. By time she reach a Mandeville, Mr. Newton call mi seh ‘Khago, the ooman flip again an’ seh mi fi let har off ‘cause she a go a station’ and him seh ‘Khago mi haffi let har off.’ An mi inna mi couch same way siddung suh an’ mi get a call from police seh mi haffi come a station… when mi reach dung a station to weh mi daughter go dung a station go seh. Mi a prisoner, seh mi push gun inna har face, back gun inna hat face…mi a seh no sah, how? A mi daughter. She don’t do mi nutten. Dis likkle girl don’t do mi one God almighty ting,” the entertainer said.

Khago added that he was asked to surrender the firearm upon arrival, and stressed that this was the first time he had encountered such a dilemma.

“Mi not even memba how much year mi have gun. I couldn’t memba. A goodly six/ seven year. A fuss mi ever put mi gun inna di cage weh it supposed to deh cause a mi alone live an’ mi hide it weh mi know mi can jump fi it if anybody a kick off come pon mi.”

“Di police style mi but mi understand. An’ mi run come back a mi house an’ mi come back come give di police officer dem. Memba mi nuh know dis likkle girl. Every one a unuh pon dis mi know more dan di likkle girl. A lucky mi lucky God neva mek she drop asleep. She woulda seh mi rape har…” the deejay continued.

This is the second firearm incident involving Khago, whose real name is Ricardo Gayle, that has caught the Firearm Licensing Authority’s (FLA) attention.

In speaking to DancehallMag on Wednesday (March 8) the FLA’s Corporate and Client Relations director Beverly Robinson said that the deejay’s gun license will be revoked if the complaint is found to be credible.

In the meantime, Khago said he had found new purpose, after he encountered multiple men in need over the 72 hours he spent behind bars.

“A send God send mi roun’ inna Mandeville jail fi go save some youth life,” he said.

“Some youth which part wah put rope roun’ dem neck fi heng demself. God send mi roun’ deh suh fi be a father an’ a big bredda…Mi see so much youth,” he said. “Mek mi tell yuh sumn, mi jus’ find out my purpose. Mi just find out my true purpose. It’s not jus fi be a man weh sing song. Mi true purpose is fi talk to di baddest man dem weh not even Al Sharpton cyaa talk to an’ bring tears inna dem eye, an’ mi aguh need you guys help fi every Tuesday we can bring food go inna di jail dem go give some lost youths.”