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Vybz Kartel and Mavado

Did Mavado go to war with Vybz Kartel for his fame?

Bounty Killer continues to drop some dancehall history lesson on us,
or at least from his point of view. For the vast majority of us
dancehall fans, the infamous Gully/Gaza feud started because Vybz
Kartel left the Alliance and started dissing The General, aka Bounty
Killer. Mavado then jumps to the defense of his mentor and diss
back Kartel, and that gave birth to one of the most fierce rivalries in
dancehall’s history.

Bounty Killer saw it much differently saying that Mavado wasn’t
defending him from an onslaught from Vybz Kartel and his Gaza
crew, but instead, instigate a feud with the now incarcerated deejay
because he wanted his fame. Killer may have a point since Kartel was
making a name for himself in dancehall in the mid-2000s with a slew
of hits.
Back then the Worl’Boss became famous for his lewd and explicit
lyrics which sparked some backlash from radio stations who were
hesitant to play his music. Nevertheless, dancehall fans, particularly
females gravitate towards his lewd music, and the males respected
him for his lyricism and flow.

On the other hand, Mavado was also making a name for himself
though he and Busy Signal were not as big as Vybz Kartel at the
time. During his rant on Instagram last weekend, Bounty Killer said
that the Gullyside singer started to war with Vybz Kartel purely out
of envy for his fame.
“How him fi defend my war when he took sh*t on his own head,”
Bounty said. “Ask him if I ever told him to go take on Kartel he wants
Kartel fame so he wants to defeat Kartel I never stop him but it was
his idea not mine but each times I post Kartel you had a Vado
jealousy.”

The Gully/Gaza war dominated dancehall in the mid-2000s until the
government of Jamaica steps in 2009 to call for peace after the feud
triggered violence among fans in the streets and schools. Mavado
and Vybz Kartel shook hands and called for peace at the time, but
that didn’t immediately end the bad blood between the two sides.
Mavado and Vybz Kartel were friends before the Gully/Gaza feud
and even collaborated on the single “Happiest Days” which became a
huge hit.

Bounty Killer and Alkaline

Bounty Killer isn’t just blasting Mavado, the dancehall legend also
turns his attention to Alkaline.
Bounty Killer offload a lot off his chest on Instagram last weekend
about his former protege Mavado. The Warlord also had a few things
to say about the Vendetta boss, Alkaline, whom he calls dancehall’s
biggest freakazoid.” Clearly, Bounty is no fan of Alka and even
suggested that the “Champion Boy” deejay disrespected him in the
past.

For those of you who don’t know, here is the backstory. In 2014,
Alkaline released a song called “Anywhere We Go” where he dissed
Bounty Killer and Foota Hype. It seems that’s where the bad blood is
coming from and Killer is clearly angry about it.

“It’s clear that Vado doesn’t has no love or respect for me and
alliance and I accepted him nuh deal with bling busy or Marshall
either but him did song with popcaan and Kartel so why should we
be concerned about him alkaline is dancehall biggest freakerzide who
dissed me outright and his him Vado took under his wings ok so he
shows the world that him don’t rate me anymore which is fine,”
Bounty Killer wrote on IG.

Alkaline has not responded but Mavado did post a message on the
Gram calling Killer bad mind. Just when we all thought that Bounty
and Vado made peace then this. Vybz Kartel is somewhere in his cell
watching all of this unfolding and laughing.

Mavado

Dancehall legend Bounty Killer went after one of his famous protege,
Mavado , while praising another, Vybz Kartel , in a lengthy rant on
Instagram. Killer was responding to a Gullyside fan comment went
things went south. The fan questioned why he doesn’t shout-out
Mavado on his social media profile while he regularly does it for
other former Alliance members like Vybz Kartel, Busy Signal, and
Bling Dawg. Grunggaadzilla didn’t appreciate the comment and went
HAM.

Mavado has since responded on his IG calling his former mentor
“bad mind.” “Bad mind ago kill some a dem just gwaan watch dem

David,” Vado wrote. For those who don’t know, David Brooks is
Mavado’s government name.

Mavado and Bounty Killer had a bitter falling out in 2011 when one
of the “So Special” deejay’s close friends, Conroy “Connie”
Edwards, was shot and killed at Quad nightclub in Kingston where
Killer had his birthday party. Vado says the shooter intended to kill
him and his friend saved his life.
In 2016, the two dancehall icons were spotted at a party in Kingston
and took a photo together signaling that they’ve put an end to their
beef . Clearly, that was not the case, and there is still a lot of bad
blood between them.