Maybe it’s true after all. Check this equation: Lyrical Warfare plus well-written ‘diss’ lyrics equals CAH CHING! Just ask dancehall heavyweights Mavado and Vybz Kartel who will be appearing as the headline acts in no less than three dances over the next two weeks.

Dancehall icons Beenie Man and Bounty Killer proved it with their infamous public spats over the years, and we have a few lyrical gems such as the 90s classic gems Riding West (BK), Stop Live Inna the Past (BM), and Suspense and more recently, Bullet-a, Heart Attack and Bulletproof Vest to prove that they define themselves by oneupmanship of each other. In fact, you could argue that BK is great merely because he had a great foil, Beenie Man to contend with. Jimmy Connors had Ivan Lendl, Muhammed Ali had Joe Frazier, and Bounty Killer had Beenie Man.

How the Mavado- Kartel friction will play out in the future, no one knows but it was fun while it lasted. Here are a few of the clash lyrics penned before the tepid peace was brokered by DCP Mark Shields and RE talking head Kimani Robinson.