When Yellowman used the recent happenings in dancehall as the basis of his performance at the Tastee Talent Trail finals held at the Mas Camp Village on Oxford Road, New Kingston recently, the audience loved it.

However, not everyone found Yellowman's jest humourous.

The veteran artiste, who is known to be one of the first artistes to introduce 'slackness' into the dancehall, was in his zone, as he transformed Queen Ifrica's song about incest, Daddy Don't Touch Me There into a slack joke.

According to Yellowman, "di odda day mi si Queen Ifrica an' she a sey 'Yellow yuh know sey dem waan fi ban mi song'. Suh mi sey which song dat, an' she sey, Daddy Don't Touch Mi There an' mi sey, but Ifrica, yuh cyan tell mi dat, afta mi a nuh yuh fadda, yuh know wah mi tell ar sey: 'Ifrica come touch mi here', Yellowman sang while he rubbed his groin area.

All laughs

Queen Ifrica was all laughs when she heard about Yellowman's onstage antics. She said that is what Yellowman is known for and one cannot fight that.

"Yellowman is the original king of slackness, an' him is a brethren wey mi check fah differently as a veteran inna di business. An' if dat really do sum'n fi him, at di end a di day, then so be it, but is his thing that, that is what Yellowman is known for though," Queen Ifrica said. "But so many people sing dat song (Daddy) so many different ways."

It was a performance that patrons enjoyed, as the slackness and the mix up were welcome. However, Yellowman, in his next address to the patrons during his performance, made reference to the not so funny, failed marriage of the self-proclaimed 'King of the Dancehall', Beenie Man and artiste D'Angel.

"Mek mi educate uno 'bout love," Yellowman said. "'Cause yuh have some artiste a tek it up an' a model wid it like dem think a Hollywood ting, an dem cyan manage it. All a get restrain (long pause) inna dem brain."

And following his performance, as Yellowman paused to take a picture with the MC, he said "she look like 'Angel' een?"

However, Yellowman's jest was no laughing matter to Beenie who is still in the middle of the bitter divorce. "Yuh si Yellowman is a big man an' him fi act like a big man an' come out a young people life. Him fi look how much man (name deleted) gi him bun wid an' stop look pon me an' my life affair. Me alright," Beenie said.