Dancehall legend Beenie Man recently spoke out against performers with law enforcement backgrounds and explained how they put themselves in danger when performing in Jamaica.
Speaking about Rick Ross' past history within law enforcement, Beenie talked with DJ Whoo Kid about the chances of being a police affiliated emcee in his home country.
"No, Jamaica don't do police," Beenie explained. "You can be a cop if you want [but not an artist.] If you're a police artist, I don't know if that's going to work out. You're a cop and an artist? That don't work out in Jamaica. You got cop artists, but they do that talent show sh*t. They don't come out on the street because n*ggas in Jamaica, once they find out you're a cop and you're on-stage, that means you're vulnerable. And you know what I mean, there gonna be battles, stones, oranges, apples, all that sh*t. When I say orange and apple, you understand it's an M-16, AK-47, if you want me to get serious. Because then you're vulnerable. You're a cop on stage. No police in the business. If you gonna be in the business, you gotta re-sign the business because police is in the killing business. The innocent killing business. And then the innocence is in the crowd and they're gonna try to kill you back because that's how it goes, eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth." (Radio Planet TV)
Aside from Beenie's warnings, G-Unit's Tony Yayo recently threw verbal shots at Ross.
"He's so funny and delusional, I love it though," Yayo said in an interview. "'Cause now I got the real n*ggas from Miami, not no fake rap sh*t, not no fake Triple C's Torch...N*ggas trying to make it seem like Yayo can't get a pass down to Florida? Are you crazy? Are you kidding me? And I'm not talking about Disney Land, I'm talking about Little Haiti, I got the pass to go through their... I been a little quiet, I let fat boy talk. His album came out, he had a 68 percent drop this week so Def Jam ain't on they job. Def Jam don't want me to start waiting in front of that building for some of them executives. I don't give a f*ck about this rap sh*t my n*gga." (Shade 45)
"The Boss done did it all to get money," Ross said last March. "And what you gotta understand is, if rumors surface it wasn't because, people felt like I didn't address it. It wasn't because of my selfish reasons, but what you gotta understand is that when you answer certain things, you gotta go to what was going on and who was involved, what the situation really was. So what we did was we got with BET and we chronicle my life so people can understand that by the time I was 17 years-old, 18 years-old, I was in a nice home, I was in whips, I was doing a lot of different things and I made a few moves...If Rick Ross did work at one of these places, it wasn't for the obvious reasons. There's a lot of gold mines around people's faces that they don't really know how to take advantage of...Yeah that picture is Rick Ross." (Big Boy's Neighborhood)
Former G-Unit associate Bang Em Smurf has told fans to look beyond the rapper's past.
"Shout-out to the boss man, there's a lot of sh*t going on about this C.O. sh*t and homie being a C.O. back in the day," Smurf said in a video. "I don't give a f*ck about none of that 'cause at the end of the day, Dr. Dre was a she-thing, a drag queen...I got some gangsters that's C.O.'s from my hood...and they get busy. At the end of the day, I bang with a few C.O.'s, not every C.O. but I got a few I did. And Ross a real n*gga, by the way. He kept his word a hundred with me from day one."
princess leah already counteract him already, a di girls dem me say, an a dat mi artiste say. as fi d has been part d man is a living legend, u cant run d biz for ever, him and bounty run d local scene for d past 16 yrs, an him rep we inna d international scene fi over 10 yrs, so ano nuttin if two new artiste rise an a carry d banner(addi an vado). If beenie a has been then micheal jordan a has been, an we all kno how dat go already.
further more non a di artiste wa a run d ting rite now still cyaa perform an lock show like d king, beenie still affi close d show dem same way, him still hav d most pulling power, if d man say him nuh waah close a show everybody ketch dem coward
-- Edited by Casino on Monday 25th of May 2009 10:38:40 PM
further more non a di artiste wa a run d ting rite now still cyaa perform an lock show like d king, beenie still affi close d show dem same way, him still hav d most pulling power, if d man say him nuh waah close a show everybody ketch dem coward
-- Edited by Casino on Monday 25th of May 2009 10:38:40 PM
well betweenie is still has been
he doesnt have the ability to get the hits that easy
cause now u have (addi, vado, ele,busy,donia, and other artist)
beenie gets dj of the year award, if my memory serves me correct, arent u suppose to get a certain amount of hits to be considered nominated dj of the year, and even if it was done on a popularity scale, im sure the ppl will agree that kartel deserves dj of the year over beenie(it was some awards for reggae and dancehall the otehr day, dont remember the name) however dem gi beenie dj of the year
jiggle up yu body and gimme,gimmie.gmmie are the only two songs i hear rotating wid beenie for last year
and all he does is just cause controversy and call down crosses on himself.....how can u survive off hype and controversy in the industry.....without that he cant stay on top in the business