Deejay LA Lewis, who in the weeks leading up to Sting, promised dancehall fans a lyrical battle between himself and Mr G, was nowhere to be found on Saturday night and is now being branded a chicken by Mr G.

The two, had dancehall fans amped for a comedic face-off after both agreed to duke it out at Sting in exchange for criminal charges filed against Mr G by LA Lewis to be dropped.

Lewis, who was seemingly very confident in a victory, went as far as to order a coffin in which he would 'bury' Mr G. On Saturday night. However, Mr G stood alone backstage.

The deejay told THE STAR that Lewis chickened out of the clash because he had received a humiliating lyrical beating at Ragashanti's show, Mix up and Blenda, the previous night. He said, "Mi did kill him a Ragashanti show di night before. Mi a dj a di show, and him see mi a mash up di place, cah mi a gi di people dem some lyrics and a prepare dem fi di ting and him run on pan di stage and start dj. Di people dem clap him, dem boo him, dem put chair pan dem head and him still neva waan come offa di stage."

Mr G continued, "Di people dem gi him bout five-minute worth a consecutive boo. Is like di bwoy see how serious it be pan him and nuh turn up. A di dead wha him dead di night before, him couldn't tek dat in front of a Sting crowd."

The deejay said he was disappointed at Lewis' no-show, as he was looking forward to the face-off. He said, "I want to find out what he represents whether it is CB chicken or Best Dressed chicken, cause it is obvious that he is a chicken."

He said, "Dis bredda is in hiding and him a go find bout two million excuse fi why him neva come. But a di killing wha him get a Raga show prime up him heavens and bring him back to a ting called reality."

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The deejay said he is willing to meet with Lewis again, if only to satisfy the appetite of dancehall fans. He said, "I think there has to be a next showdown. Di people dem waan see dis, and because it neva materialise, it left a bad taste in their mouths."

Lewis, however, had a different story. He told THE STAR that he did not chicken out of the clash, but rather felt disrespected by the event's promoters and chose not to attend. He said as the main act of the show, he was not treated how he should have been. "The demands I made were not met," he said, "They were supposed to deal with some funding for my tour bus and at the end of the day, they didn't deal with it. They were to send part of the money for costumes for my entourage, they didn't send that." He said he also did not receive tickets for his entourage and said he attempted to contact the show's promoters, but had no luck. "Everybody lock off them phone," he said.

He said he felt disrespected as he "did not receive a copy of the running order" like all major acts should. He said, "LA Lewis may take things light, but not the Seven Star General. I respect Mr Laing, but promoters need to treat artistes right. You're not going to treat me bad and then I run on your show like I'm 'Gladys Knight and the Pips'."

As for the claims that he was 'killed' the previous night, he dismissed those saying he did not plan to clash and he didn't. He admitted to having difficulties however. He said, "It was like I was deejaying off-key, cause I was signalling to the band to mix me, but I didn't know it was a blind band."

Isaiah Laing, promoter of the event, told THE STAR that Lewis' claims were false. He said the deejay received all he asked for and said Supreme Promotions even went beyond what it would normally have done for him. "Whatever he asked for, I gave it to him. I did all that I was suppose to do for him. I think we even went overboard, cause normally we wouldn't give him anything. I wouldn't have built up people's hopes and not delivered. I didn't even know he wasn't coming until about 11 p.m.," he said.