Lutan Fyah sets off 'battle of the Rastas' with Bounty Killer comments?
STAINLESS said
00:02 04/04 2007
A spirit of malcontent appears to be spreading through the entertainment fraternity like a virulent contagion which the individuals in the industry seem powerless to stop. First, it was the deejays, then the dancers, and now, believe it or not, the reggae Rastafarian community is undergoing a rift of sorts between members.
The rift was set in motion by comments made by singer Lutan Fyah.
On Friday night, during Fantan Mojahs Reggae in the Valley show, Rastafarian Lutan Fyah delivered a performance that provoked the ire of several Rastafarian singers including Capleton, Luciano and Anthony B. In fact, Luciano and Anthony B appeared to be so incensed by the comments that they chose to leave the show before performing.
Lutan Fyah bigged up Bounty Killer for bussing yutes and turning them into millionaires, and chided Rastafarian singers who did not do the same. He did not direct his comments to anyone in particular, but the euphemism seemed to strike at the heart of at least three entertainers in a most savage manner.
One876Entertainment.com spoke to Lutan Fyah about the figurative fire he ignited and the fallout from the comments.
All I said was big up Bounty Killa mek yute tun millionaire, and yu have some rasta have man ah dem yard ah wash dem dog and wash dem car and ah call them God Almighty, and a few of them take offence and waan come gang me, he explained.
Mi have to tan up on my two foot dem left and right because Anthony B, Capleton and Luciano want to gang me, say me diss rastafari, when all I did was refer to the music, so how all of sudden dem say me diss the rasta movement. Why only dem alone choose fi tek offence? Look how much rasta were at the stage show and backstage and dem say, good fire Fantan, dem love it so why dem hurt? he asked.
Lutan claimed that the real reason for their anger was the fact that Bounty Killer worked directly after Lutans performance, and they would have had to work after the dancehall icon. They had congregated at a gas station located on Stony Hill road and when they say him approach, ambushed him, verbally chastising the singer whose hit, Save the Juveniles is #5 on the Richie B Tru Juice charts.
Dem no waan work after Bounty Killer, thats why dem lef and den dem try pull it off on me, but mi stand up to dem, loud fi loud, Luciano jump up on top of his van and called me a sellout and that Bounty Killer buss pure devil, Capleton say me have a problem with him, him say me diss rastafari and ah fight gainst him, Anthony B say me tek side and mi grudge him, but yet still, man like I-Wayne no vex, he said.
How dem fi talk say Bounty Killer buss pure devil, like dem a live like real rasta roun ere? Lutan Fyah asked.
Efforts to contact the other artistes involved in the animosities in the community proved futile.
A spirit of malcontent appears to be spreading through the entertainment fraternity like a virulent contagion which the individuals in the industry seem powerless to stop. First, it was the deejays, then the dancers, and now, believe it or not, the reggae Rastafarian community is undergoing a rift of sorts between members.
The rift was set in motion by comments made by singer Lutan Fyah.
On Friday night, during Fantan Mojahs Reggae in the Valley show, Rastafarian Lutan Fyah delivered a performance that provoked the ire of several Rastafarian singers including Capleton, Luciano and Anthony B. In fact, Luciano and Anthony B appeared to be so incensed by the comments that they chose to leave the show before performing.
Lutan Fyah bigged up Bounty Killer for bussing yutes and turning them into millionaires, and chided Rastafarian singers who did not do the same. He did not direct his comments to anyone in particular, but the euphemism seemed to strike at the heart of at least three entertainers in a most savage manner.
One876Entertainment.com spoke to Lutan Fyah about the figurative fire he ignited and the fallout from the comments.
All I said was big up Bounty Killa mek yute tun millionaire, and yu have some rasta have man ah dem yard ah wash dem dog and wash dem car and ah call them God Almighty, and a few of them take offence and waan come gang me, he explained.
Mi have to tan up on my two foot dem left and right because Anthony B, Capleton and Luciano want to gang me, say me diss rastafari, when all I did was refer to the music, so how all of sudden dem say me diss the rasta movement. Why only dem alone choose fi tek offence? Look how much rasta were at the stage show and backstage and dem say, good fire Fantan, dem love it so why dem hurt? he asked.
Lutan claimed that the real reason for their anger was the fact that Bounty Killer worked directly after Lutans performance, and they would have had to work after the dancehall icon. They had congregated at a gas station located on Stony Hill road and when they say him approach, ambushed him, verbally chastising the singer whose hit, Save the Juveniles is #5 on the Richie B Tru Juice charts.
Dem no waan work after Bounty Killer, thats why dem lef and den dem try pull it off on me, but mi stand up to dem, loud fi loud, Luciano jump up on top of his van and called me a sellout and that Bounty Killer buss pure devil, Capleton say me have a problem with him, him say me diss rastafari and ah fight gainst him, Anthony B say me tek side and mi grudge him, but yet still, man like I-Wayne no vex, he said.
How dem fi talk say Bounty Killer buss pure devil, like dem a live like real rasta roun ere? Lutan Fyah asked.
Efforts to contact the other artistes involved in the animosities in the community proved futile.