Veteran deejay Bounty Killer, who in the '90s was vilified for his plethora of 'gun anthems' and who gave Mavado and Vybz Kartel a start in the music business, said both deejays need to participate in a public forum.
"Nuff yutes out there under di influence of 'Gully' or 'Gaza'," he said.
"Me need unnuh (media) fi tek Mavado and Kartel and discuss dat. It nuh affi be di two a dem same time but dem fi do some public forum and mek di people dem si seh a nuh nutten serious, 'cause a nuh JLP or PNP again."
Vybz Kartel said he would be willing to take part in such a forum.
"I have no problem being involved in anything that will reinforce in the minds of the Jamaican youth that tribalism, violence, illiteracy and intolerance to our fellow men's views will not make us a better nation," he said
Vybz Kartel told The Gleaner that his differences with Mavado remains musical. He, however, doesn't believe the impact that the 'Gaza' or 'Gully' contention has on society is more damaging than those of other sectors of society, such as politics and religion.
"Gaza/Gully is just a musical rivalry between the barber (Mavado) and I, and I think the garrison understands that this is only entertainment. The only impact it has is that it brings about discussion and debates," said Vybz Kartel.
"It (lyrical battle) sometimes brings heated verbal arguments and very rare instances of physical altercations, but no more than political or religious debates have done and will continue doing."
Vybz Kartel sided with Dr Gayle's theory of the detrimental lack of sufficient social tools.
"All these areas that these 'Gaza' or 'Gully' incidents occur are the same areas that were violent from day one. We in the garrison need direction and hope and a way out and society doesn't provide the youths with constructive development tools, so music is all the garrison has," he added.
Mavado pointed out that their music and message should not be singled out as a catalyst for violence.
"There is no work, high school youth a drop out of school, no social development in inner-city communities; a suffocation. A youth who is 14 has to stop going school because his/her mother can't provide financially," he said. "The country a devalue every day, things only getting worse, all these things are causing it. But through we (Mavado and Vybz Kartel) are doing the music, and they know we're powerful as musicians, because we speak for the people, them (the authorities) try to put everything on us."
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unity is strength.... n that is better than the form of entertainment we getting from these two artistes, in relation to them clashing. i dont know about you, but the girls and reality songs that movado and kartel sing is far more entertaining than the war.
unity is strength.... n that is better than the form of entertainment we getting from these two artistes, in relation to them clashing. i dont know about you, but the girls and reality songs that movado and kartel sing is far more entertaining than the war.
unity is strength.... n that is better than the form of entertainment we getting from these two artistes, in relation to them clashing. i dont know about you, but the girls and reality songs that movado and kartel sing is far more entertaining than the war.
i agree with you 100 % but war tunes still mad, especially on those work days where everybody just feel like a pagan to you. but his clash tunes dont stop with the aimings at mafraudo and so on..i also consider "the system" a clash song,clasing with politcal visionaries.
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