Bounty Killer Reacts After Shabba Ranks Names “Only Three” Generals In Dancehall

More than a year after Bounty Killer declared that: “no little old lame run away back in di days guy cyaah size up one General.  Nuh NPT (no p-ssy test) else a funeral,” following  Shabba Ranks’ comments about veterans ‘fighting against younger artists,’ the Grammy Kid has seemingly responded in kind.

In an audio snippet of an interview featuring Shabba alongside a Jamaican radio personality, which surfaced earlier this week, the Mr. Loverman artist is heard refusing to be addressed as a “general.”

Shabba then explicitly mentions General Trees, General Degree, and General Echo as the only three generals in Dancehall while declaring that “any other general a plan fi funeral,” a barb appearing to aim at Bounty.

However, this time, Bounty Killer seems intent on extinguishing any anticipation of a prolonged verbal feud with Shabba, whom he frequently credits as his inspiration for striving to become a dancehall deejay.  In response, the Warlord shared his Notnice-produced One General on his Instagram page, a direct response to Shabba’s remarks.

“Friendly reminder don’t ever forget🥳🥳Uno General x General Echo,” he captioned the post.

The tiff between the two Seaview Gardens natives had taken on a life of its own after Shabba, during an interview with Onstage during the 2022 Welcome to Jamrock Cruise, issued a warning to seniors in Dancehall whom he said were treating their younger counterparts with disdain over their lyrical content.

Shabba’s comments at the time came in the aftermath of Bounty’s performance on the Welcome To Jamrock Reggae Cruise. In denouncing the promulgation of “dunceness” in Dancehall by some upcoming artists, the It’s Okay artist said that being uneducated should not be endorsed, as this will result in societal decay.  

“Ah we a di strongest culture inna di worl’—wah likkke dot pon di map and everybody waan seh ‘bomboclxxt!’…weh a gwaan a bare dunceness, dats why some bwoy ah come sing some dutty, nasty foolishness… People haffi excellent and educated and smart. Bwoy seh if yuh waan hide tings from black people, put it inna book. Dat mean seh bwoy a celebrate seh they made us illiterate an’ dunce,” Bounty had said.

However, Shabba, during his interview with Onstage’s Winford Williams, had demanded that veteran artists leave the younger acts alone.

“Mi hear some big man inna music now, weh every turn dem turn dem beat gainst di likkle yute dem; an dem fight gainst di likkle yute dem.  An dem waan tell di likkle yute dem weh dem mus seh.  And dem waaa tell di likkle yute dem weh dem fi do.  Mi waa meck oonu know enuh, seh when me did a do music a said way oonu did a gwaan like oonu waan control my mind state enuh.  And look what I become inna di face a di world.  Because a my music,” the X-tra Naked artist had said.

“So I am saying that to say dis: none a oonu nuh know di distant that the yute melodies or the work dat he say on record is gonna reach.  Suh oonu caan gwaan like oonu waan kill di yute dem talent.  Give di yute dem a chance wid dem music!  Di yute dem nuh haffi do di music like how we do di music.  A fi dem music.  Come out a di yute dem arena and leave di yute dem meck dem do dem music!” he added.

While Shabba had not mentioned Bounty by name during the interview, Bounty did not mince words in his counteraction, describing his critic as, among other things, an “old, lame, run away, back in di days guy” in a series of Instagram posts.

“Di Gaadzilla, di messiah, di architect.  Mi reinvent dis twice time 1992 and 2002 from Scare Dem to Alliance, so no little old lame run away back in di days guy cyaah size up one General.  Nuh NPT (no p-ssy test) else a funeral. Dun chat to a dunce bat 🦇…   he had stated in one post.

In another, he named some of his predecessors he considered the best stage performers in Jamaican history, and again poked fun at the supposed “runaway” guy.

“Take out unuh note pads Learn and adapt the formula.  Ninjaman, Tiger, Professor Nuts, Papa San, to name a few: dem make stage show in Jamaica and mi revolutionize it.  Is which show some p_ssy tek bout ya?  Where and when?  Post the clips them then mek we see.   I never left this for 3 months since mi buss 92 mi carry this pon mi back NPT👈🏿,” he had written.

In a subsequent post bragging of his lyrical clashing acumen he added: “anybody waah dead mek dem f_ck around and see”. 

Bounty also recalled Jahshii’s infamous Television Jamaica interview, in which the young deejay criticized Shabba while praising him. “Ask Jahshii.  For one he will tell u exactly how the youths felt about some elders👍🏿,” Bounty had stated.