1. Beenie Man vs. Bounty Killer

This one is the grandfather, king, and still champion of feuds inna di dance. They’re both legends, and they’ve found more things to squabble about over the past 15 years than a long-married couple. Whether it’s Beenie kissing RuPaul on an American talk show, Bounty appearing in a No Doubt video with a naked man, or most recently Beenie marrying Bounty’s longtime girlfriend D’Angel, they’re the Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant of reggae (except they’re both alive and neither of them has a she-male for a daughter). Their dysfunctional relationship is the defining thread of modern dancehall, even going so far as to entangle their younger protégés (the beef between Bounty’s protege Mavado and Vybz Kartel intensified when Kartel attended Beenie’s wedding).

The First Clash: a young baldhead Beenie vs Bounty at Sting 10 in 1993:

Bounty Killer, “Warlord Nuh Business” (“Betweenie Man, yuh let di Grammy get to yuh head!”)


Beenie Man, “War Dem Want” (“Long time you nuh like me, that’s why mi hate yuh/Suck out ya madda Bounty Killer, mi nuh rate yuh”)

BONUS

-On stage at Sting 95 during a short-lived peace treaty (LINK)
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