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Sean Paul Lashes Out At ‘Slavery Mentality’ In Dancehall’s Clash Culture
By Sasha Lee
Sun, October 4 2020, 11:18 PM EST
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As more critics lament the state of Dancehall, Sean Paul has lashed out at the genre’s clash culture for promoting a “slavery mentality” among artists. The Grammy winner and international megastar had some strong words for cutthroat stage antics, such as those at the once annual Sting stage show, which he feels influences the worsening industry ethos.
Sean Paul’s appeal and tenor excludes the typical controversy, which has proven a winning formula in his career of almost three decades. However, the hitmaker had a few contentious points to get off his chest in his recent DJ Epps interview. When the Sunday Gleaner followed up with Dutty Paul, he doubled down on what he posits as the hypocrisy, disunity, and lack of positivity plaguing the Dancehall scene.
During the interview with DJ Epps, Paul said, “The movie Django reminds me of our clash culture. Two youths fight, and then a guy gives one the hammer and says finish him”, the decorated veteran said. “That reminds me of clash. I don’t like that. If we perpetuate it year after year to these kids, they are going to come up and do the same thing. Since slavery, we have been put up against ourselves, and we shouldn’t be doing that”.
“The statement I made to DJ Epps is really heartfelt. I carried that feeling about our clash culture for a long time, but not knowing what exactly to say about it or how to say it and the time to say it,” he later told The Sunday Gleaner.
Couldn't stand not near NONE of his shyt and the destructive video for that "Pon di floor" shyt had Yardman a foreign making it bad for EVERYONE West Indian in American clubs and functions.
