Blood a Boil artist Khago has weighed in on the imminent showdowns at Sting which are being touted between Skeng and Masicka and Jahshii versus Silk Boss, noting that lyrics and rhymes are not what will cause any of them to win an onstage or record-for-record clash.
According to Khago, the most ruthless and ill-mannered artists, who are, most importantly, skilled at hurling insults at their opponents without caring about anyone’s feelings, will be the ones who emerge victorious.
“Meck mi tell yuh suppm bout clash. Clash a nuh how much lyrics yuh waan have. Yuh haffi facety. Yuh haffi nuh have no mannaz. Yes! Yuh haffi know how fi tell a man seh, ‘hey bway, mi wi grab on pon di womb broom unda yuh cheek an chuck off wid yuh affa Blue Mountain Peak. A suicide war yuh a get! Mi wi strap pon a bomb round mi neck an crash mi car inna yuh Chevrolet’,” Khago said citing examples of damaging phrases that could be used to unsettle opponents.
Khago went on to name himself among the clash artists who were “manners-less”, a list which also included Dancehall kingpins Bounty Killer and Vybz Kartel.
“Das why Bounty Killa suh great, cause him naw no mannaz. Him nuh know weh mannaz live,” he quipped. “Weh yuh tink seh Kartel suh great? Him nuh have nooo mannaz. When it come to clashin him nuh have no mannaz. Yes dawg!” Khago declared gleefully.
“Listen, when yuh a clash, yuh caan ha no mannaz! Yuh haffi a listen to Bounty dem! Vybz Kartel, an Khago an Kiprich. Dem nuh have no mannaz. Yuh hear Kartel seh ‘inna love an war everything a free game’. Yes! All yuh madda get dash inna it. All yuh pickinie dem. Everybaddy! An every song dat yuh use inna yuh life – a coulda even Jeezas yuh have song bout,” he continued.
Added Khago: “Yes! Yuh caan be lyrical dawg. Yuh haffi stink a sh-t. Yuh haffi stink a sh-t. Yuh haffi care less. A nuh no close rhyme… Bredda, yuh haffi naw no mannaz. A it meck Kiprich suh bad. Yes! Ryno nuh have no mannaz; Khago nuh have no mannz.”
Khago also referenced how, while being thought of as the underling, he used his ‘mannerslessness’ to floor Agent Sasco, I-Octane and Sizzla on different occasions more than a decade ago, a feat he said could be accomplished by Silk Boss and to an extent Skeng, who are being viewed as the underdogs.