Dancehall Doctor Professor Donna Hope, who is a culture, gender and society lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, has surmised that a “lyrical feud” between Masicka and Skeng could prove to be worthwhile for the Dancehall culture.
Hardcore Dancehall fans are in clash mode, especially following the announcement of the return of the Sting stage show, which is set for December 26 in St Ann, following a seven-year hiatus. Since the announcement, there have been reports of feuds between several artists, some of whom have recorded “diss songs” aimed at their peers.
And, following the release of Skeng’s most recent song, Day Break, fans have speculated that he took implicit jabs at Masicka, by mentioning the name of his mother, girlfriend, and his community in the track, supposedly to avenge statements made by Masicka who referred to users of Molly, a party drug venerated by Skeng, as “coke heads” and for laughing at a comment which criticized the Protocol artist’s entourage.
Masicka, himself, had been clamoring for a clash with his nemesis Alkaline and “any other deejay” from as far back as 2014, when he was just 20 years old, on the premise that Dancehall had gotten “too boring”.
Back then, he had dismissed Tommy Lee Sparta and Gage, who were being proffered as potential combatants, as “circus clowns”, while noting that Alkaline, whom he described as talented, was the one person from his generation who would be a worthy opponent, but that the Ardenne High School old boy was “afraid”.
From that time, until now Masicka is yet to engage in battle with any of his peers, even though several weeks ago there have been speculations that Alkaline had thrown down the gauntlet, via his song Static, the accompanying music video for which was shot within what appears to be a swamp, regarded as the home of crocodiles, to which Masicka has “aligned” himself.