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Bounty Killer has once again acknowledged Alkaline’s talent but criticized his attitude, describing him as antisocial, ungrateful, and disrespectful to those who paved the way in Dancehall. Speaking with DJ Akademiks on his ‘Off The Record’ podcast on Monday, Bounty described Alkaline as a misguided artist whose personality clashes with the values of the culture.
“Alkaline… is a great artist, man,” the Warlord began. “But him is a stupid boy. He has no humanity and he’s not social. He’s antisocial.”
While Bounty conceded that at 31, Alkaline was still young, he maintained that “he’s acting stupid. But kudos to him, he’s a great artist. Me have some Alkaline [songs] weh me like,” before even singing a line from Alkaline’s 2016 hit Extra Lesson .
When AK asked if by “stupid” he meant Alkaline’s musical subject matter, Bounty clarified: “I’m talking about personality, not artistry.”
Bounty disagreed sharply when AK suggested that Alkaline might feel no need to acknowledge others because he achieved stardom on his own.
“Nobody nuh haffi help buss yuh. Nobody nuh buss me. Ah me buss miself. And me buss everybody. That nuh have nothing fi do with nothing,” Bounty responded. “People just do what they do and it works. Some people might have to get a little push or a little help. And then if nobody nuh help you fi buss, it nuh mean you nuh love people.”
DJ Akademiks, Bounty Killer
When AK compared Alkaline to introverted hip-hop stars like NBAYoungBoy, whom Bounty respects, the Warlord dismissed the comparison. “He’s [NBA] just a nice person, but he’s an introvert. But Alkaline don’t rate people.”
Bounty argued that Alkaline’s refusal to acknowledge his influences — particularly Vybz Kartel — and his disrespectful lyrics have alienated him from the wider Dancehall community.
“Ask him who inspire him. Everybody has to have some inspiration. Unless you’re a dead boy or a dead girl or you’re a dead liar. He has to heard music somewhere. Something has to play in your head and then you start to hold on to that,” Bounty said.
When AK suggested that Alkaline was hesitant to admit Vybz Kartel’s influence for fear of backlash from Kartel’s fanbase, Bounty responded: “He don’t want to say because… but don’t act like there is not. You understand?”
Bounty said he further lost respect for Alkaline after he released lyrics that he deemed “forbidden to the culture,” referencing the 2014 track F—k You (2016) .
“When we disagree and dismiss it [the lyrics], he went out the way and to tell me “suck my mother” in my DM. If me hold him inna real life, him have to defend that. Me diss him pon me timeline and him go innna mi DM and tell mi ‘suck mi mother’”.
Bounty contrasted Alkaline’s attitude with the gratitude of artists like Masicka and others who show him “tremendous respect”. He emphasized that gratitude and humility are essential to greatness — qualities he believes Alkaline lacks.
“Those are sensible kids. They are the ones who are smart. They will always get ahead,” he said. “Some people will have glitches and bumps along the way, cause you see when you’re ungrateful you can’t be great. Only grateful people can be great. No ungrateful gal or boy, can have great. You nuh have no greatness bout yuh, so you’re un-great-ful.”
When asked if he would accept an apology from Alkaline, Bounty dismissed the idea.
“No he’s not going to apologize. And me nuh want nobody apologize. It done what it done. What you did, it cyaan rub out. So all when you come and say nice words, it still nuh rub out.”
He also named Mr. Vegas and Lexxus [Mr. Lexx] among the few artists whose apologies he would never accept. “Them chat too much,” he said. “Them nuh have no sense. A like three artists me nuh want see back inna life.”
Still, Bounty stressed that his issue is with people, not their music.
“But me not issue with artist, it’s just people cuz musically mi love everybody music. All the people weh mi nuh like. Cuz if them have great songs, I like music and I not going to put my ego and self in front of music. “
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