Reasoning with Capleton: “Music Is A Mission”
Throwback Q&A with The Prophet • New York City 2000 A.D. I had been listening to Capleton for years before I got the chance to interview him at Def Jam Records offices on Varick Street in Manhattan. He sat smoking beedies and a spliff with his manager Stuart Brown a.k.a. African Star in the record […]
HEAR THIS: Cutty Ranks “Nah Hitch”
The Lyrical Rocket Launcher Still Uses Dibby Dibby DJs For Target Practice Wait deh man—Mr. Six Million Ways to Die, the lyrical rocket launcher, the original Cutter is back to put all dibby dibby DJs in check. Just bucked up Cutty Ranks at a dance in Kingston the other day and he blessed us with […]
HEAR THIS: Ninja Man “Badman Law” (Bad Cowboy Riddim)
Man A Real Badman Listen Badman Law Ninja Man has been keeping himself very busy this year and seized every opportunity to remind DJs who is the baddest in the business. The airwaves still haven’t cooled off from the Don Gorgan’s last lyrical outing “Ninja Mi Ninja” (peep the video below) now today we get […]
WATCH THIS: Ninjaman Interview “We Create This, And We Set This”
Ninjaman Talks Strictly Business with Winford Williams of OnStageTV Minutes after firing up an impromptu lyrical clash with Diamond during her own performance, dancehall legend Ninjaman took a seat across from Winford Williams for an unscheduled but typically awesome interview. The front-teeth-gold-teeth-gun-pon-teen Don Gorgon has lyrically “killed” many opponents over the years, as he says: […]
Ninjaman Declares Dancehall “Dead”
The Front-Teeth-Gold-Teeth-Gun-Pon-Teeth Don Gorgon Has Spoken “Reggae/dancehall music is dead,” Ninjaman told the Jamaica Observer last week. “As a matter of fact it is holding on to a tiny string,” declared the notorious Don Gorgon who coined the immortal phrase “anything test dead.”
WATCH THIS: Ouch Crew & Ninja Man ’96 Throwback
Straight From The Jack Sowah Video Archives Via The Afflicted Yard Another Hero’s Day has come and gone, and Desmond Ballantine the real big man still languishes in captivity. But let’s hop in the time machine and head back to ’96, when The Gorgon roamed free and the Ouch Crew was the only dance crew […]
Ninja Charge Fi Murder
Things were already looking bad for Ninjaman last week, then over the weekend came even worse news that the man born Desmond Ballentine had been arrested in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Ricardo Johnson, aka “Ricky Trooper” (not the former Killamanjaro selector). The Don Gorgon now faces charges of murder, conspiracy to murder, and illegal […]
Ninjaman Surrenders To Police
Out Pon Bail: Ninja at Reggae Sunsplash 1996 Photo by Stella Magliore Whether you call him Brother Desmond or the Original Front Teeth Gold Teeth Gun Pon Teeth Bad Bwoy, Ninjaman always seems to be the center of attention. But attention from the Jamaica Constabulary Force is not the sort of attention anybody wants. In […]