The Alliance PR and Marketing Group (APMG) yesterday dismissed claims made by Beenie Man that Bounty Killer is being used by Isaiah Laing, promoter of Sting, to attempt to get him to perform in a clash at the show.
The group in a release sent to THE WEEKEND STAR last night also claimed that Beenie was actually running from a potential 'lyrical showdown' with Bounty at Sting.
The release came a few hours after an article, which was posted yesterday morning on the websiteOutAroad.com, quoted Beenie Man as saying that "Killer bow too much, look how easy him mek Laing bring him in an a use him fi bring mi in."
"How Isaiah go pon TV an mek dem speech deh seh wi a old artistes an caan do nothing fi him show? Him no respect the dancehall veterans who help to build di industry in no way. Every year, him attempt fi disrespect wi in some way and mi not doing Sting this year unless Laing come an explain to mi what him mean by "old artistes". If Bounty wah a clash, him affi at some other show," said Beenie Man.
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In a release sent to THE WEEKEND STAR, Beenie Man added that he was not attempting to fight against the Sting concert which is held on Boxing Day in Jamworld in Portmore.
"Sting is a good show and we need it fi continue fi help buss the next generation of artistes ... Look how me and Killer ah do clash song and ah build a vibes and him come pon TV and just kill the clash song dem right inna the middle of the promotion, and den him ah come draw back fi we after him dun diss we. Mi caan deal wid it no more," Beenie Man said.
However, the group described Beenie Man's claim as baseless arguing that the deejay was only using Laing's interview as an alibi because he is indeed afraid of a 'lyrical clash' between himself and Bounty.
"The interview that Mr Laing did was on October 7, 2011. Why did you wait so late to come out and state a problem with it when it (Laing's interview on Entertainment Report) was done over seven weeks ago?" argued Cross Cris, who heads the APMG.
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The release further questioned Beenie Man's motive saying, "After hearing this interview, which he claimed to find so degrading, one would have expected that right there and then he would have altered whatever intentions you have about clashing at Sting or with Bounty Killer, yet you continued to do 'diss' songs after that knowing well that this would have been a prelude to Sting."
APMG also claimed that it was just after Laing's interview that Beenie Man recorded and released two singles which were aimed directly at Bounty Killer.
"We would like to know in what way Mr Laing used Killer to get to you ... Or is it you who used Killer to get the necessary spotlight needed. Wasn't it you who took the bait and replied to Killer's song where he implied that "If the one Beenie ever call mi name again?" The release further argued.
The release also quoted Cross Cris as saying that he has never heard Killer make any public statement about a lyrical clash between him and Beenie Man and that the public can view Laing's interview via YouTube to see that Beenie Man is contradicting the veteran promoter.
"Publicly we have not heard Bounty Killer say anything of such, so where did he get that notion from? We want to urge the public to view the interview on YouTube and make their own assessment," he said
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