Monday, September 9, 2024

11 THE STAR ENTERTAINMENT • Monday, September 9, 2024 @JamaicaStar www.facebook.com/JamaicaStar • www.jamaica-star.com NATASHA WILLIAMS STAR Writer W hile encouraged by signs that the long-standing feud between Mr Lexx and Elephant Man has been ending, recording artiste Quick Cook is hoping they can take it further. In an interview, he called for unity within dancehall and named the entertainers. He was therefore happy to see them on stage together, along with Ding Dong, as they made guest appearances during Wayne Wonder’s performance at the Reggae Fest Tour at the recent Barclay Center in New York. The artistes, along with dancehall artiste Mr Vegas, were seen huddling in a circle as they jumped in celebration of each other’s accomplishments and being in each other’s presence, performing on what Mr Lexx described as ‘the bet show of the year’. While on stage, Elephant Man, who is said to have ‘blocked’ Ding Dong on Instagram just before his performance, uttered “Big up Ding Dong, tun on di lighter dem fi him, him nuh chat to mi but weh mi seh… .” In a video, which was later reposted by Ding Dong, he hailed Elephant Man for ‘paving the way’. Likewise, Mr Lexx shared a photo with Elephant Man, and laughing emojis, stating that the ‘malice’ can end now, and proposed that the artiste should ‘unblock’ him so they can reconcile. In a previous toast, he tagged popular selector Foota Hype, asking him to bring Elephant Man’s attention to the post. Though the deejay is yet to respond to either Mr Lexx’s or Ding Dong’s posts, Quick Cook is hoping to see musical unity among the mentioned artistes and calls on Elephant Man to “duh di right thing”. “Ano just me, a weh di world waah fi see. Mr Lexx [and] Elephant Man a great artiste, dem can bury the hatchet and let bygones be bygones. As yuh can see, di artiste dem bawl out ‘cree’ publicly suh dem jus need fi tek off di mask affa dem face yah now and Ele, duh di right ting because wi need fi see di unity because [dat] will make di [music] space stronger. Di people waah see it, enuh, and di devil can’t win if dem come together,” said Quick Cook. “Outta everybody, Ele surprise mi when him throw in him hat because Ele nuh duh dat. Den wi see Mr Lexx come and bawl out and it look like him [Elephant Man] nuh accept fi Lexus own up to today day. But wi a put pressure pon dem and mek dem know ‘Come on man, clean up unu heart and come’ because di people dem need fi see it,” said the artiste. He also urged them to ensure that they are in the running for Vybz Kartel’s Freedom’s Street concert in December. “From December guh right through, mi just want back dah unity yah, cause dancehall nice, enuh. Yuh know from when mi fi guh pon a plane and just naah move. Mi jus deh yah amongst mi [musical] brothers and sisters, a cement mi foot and a gwaan hol’ it,” said Quick Cook. The artiste, who is also the owner of the recording label, Bread Organisation, has actively been dropping singles, such as his latest tracks Active and Balance which he said has been “doing well” both locally and globally. Calls to Mr Lexx and Elephant Man for a comment have proven futile Quick Cook C ontributed Mr Lexx FiLe Elephant Man C ontributed Quick Cook Show of dancehall unity pleases