Popular Jamaican disc-jock ZJ Chrome is

facing heavy backlash on Friday (August 14) for a tweet in which he insinuated

that mainstream female rappers were encouraging women listeners to glamourise

sex for monetary gain.

According to the ZJ, who singled out WAP artistes Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, many younger women are reportedly buying into the message as he surmised the rappers are negatively influencing the upcoming generation.

View this post on Instagram Single droppin this Friday! WAP feat. @theestallion #WapA post shared by Cardi B (@iamcardib) on Aug 3, 2020 at 5:00pm PDT

“Big woman thing beat me if u want but… Cardi,

Megan and the rest a female rappers only encourage this generation to “SELLâ€â€¦and

a lot are buying it…pretty soon they will switch up then say they’ve grown

& they got kids…but yet influenced a whole generation,†the badly written,

two-faced tweet argued.

Big woman thing beat me if u want but .. cardi megan and the rest a female rappers only encourage this generation to “SELL†.. and a lot are buying it .. pretty soon they will switch up then say they’ve grown & they got kids … but yet influenced a whole generation— Zj Chrome *CR203*TNS (@ZjChrome)

Big woman thing beat me if u want but .. cardi megan and the rest a female rappers only encourage this generation to “SELL†.. and a lot are buying it .. pretty soon they will switch up then say they’ve grown & they got kids … but yet influenced a whole generation— Zj Chrome *CR203*TNS (@ZjChrome) August 14, 2020

The flawed, borderline misogynistic tone of

the tweet was picked up quickly by Jamaican Twitter users, who took ZJ Chrome for

his own spin on the turntables of women’s rights and hypocrisy.

What exactly is your point? You play music from men who were having sex with high school students. — Anita Jones ⟔” (@StillNita)

What exactly is your point? You play music from men who were having sex with high school students. — Anita Jones ⟔” (@StillNita) https://t.co/qkiqGsyMuLAugust 14, 2020

Users reminded the seasoned producer that

he is behind many of the most successful dancehall riddims, some of which have

glorified the use of drugs, gun violence and sexual promiscuity.

Kartel neva influence gyal pickney fi suck cack bredda? You nuh play dem song deh pon rapid bredda? Hypocrite. — weedy (@CRAIGGOFRASS)

Kartel neva influence gyal pickney fi suck cack bredda? You nuh play dem song deh pon rapid bredda? Hypocrite. — weedy (@CRAIGGOFRASS) https://t.co/xpX7HIUPtpAugust 14, 2020

After the first wave of criticisms, ZJ

Chrome urged fellow Twitter users to not label his statement as “a sex thingâ€

and “miss the pointâ€â€”but Jamaicans on the social media platform continued to

decimate his replies and mentions.

Don’t make this in a sex thing an miss point ..— Zj Chrome *CR203*TNS (@ZjChrome)

Don’t make this in a sex thing an miss point ..— Zj Chrome *CR203*TNS (@ZjChrome) August 14, 2020

Working in a genre that outright promotes the degrading of women, the Twitterati was not amused by the disc-jock’s ‘think-piece’, which seemingly waded a bit too deep into a song about sexual banter among females.

Sir dancehall artistes are waving guns. You said nothing. — J.F (@justinswvnk)

Sir dancehall artistes are waving guns. You said nothing. — J.F (@justinswvnk) https://t.co/hCf4sDwagTAugust 14, 2020

There are those who agreed with the controversial statement, adding that Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion should set a better example for their younger listeners.

Born Shaun Chabal, ZJ Chrome is considered

by many to be a staple within the local dancehall fraternity as a talented

producer as well as ZIP 103 FM, where he sits as senior music director.