Jamaican deejay Spragga Benz is aware that his fame accompanies

the role model title and other responsibilities, but it doesn’t mean he’ll turn

the other cheek if he’s disrespected.

The Rasta Run the World artiste recently made time for an online troll who targeted his family and legacy. It started because of a photo he shared of his mother, in which he described her as a Maroon, and went on to liken her to Nanny, one of the group’s most revered leaders.

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The caption attracted a comment by someone who said he should use

the term Ashanti instead of Maroon. He accepted the comment, explaining in a

video, “Yeah, that’s not new information to me still so cool. But we a

work wid Maroon same way just like how we know seh we are not black or we are

not ni**as but we still work wid it same way.”

Another user wrote that the Maroons were sellouts, to which he disagreed and a back-and-forth ensued. The artiste, who was resolute and passionate about his beliefs, apologised to the person if his delivery was perceived as harsh. It seemed to be a mature conversation with opposing views until another person joined the thread.

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“Reading through some more things mi see how this person a

disrespect me, a disrespect mi whole history, a disrespect mi son, a disrespect

mi mother, all sort a things just because dem feel like mi seh something wrong

to this person who commented on my post about my mother.”

He added that the person called him a sissy for responding to the

comments, but Spragga Benz said he was being kind by engaging people.

“All along mi feel like is a woman me’d a talk to that’s why

me even a answer cause mi nuh trace wid man and more time because you is so

calm people feel like dem can step pon you,” he said. “Not because

man nice and easy and seh Rastafari feel seh unno can come walk pon me and hide

behind unno computer screen. And it nuh matter how bad or how many people unno

kill neither, unno feel like unno can come disrespect this? It nah go work. So

sometimes we might tek it for being the better person. Who know better, do

better, but sometimes mi nuh know better neither.”