Listeners accuse Valiant of copying Mavado’s flow on ‘diss track’ aimed at Teejay
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Dancehall artiste Valiant is being accused of copying Mavado’s style and flow in his most recent track aimed at ‘Uptop boss’, Teejay.
Both Teejay and Valiant are at loggerheads after the pair released ‘diss tracks’ aimed at each other over the last 24 hours.
Loads have been said as the two entertainers engage each other in a ‘war of words’ but as some listeners give the first round of the lyrical face-off to Teejay, they hasten to highlight similarities between Valiant’s flow and that of gullyside deejay, Mavado.
In several comments on the popular streaming platform, YouTube, listeners blast Valiant for mimicking Mavado’s style of deejaying. Listeners on the platform shared that Valiant would have been better off staying true to his own style as an artiste.
“Leff dem riddim yah to Vado…yuh nuh see the riddim a man angle yuh,” @tyronebirch9953 commented.
“A Vado you tun now, wrong road bro,” user @aciddburna6640 also commented.
Indicating that while musical clashes are good for dancehall, another listeners on the platform indicated that it may be good for the ‘Mad Out’ deejay to remember how things ended for Mavado in his clash, while pointing out that Valiant’s track sounded “too much like a Mavado song.”
“This sounds way too much like a Mavado song…and we all know how that ended. Up top leading so far. But this is good for our culture….this is dancehall,” user @davianjohnson3906 commented.
In a recent interview, Teejay whose birth name is Timoy Jones, shared that he and a certain deejay were not on good terms. Catching wind of what was said in the interview, Valiant then took to his Instagram to enquire whether or not the Uptop Boss was making reference to him. He then made reference to an EP and reiterated that he would not be giving any free promotion to the body of work. Teejay had just released his EP, I Am Chippy.
Before long, the two did away with subliminal exchanges and took direct aim at each other. Teejay dropped his ‘diss track’, Chapter 1 on Thursday night and hours later Valiant responded with a song of his own. On the tracks, the two take aim at each other’s managers, as they each claim to be the ‘badda’ artiste.
In the meantime, fans of the music say they are excited to see that clash culture in dancehall is alive and well. This after last week’s lyrical showdown between female deejays, Jada Kingdom and Stefflon Don.
