The BBM broadcast read: "MESSAGE TO DANCEHALL DANCERS: Once upon a time dancing was at the forefront of dancehall where ordinary kids from the street became celebrities thru the art of dancing. RDX, Voicemail among others were pivotal in this movement. Then many dancers were struck by an epidemic called UNGRATEFUL and the dancing songs came to a halt. Some dancers run off go U.S., become moggla, cookout promoter etc. Some all get lean to. Dancehall cannot exist without dancing, so big up to the real one dem who holding up DANCING CULTURE #DanceOrDie."
Dancer/ business woman Keiva retaliated stating that the broadcast was disrespectful and says RDX is more ungrateful than dancers could ever be.
"Dem sey dancers a run off lef Jamaica and a lie because all of the major dancers are still in Jamaica. And those that run off all the better, because if a RDX alone dem dead fi hungry, if a fi some artistes dancers nuh eat. Wi have to give thanks to the promoters, because if a neva dem wi wouldn't a get tours nor visa. Some of these artistes only take our dance moves and make hit songs and we don't benefit. But they have to understand that dancing is a part of entertainment. I bought my first car cash out of dancing," Keiva said.
The artiste was even more upset over the fact that RDX referred to the dancers as homosexuals, cook out promoters and models.
"Dancers turn moggler and cook out promoter? It better dem do that than thief because unno nah duh nothing fi dancers. We work for artistes and don't get paid. Voicemail and Elephant Man would never send out a broadcast like that. Is dancing put RDX pon di map a pure love song dem used to sing, so is dem ungrateful. Dem all call dancer fish? After di dancer dem duh so much fi yu a fish yah call dem? No man, dat ungrateful," Keiva said.
Renegade of RDX had no remorse for his actions.
"The cook out promoter and the ones that are mogglers will take offence, I just throw a stone in the pig pen so the one who bawl out a dem guilty," Renegade said.
Dancer John Bling of Black Blingaz dance group also commented on the matter. He said everybody is entitled to their opinion, however, recording artistes have also contributed to the decline in dancing at events, because they have not released much dance oriented songs in recent times. John Bling is promoting a new dance move called 'Smooth and A Move'.
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