Kartel was the last man standing at Sting

Claude Mills, you're my boss, my real friend but you never got it right this time. It was Vybz Kartel who won the clash at Sting simply because he was the last man standing onstage when the smoke cleared. Mavado got a big forward and ran off the stage with his bands and to me, that translates into cowardice. He got the big forward for a mother diss when he said: 'my madda? Kartel freaky, him watch him madda when she a pee pee'. Up until then, he had been wounded and struggling, but clutched at this straw as a way to snatch back some respectability. However, I got my illegal copy of the Sting tape yesterday and it is clear that the Teacha won, he was leading for eight minutes into the clash and in a real clash, the deejay who leaves the stage first automatically loses. Kartel won because he was the Last Man Standing. Somebody need to read this article to the Barba so him can understand that a coward can never know true victory. Check this quote: 'cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once'. Mavado run when he realized that he was tasting his own death in his mouth and he decided to pack up and run. He better get used to that taste in his mouth - the taste of death and defeat.

One thing is clear, dancehall is the lifeblood of the people of Jamaica. Just ask morally ambivalent Red Stripe villified dancehall early thus year only to recruit deejay/flosser Flippa Mafia with his Dem Yah slang for their Christmas ad blitz in order to help them retain their market share in the face of increased competition in the marketplace. Thousands of persons packed into Jamworld to see the clash which ushers in a new era for dancehall music. Thousands more watched it live on the Internet and millions more will pore over Net sites and read newspaper articles, watch the youtube videos and listen to the Sting mixtapes in the next few weeks.

More drama is promised in the next few weeks with Dela Splash tonight and Reggae Campfire on New Year's Eve. And we will be here to give you the inside skinny of what's going on in the world of dancehall. Lata'.