Popcaan is getting some heavy criticism from Dancehall fans and several industry players following the death of DJ Niko Chromatic.
The popular dancehall selector who had been battling a kidney disease since 2015, succumbed to the illness on Tuesday evening after going to the hospital for his regular dialysis treatment.
Following the devastating news, several Dancehall insiders called out Popcaan for allegedly not providing enough support for Niko when he needed it. Niko needed US$50,000 for his treatment and approximately half of that was raised via a Gofundme account.
It’s unclear if the “Family” deejay donated any funds towards his treatment, even though some fans believe he could’ve foot the entire bill due to their history and close friendship.
Dancehall selectors including Foota Hype and Tony Matterhorn have been highly critical of Niko Chromatic friends in the industry for not doing more to help save his life. In a video rant posted on social media, the two veteran disc jockeys stop short of calling Popcaan by name however it was pretty clear they were talking about the ‘Unruly Boss’.
Popular producer, NotNice also posted a message on Instagram blasting industry members who have been posting “rest in peace” on social media.
“Nuff a unu p***yhole a post bout miss u,sip,rip niko and when d yute did sick not even as much as a word a prayer unu neva give but now unu run gone dig up unu best pic wid d yute fi post, mi hate unu. From Gaza days memba a u gi vybz kartel the name worldboss dem deeven know that. One thing u Eva beg mi fi do and a fi voice yu on a riddim and mi promise yu seh mi a guh do it now not even that mi cyan do again ?#jahkno,” he wrote.
However despite the criticism Popcaan took to social media on Wednesday to share a heartfelt post, “We lost a real family yesterday but God knows best, you make us all proud while you was with us we will continue the dream that we all believe in from chromatic, unruly, chromatic one team one dream my scheme,” he wrote.
