Spragga Benz Talks Lyrical Battle With Vybz Kartel

Spragga Benz says he respects Vybz Kartel but never feared him.

The veteran Dancehall superstar says while he respects Vybz Kartel he never feared engaging him in a lyrical battle.

According to the deejay, he got the better of the ‘Worl Boss’ during their lyrical squabble a decade ago. He says he matched and even outdone the incarcerated Dancehall superstar lyrically during their short-lived feud.

Spragga Benz made the comments during a recent Entertainment Report interview with Anthony Miller. His comments were in reply to a question asking if he thinks he was burnt by the World Boss.

“Vybz Kartel came close to be burnt from me. Get it the right way deh. Get it in the right perspective,” Spragga said, laughing. “Is a deejay weh me respect, but is not a deejay who me fear,” he added.

During the interview, Spragga also revealed that he and Kartel even collaborated on writing songs in the past.

“I have been here before him; naw take nothing from him, but I was here before he came,” Spragga Benz said. “I was one a them people who used to write with him to, or write fi him to. Because we write songs where me and him perform where a me write. Naw take nothing from him, he is a very talented artiste but mi no consider it that way like we fi burn cause anybody could a get burn.”

Spragga went on to attribute much of Kartel’s dominance to his lower value system. He claims Kartel was willing to deejay about topics that were for a long time taboo in Dancehall.

“Right because him did have dah morality level, suh tings weh Kartel woulda jump up fi seh, wouda be tings weh even me and back inna my days, my yute dem, used to tink dat, but we woulda neva sing dat because it nuh really necessary fi wi,” he said.

“You have nowadays artiste doing that and I think they accredit him as the person who spearhead that. Slackness nuh new enuh, but di levels a it and di topics dem, it change,” he added.

Watch the interview below.