Mavado Takes Aim at Drake for Appropriating Dancehall on "Enemy Line"

After Drake seemingly took shots at Mavado on his “Only You Freestyle” with Headie One, the dancehall icon accused Drake of appropriating dancehall on his new track, “Enemy Line.”

The single goes after the Canadian artist’s “tough guy attitude” and claims that he wishes he was Jamaican. The feud reportedly started when Drake referenced Popcaan, someone Mavado has beefed with, on “Only You Freestyle” and Mavado’s hometown of Cassava Piece in Kingston, Jamaica. Many note that the lyrics call back to the Gully/Gaza dancehall feud, which saw Vybz Kartel and Mavado clash on a variety of topics.

To make his message clear, Mavado also went on Instagram to share a post about his new single and say, “You are not from Dancehall/You have no Power in Dancehall n everybody know who introduce you to Dancehall so don’t feel like you can come disrespect Gully take that out you brain n don’t dweet again.”

Stream Mavado’s “Enemy Line” on Spotify and Apple Music below to catch the accusations of Drake appropriating dancehall.

 

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Suh yuh wa be like wi, and try style the thing. Remember this Dancehall a mi play ground, Dancehall is my job. I’ve been a superstar over 15yrs and created countless hit songs in my genre while developing my unique singjay style of which The new generation is all about today solidifying the craft 👊🏽🔥. You are not from Dancehall You have no Power in Dancehall n everybody know who introduce you to Dancehall so don’t feel like you can come disrespect Gully take that out you brain n don’t dweet again. 🇯🇲

A post shared by David Brooks (@mavadogully) on Jul 29, 2020 at 8:14pm PDT

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