Bounty Killer shared that late dancehall artist Merciless passed away of a drug overdose.
The Warlord is reacting to critics from some quarters of the dancehall fraternity who are slamming him for not participating in the famous clash artist’s funeral service. Merciless, whose real name is Leonard Bartley, was laid to rest last week Sunday (September 18). The artist died on July 1 at a motel on Beechwood Avenue in St Andrew. The 51-year-old artist’s death surprised dancehall fans, especially as he was not just young however was supposedly not ailing as much as the time of his death.
Merciless funeral service was participated in by Spragga Benz, Don Mafia, Little Hero, Alize, Silver Cat, and Ghost, who were spotted inside the St Gabriel’s Anglican Church in May Pen, Clarendon. However, others who were supposedly close and extremely appreciated by the late vocalist were strangely enough missing from his funeral service. Both Bounty Killer and Beenie Man, who have a long history with Merciless, were likewise missing from the goodbye causing fans of the late artist, consisting of Tony Matterhorn calling them out, for disappointing unity.
On Instagram, fans of Bounty Killer called him out for not participating in the occasion triggering an acidic reaction from the artist. On Monday, Merciless supervisor Harvel ‘Gadafi’ Hart called out Bounty Killer and Beenie Man for disappointing up at the funeral service. Hart regrets that Merciless household consisted of Bounty and Beenie on his funeral program and shares that the late deejay spoke extremely of them.
Hart likewise blasted Capleton and Sizzla for disappointing up at any of the occasions or nine-night for the artist.
Over the weekend, an audio clip of Bounty Killer’s interview on 104.1 FM radio station in Cayman began making the rounds where the artist stated Merciless passed away of a drug overdose and blasted critics who implicated him of disappointing as much as the funeral service.
“A over deh the male go lose it enuh pet dog,” the deejay stated. “A drugs eliminate Merciless enuh. Is drugs eliminate Merciless. They simply shy to state it. No cardiac arrest or nutten bredren a overdose eliminate the Don. And we put on’t even desire sophisticated pon the dead male or nutten, however them fi gweh, me nah go a no funeral service me a badman. No bwoy cyan ramp wid me inno.”
Bounty Killer included that Merciless wasn’t his good friend however rather a colleague; thus he doesn’t owe his household anything however acknowledgements. “Merciless wasn’t me good friend, he wasn’t me associate, he was simply a colleague,” he stated.
Bounty has actually been slammed for the declaration as the audio clip makes the round on social networks.
Bounty Killer states drugs eliminated Merciless and blasts critics over his lack from Merciless funeral service. pic.twitter.com/NPU1RxdV5v
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