Bounty Killer unimpressed with young performers5 min read

Bounty Killer has expressed disappointment at the attitude of some younger acts towards stage performances.

Acknowledging that easy command of a stage comes with a lot of practice and experience, Killer believes that young performers are more about hype than they are about entertaining a crowd.

“Most of dem young artiste yah don’t tink dem have a problem. The people complain innuh, but they don’t care. Dem so hype and into dem thing, and mi nuh tink dem wah do more dan weh dem a do. Dem alrite wid weh dem deh,” Bounty Killer told THE STAR. “Dem nah look back pon who do it best, and dem feel like dem ah outdo weh we do, suh dem nuh need nuttin weh we do. Dem doh tink seh dem owe it to di crowd. Dem seh mi big areddi,” he said.

“Alkaline know him cyaa perform and him doe business. Popcaan a try to perform. At least, I can see dat he’s fighting it and he’s gonna get better. ‘Cause every time yuh see him, yuh see him a try guh up deh,” he continued.

Along with experience, Killer said that much research went into his own performance development over the years, even paying attention to artistes he was not trying to emulate. “Mi did tink me haffi grow, and mi did a watch di best, and I wanna be exactly like the best or greater. Anyting weh YouTube coulda find, mi watch back dat,” he told THE STAR. The Brigadiers, Josey Wales, Charlie Chaplin Nicodemus and Supercat are some artistes Bounty Killer said he looked up to expand his performance knowledge.

“I never had a mentor. Is not like Mavado and Kartel or Ele and Busy, who used to have Killa weh say ‘do this, yuh nuh do dat right.’ So I did haffi just use experience as my knowledge,” he said.