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Bounty Killer and Junior Reid: Dancehall Beef?

A frenzy was stirred up recently over claims that dancehall stars Bounty Killer and Junior Reid were involved in a fracas during a concert, Hot Mondays, on the Jamaican parish of St. Andrew.  However, both artists have rubbished the rumours that any physical altercation took place. However, it seems the two should have gotten together to make sure that their stories matched.

Junior Reid says: "I and Bounty Killer weren't in a fight, that's a rumour,”

The One Blood hitmaker explained there was a minor dispute between members of his 'family' and someone from Bounty Killer's crew at Weddy Weddy, about two weeks ago. While at Hot Mondays, Junior Reid said he saw the person from Bounty Killer's crew and decided to have a word with him.

"As a big man, I saw the guy at Hot Mondays and I (tried to) find out what really go down and him start flare up. As him flare up now, some people that was around me and going into the session and fans start tell him fi have manners when the big man a talk to him. Him and dem inna argument till something start. This morning, I frighten when I hear seh me and Killa inna fight," he told Jamaican paper The Star.

However, when contacted, Bounty Killer had a slightly different turn of events.

According to Killer, there was apparently some incident involving Sauffy, a member of his entourage, and one of Junior Reid's sons while leaving Weddy Weddy Wednesdays last week.

"Suh, Junior Reid si Sauffy a Hot Mondays now and call him an jus' start wet him up an from dey so it start. (So, we went to split them up.). Them all fling one Guinness bottle an (hit his head), even after the police were dere trying to calm di situation. 'Cause is at dat moment, mi get upset an me start get involved verbally, but (I never) get involved physically," Killer told the same newspaper.

Junior Reid, despite admitting there is no beef between Killer and himself, says that there is no communication between he and Bounty Killer: "Bounty Killer is a good artiste but more time (that crew act like they need therapy), dem have a problem. Me and Bounty Killer no really have nutten right now. Is him and the tax people dem have things," Junior said.

So, there’s no love lost there, then.