YouTube Uploaders Ignite Dancehall Feuds....A prime example of the effects of this practice is the feud that is currently brewing between Bounty Killer and his protégé, Mavado.

Published: Sunday | June 8, 2014 Curtis Campbell, Gleaner Writer

Feuds in the music industry are sometimes caused by rumours and lyrical content which some artistes regard as being disrespectful.

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Without proof of an artiste's intentions, YouTube uploaders have taken it upon themselves to spark controversy by adding titles to the songs and using the names of those they assume the songs are levelled at.

A prime example of the effects of this practice is the feud that is currently brewing between Bounty Killer and his protégé, Mavado.

Mavado released several songs over the last two years, which were regarded as tongue-in-cheek potshots at Bounty Killer.

Those tracks went under the radar until recently. That all changed after several YouTube uploaders began to label Mavado's songs, Bounty Killer disses. At no point in any of these songs was Bounty Killer's name used.

Bounty Killer responded with a song of his own called Death Works. There was nothing tongue-in-cheek about Bounty's response.

The Sunday Gleaner spoke with YouTube uploader Lando G, who admitted that persons who upload songs on the popular video site had started feuds by labelling tracks 'dis songs'.

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According to Lando G though, in most instances, uploaders are correct in their analysis of a song.

"When they upload the songs as dis songs it's normally a subliminal dis. A artiste will dis a next one and don't want to say it out and be frank or real. So we just give it the right caption to let the people know what is going on," he said. more