Dancehall artist Elephant Man is known to sport some of the genres most unique and outstanding outfits.
The Energy Gad, took to his Instagram Live recently, where he showed off a lot of diamond chains around his neck while asking other Dancehall artists to “get it together” when it comes to fashion in dancehall music.
“Yaa artist and yuh have hit song and people love you – yuh nuh fi look like cokehead bro, come on,” Ele argued. “Mi shouldn’t deh pon live inna so much chain, but the fans dem bro, dem haffi see…”
Being in the business for a long time has taught him many things about the genre and how to go about standing out as a dancehall artist, Ele was in the same time span of Shabba Ranks and Bounty Killer.
“When me a grow up inna Seaview Gardens and me see Shabba, Ninjaman dem, Super Cat dem. When Shabba dem come fi do a stage show, you see a star before even him go pon the show,” Ele reasoned. “When Ninjaman walk out and stand up fi 10 minutes with him stick pon the stage and shot a fire, bomb a drop, gyal a faint, ambulance a tun over – image…”
“Pinchers as a singer dress better than nuff a di deejay dem – image. Sanchez, one a di best dressers when it comes to blazers and dem thing deh. Wayne Wonder, Buju Banton; ‘member bigfoot pants a run the place now, a dem man deh run dem tings deh… Mi haffi give it up because dancehall comes with fashion.”
Elephant Man also praised dancer Gerald ‘Bogle’ Levy, whose dance moves contributed to several of his hits like Willie Bounce, Keeping It Jiggy and Sesame Street.
“My brother from another mother, Mr. Wacky, Bogle, condolence to mi G, mi friend. Bogle run fashion. A Bogle fuss a wear the vampire something dem… A when me start travel me see seh a di vampire something dem… Bogle run image. Image come wid dancehall.”
“Mi a seh to how the competition inna dancehall did wicked…we a go want something fi stand out… Mi jump pon mi bike and call Harry Toddler and mi go pon mi scooter and we go a Sandra Lee a Skateland and seh, ‘Lady, dash some yellow thing inna dah something yah and do weh yuh haffi do’ cause a ‘Scare Dem’ – nothing cya pretty pon we. We done ugly already, so mek we just go full ugly. Then the dressing come with it, so me always try put out that.”
Since recently Elephant man has been the topic of discussion, amidts the whole Diddy ongoing lawsuit drama. and freak party rumors. It is a known fact that the ‘Keeping it Jiggy’ deejay was signed to the Bad Boy label back in the days for a short time. The deejay had to give a statement deflecting claims that he use to attend Diddy’s secret parties….continue reading
O’Neil Bryan, better known by his stage name Elephant Man, is a Jamaican dancehall musician, having formerly been a member of the dancehall group Scare Dem Crew prior to his solo career.
He started out his musical career in 1995 as a member of the Scare Dem Crew, later continuing as a solo artist. He was later characterised for several trademarks, such as his dyed yellow-orange hair, his unique low-key voice, and his stage performance, which included jumping and running, or even climbing on stage props and monitors. His acoustic trademark is a low, raspy grumble singing voice and light lisp.
