Bounty Killer, DJ Khaled

DJ Khaled bestowed Bounty Killer with a diamond-encrusted necklace a few days ago, as a show of gratitude to the veteran deejay, who Khaled said last year was the first to co-sign him when he was a virtually unknown as a disc jockey, “making $100 per week”.

On Sunday, Bounty posted two videos of the necklace, which bears a “We the Best” pendant, and expressed his thanks to the producer.

“Just delivered by Sharon Burke on the behalf of DJ Khaled and We The Best Music.  What do y’all call that HOMAGE/LOYALTY/REALNESS all the above I ‘d say I just want to say a huge THANK YOU to my bredda who never fail to touches all of us souls soulfully Love Alone🙏🏾💕💫🇯🇲… (GOD DID)…I’m Not Signed But Definitely Fully Aligned,” Bounty captioned his first post of the necklace.

In response, Khaled noted: “We the best is family we are family love forever!”

Bounty then added: “This is exceptional bro words won’t express it all I love you mon💫💕🙏🏾🇯🇲”.

Bounty later posted an image of himself sporting the chain and captioned it: “CHAIN BRIGHT LAKA STREET LIGHT”.
Bounty Killer’s chain
His manager, Alexander “Bankey” Giscombe, celebrated with Bounty, pointing out that the Seaview Gardens native had been very supportive of Khaled from the get-go and had been selfless in his treatment of the Palestinian American.

“My Brother nice chain, you deserved it Rodney. It’s great to know Dj Khaled remember the good you did for him back in the days, some ppl don’t but God is great. Real know real shinning bright morefire!!! @grunggaadzilla @khaled,” he wrote.

“Well bloodclaat deserved you set the trend my dj Weh dem knw bout yuh.  Khaled knw the strength yuh give him when he was jus a Miami based selector but you believe in him jus like God did.  Killa to the universe 💯💯💯💯💯,” one_bad_slave added.

When one fan asked: “Killa would you sign though🤔?” Bounty replied: “No need to sign when you’re aligned👈🏿”.
DJ Khaled, Bounty Killer

DJ Khaled, has stated long ago that Bounty Killer played a critical role in his music career, as he was enthusiastically supported by the Coppershot artist in the early days of his career, while doing shows regularly in Kingston.

Khaled’s association with Reggae and Dancehall began in the 1990s, when he often visited Jamaica to play at events, particularly the Fully Loaded, Reloaded and Overloaded series of beach parties organized by Solid Agency.  Bounty had supplied him with dubplates and gave him guidance back then.

During an episode of The Grammy’s Up Close & Personal, in September last year, Khaled had explained that in the early days of his career as a DJ, he would travel between Miami and Kingston to observe Jamaica’s soundclash culture. This, he said, propelled him “to evolve from a teenage bedroom-turntablist to a popular Miami radio DJ”, who would play Rap and Dancehall mixes.

Khaled had said that his popularity had grown quickly courtesy of dubplates and specials from Jamaican Dancehall artists with whom he formed friendships.

“I grew up listening to Dancehall, playing Dancehall music with Hip Hop. As a young kid, I used to be in Jamaica, I use to basically live in Miami and Jamaica. I sound clashed, I’ve deejayed in Kingston throughout the whole beginning of my career,” Khaled said.

“I blew up, my name got big in Miami and the Caribbean because Khaled was known for playing Hip Hop and Reggae but also known for his special dub plates” he had explained.

Khaled had also said that the treatment and support he got from the Jamaicans was the fundamental reason he closed out his 12th studio album Khaled Khaled with the track Where You Come From which featured Buju Banton, Bounty Killer, Capleton and Barrington Levy.

“All those artistes you saw on my album on that song, my friends that co-signed me in the beginning of my career.  They used to give me dubplates and they put their hands around my shoulder saying we love this kid and I never forget where I come from,” he had said.