‘No Eggball’! With all its controversial homophobic lyrics and seemingly demeaning portrayal of women has taken the Guyanese populace by storm. Even without an official video, it is the number one streamed piece of local music receiving more than 193, 000 views on YouTube to date.  ‘No Eggball is performed by Drew Thoven, cKush ,and Gully Rass.

It begs the question, how does a song of this nature become such a success in this, the age of political correctness? There are many theories to the success of the ‘No Eggball’ anthem. Many alluded the success to people’s thirst for drama and controversy. However, a recurring acclaim comes for the song’s authenticity. Guyana’s music industry has had a long struggle with creating a national identity. This song with its culture laced lyrics and references coupled with a delivery featuring authentic Guyanese dialect resonated with many music moguls both locally and internationally and is arguably the main reason behind its success.

In response to ‘No Eggball’, fellow Guyanese artist Esan Benzy recorded “We Outside” where he proclaimed his own originality and chastised the ‘No Eggball’ team for lack thereof. The lyrical attack saw Esan calling his adversaries derogatory names such as: homosexuals and ‘gyal’ clowns just to name a few.

‘We outside’, did however, inspire a response from cKush and team with what they called the funeral entitled ‘Go Back Inside’. The artist was accused of being a fake and rocking fake jewelry. Even his name came under attack with lyrics such as “how the man name Benzy and walking”. The feud continues and is getting to a fever pitch with many people weighing in and taking sides. These social and other media conversations have continued to increase the popularity of the artistes and songs.

Throughout Guyana’s artistic history there have been many conflicts but none with the impact like this. The back and forth has created quite a pandemonium and is also responsible for ‘No Eggball’ mega success.

1. No EggBall Gully Ras, Drew Thoven, & cKush 0:45

2. We Outside (No Eggball diss) Esan Benzy 0:45

3. Go Back Inside cKush & Set It Off 0:43

With all things being considered, Caribbean entertainment Hub wishes to congratulate these talented artistes on creating good pieces of art. It may not be for everybody, as is the case with most artistic creations but the success of these songs tells of the value of creating good art. We wish them all success with future endeavors. You can look forward to hearing more about these artistes right here on Caribbean entertainment Hub.https://wp.caribbeanentertainmenthub.com/trinidad-dancehall-and-the-zesser-movement

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