The Rise & Fall of Ninjaman | The Most Feared Man in Dancehall

Ninjaman has gone down as one of the greatest and unbeatable dancehall DJs of all time. He not only took all his opponents to the cleaners at sound clashes but also became the face of the dancehall "badman" or gangster. This video traces his rise from rural Annotto Bay to the world's biggest stages and his eventual fall
#ninjaman #dancehall #reggae #jamaica #soundclash

[@kilpper720]

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaal badman

[@jeplerx6151]

No matter what them say THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER NINJAMAN 🇯🇲🌎🌍🌏🪐🔥♥️💯👑🎤🎤🎼🎼🖋️📖

[@The_Com-Mentor]

I'm an American born Jamaican who got sent back in the late 80s cause.."dem seh mi did bad". I want to say that I got to see Ninja in his prime, when he murdered Cat an Shabba. But Ninja was just getting started. This man should be teaching a class on breath control, stage presence rhythm riding and the like to both rappers and chatters. He is the Michael Jordan of the microphone game. Much respect to Merciless, u can tell he truly studied Ninja an figured out how to beat him with good strategy, like how Max Schmelling beat Joe Louis. Nuff respect Gorgon, front teet gold teet AND SIDE TEET!

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Yes I 🔥🔥

[@CVinyl]

Wow Respect amazing!!!

[@Gray-zi5bp]

💯🇬🇧👍

[@lyriqalflame2965]

Respekk bredda

[@deidrataylor1360]

I got the Shotta reference 😂 but you’re lucky to be able to witness legendary dancehall artists ❤

[@rasmarcusdubwise1242]

There will never be another NINJAMAN🎶🎶🎼🎼🎤🎤📖

[@CVinyl]

We love ninjaman here in n L.A! California ⚔ 🎤

[@DNDBOT]

Ninja lived dem wicked lyrics 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@oscelotgreen]

One of my favorite memories in life is being in Jaro studio when Ninja came in to cut dubs for Hammermouth sound, and getting to be in the background chorus on di chune

[@omarwesj743]

This man should get golden awards for his contributions

[@KenrickMcKenzie1]

Ninjaman built up dance hall and made it more popular than reggae, rocksteady with his lyrical contents. I know him from he walking barefooted to dance halls.

[@jonnyboy13]

The Greatest stage performer of all time.

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

💯

[@RubADubRamses]

without a doubt

[@user-yr3mn2uc7e]

10000000%right

[@thechief8694]

Wonderful video on the Don Gorgon! 25 years is steep sentence. Righteous deeds are better than wicked deeds.

[@juniorh9238]

Jamaica doesn't have 'provinces'. The has Parishes. Annotto Bay is in the PARISH of St Mary.

[@georgeharris529]

Ninja baddest of da bad✊

[@awaal1600]

My favorite dancehall artist always. Pure gun shot when he plays. Bam bam.

[@Lifefacts-ju7cq]

Love to see this an African man doing this. I love when we are united. I love my people all over, we should always speak up for each other, others don’t have a right to speak for us.

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

🙌❤️💛💚

[@digital_djr]

Others like cats and dogs

[@kevjoned1975]

No one could beat this man.. Not even super cat! Oh man how could I never heard of this man...

[@fredericocr1]

Ninja is one of the greatest deejays

[@morvinmatthew]

The greatest

[@Gray-zi5bp]

💯🇬🇧👍

[@Guy-em4ed]

​@@Gray-zi5bp❤❤

[@shakadee6839]

The first time I heard ninja man was in 86 I remember that combination with him and courtney melody what a DJ I had him on jaro dance hall tape🇯🇲🎤🇯🇲👍🏿🔥

[@positive___soul]

I love his role in the movie "Third World Cop"

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

He's a great actor. He could have had a career in comedy

[@positive___soul]

@@ReggaeAppreciationSociety That's so true

[@RideWithDeath333]

Kiss mi shoes

[@juanitolondon2680]

Capone…

[@hairyd9535]

Original front teeth brush teeth na skin nor grin teeth gun pon teeth Don gargon Ninjaman🥷

[@rischio7678]

Reallll bad man

[@luceinbattaglia9425]

I’ve seen him and Bounty killer live in Oracabessa Jamaica in 2008🔝🙏😉💚🇯🇲

[@delroyjohnson601]

Ninja a one of the most loving artists in dancehall. You don't hear the artists story?

[@Nicholas_Biwot]

Thanks for considering my request of doing the story of Ninja Man

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

My pleasure ✌️ Thanks for the suggestion

[@user-yr3mn2uc7e]

The kindness, Dj, in , ja, ninja man

[@NoSugarThanks]

Cutty ranks next please😊

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Great suggestion 👍

[@NoSugarThanks]

Pom pause..and The stopper, what a great album @@ReggaeAppreciationSociety

[@zillogullu33]

​@@ReggaeAppreciationSocietyyea man do it

[@MisterElement]

Seen!!!

[@SPEEDBOATTarnell]

And then he really DID so: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKWpooqZjdOBjJosi=6GzpJOBI7dyGegwi

[@robertmathurin739]

Blessed Love,, Rastafari,, 🇱🇨👊🏼🇯🇲👍🏼♥️🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯☝🏻,, Freedom is a must Ninja

[@ryanking1223]

He helped build dancehall to its present state with his contributons but those that followed brought the lyrical clashes to the streets 🤦🏿‍♂️he cleared the way for most clash artist🤜🏿🤛🏽💯💯🤔

[@andregabrielbadji1373]

Very talented man

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Yes I ✌️

[@dalwe2346]

One Brother Desmond how can you compare him with other he has is own unique style from day one baddest stage performer

[@hertzranks]

Before you die my fren seek de lord reach out and touch im now an believe his words confess your sins to im supa cat I gwine murder you now before you die say goodbye praise the lord I reverse the coffin and fling in the dead long time me tell you you here Weh me said, the greatest lyric in reggae Dancehall history Don Gorgan🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Those lyrics had Super Cat confused 😅

[@hertzranks]

Absolutely 😂probably the greatest moment in Sting history 🙏🏾🔥🔥

[@techromancer1]

80&90s Dance Hall was 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dancehalleuie]

The artists that went to foreign and did cross over mash up dancehall. They water down the music

[@HiphopPushpromo]

It's good to hear an African covering our Reggae Jamaican culture. This was good info to spread to the masses. We hope you continue to enjoy our culture and shine light on our Jamaican culture to the world. One love.

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Blessings 🙌 Thank you for creating this awesome culture and music that's blessed the world

[@shanestewart9630]

Everytime I see something about this bredda my skin tremble this bredda really make me fulljoy dancehall i dont know what more he could have done jeeeze he is one of if not the greatest to dweet from (Jaro dances to stage shows) This man came sawed n conqoured, I remember this lyrics of his vividly it goes(Lastnight i feel a crawling crablouse was around my balls, Another sleepless night would do no good to call kitoso who always come late if they come at all. But when it do arrive u shoud a see crablouse a rolled n a hide n flick pon dem side..memba anytime dat draw gunshots like signs..A next badd lyrics was (They reach for their guns but u betta stop dem b4 its too late, some of gonna weep tonight some of us nah guh sleep tonight some will drinking the dark blood of sorrow..Mi nah move dem have to shoot mi fuss) Again gunshots like signs in a dance..Only Papa San mi see mek gunshots bust like Ninja in a dancehall n mi nah asked christ me tell any boy dat...1Gargon@dem hope the authorities will make teach dem give u an interview...jah jah.1Gargon@1Code...

[@jimboj460]

💯 need fi see Teach dem interview the Don Gorgon

[@experienceprecision5406]

"The Original Front Tooth" can't top that

[@drtonyfearon7318]

Ninja man did kill dance hall for a while because no one could compete with Ninja man. Djs took over. Ninja was a genius 😊

[@youngmelo3717]

Reeeeeeeeeaaal bad man

[@user-yr3mn2uc7e]

Freedom freedom freedom

[@giveyourmeatagoodolrub]

The greatest stage performer in dancehall history

[@David_Smith]

He haven't ruined anything , Bounty killer and Beenie man took over plus some other tough artists were there also,

[@CLKenrick]

Right

[@isaacayomotor8803]

Merciless

[@marcomoreno6132]

???

[@pvirgo9338]

Original Don

[@MisterElement]

Mad props for this gem, Thank You!!! I remember back in the day, a new Ninjaman chune come out.....I was glued to the speakers and SO happy!! His lyrical prowess is one of a kind and I'd be smiling ear to ear upon his amazing intro which is also one of a kind!!! Any chance you have or are planning to do a Twinkle Brothers episode? Such amazing music!!

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Blessings ✌️ Thanks for watching. Twinkle Bros video already done. Hope you like it 👇 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oma8pod_gqhroJYsi=vxSRilYsDhhgcCW5

[@thehumbleone6606]

I don't see any of these DJs during Ninjaman's hey days that can be compared with the Don Gorgon, when it comes to improvisation...and "riding the rhythm like a lizard on limb"!!! Regardless of what one may think of Ninja, not a bwoy cyan test the FRONT TEETH, GOLD TEETH KILLA.....none a dem!

[@marloclarke2149]

Yep… b4 ninjaman, dancehall did nice… but Memba dis… ninja man a MY Dj!!!! My first favourite Dj… my number 1 Dj. 😁😁😁☝🏾

[@fluffy2631]

One of the greatest dancer entertainer in Jamaica.

[@daddyslaggy8606]

My deejay that no one has a stage presence like him right from the moment he steps on walking slowly 😂 his clash with Flourgun was also with Redragon so it was two brothers against Ninjaman but they already feared him because I had Flourgun saying they wants hid in the toilet when he just turned up at their sound wanting to clash them 😂 ,another of his clash was with Mad Cobra in 1995 that was really good that’s the first time I saw him getting defeated before the Merciless 2000.

[@danidoug1736]

JBut back then Ninja Man was not bad looking at all. Big up Ninja the one and only GoldTeeth Don Gorgon. I love Shabba.

[@phynessea247]

When you achieve the level of success Ninja man had--you must leave that lifestyle behind you--otherwise it drags you down.

[@Embassy97]

Ninja is dancehall the great don Gorgon

[@Now3bwx]

Din Gorgon ❤

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

The one and only

[@rvbsoundfactory]

25 years in a Jamaican prison. I cannot imagine anything as worse than that. blood clot. definitely some mental health issues. Appreciate your Channel!

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Blessings ✌️ Thanks for the support

[@davidshears1449]

Can't lock the mind up!

[@rvbsoundfactory]

@@davidshears1449 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKXMm3mwet6Cisk

[@ehiggins360]

Limited, one dimensional artist. His success has always confused me.

[@awaal1600]

You can't be a fan of dancehall and not understand his success. That's like saying you like money but don't know why people use the dollar bill. You don't have to like to understand. The man killed all oncomers, was impactful and influential on many artists. And you don't get his success???

[@stuckintha90s]

The Don Gorgon 😅

[@AuthenticSelector64]

Ninjaman is a charismatic personality…… great for Dj stage performances …. His music catalog is very disappointing…. He has some classic hits but nowhere near Shabba Ranks Supacat….. Maybe Ninjaman should have focused on his studio time more….

[@BronxBomber1105]

Free Ninja!

[@gordonmckenzie2920]

Expressing life's experiences thru music is not necessarily ruining artform...we can say the same about rappers. Some are real, no bs gangsters...expressing life's experiences thru music

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

🙌

[@user-fd7ju5sb6b]

His style contributed to it, but it’s not just him. It’s the same with Drill, and Trap [c]rap. As a people we used to produce uplifting, loving music. The fork tongued beast realised this and funded, and encouraged the vileness we have now. From NWA - started the corruption of hip hop; to that agent if the us…Grange..who’s handlers assisted her in the promotion of dUncehall. All deliberate and we fell for it, hook line etc.

[@awaal1600]

And what do you listen to??? I hear you and will not say you're completely wrong. But not everything is a conspiracy. At least they don't start out that way. If there is money in it they will exploit it, and if it happens to be degrading bonus. For your info it was the labels that forced the underground movement. At the time of nwa, or leading up to it, major labels only signed clean artists ie Fresh Prince. It wasn't until they saw the money...but I agree the slackness is killing us.

[@ragjamrock]

Jamaica is divided into Parishes not Provinces. Promoting violence,gangs and slackness is not good for Jamaica. We need more positive and conscious lyrics in our music.🎶🇯🇲🏝️

[@dongorgon79]

From st Mary to mall rd Kingston not cockburn pen !!

[@KeithKazamaFlick]

gun pon teet!

[@deeandrews6116]

❤❤❤

[@highsobriety9465]

Dancehall Travis Scott

[@zillogullu33]

Ninja nan a bad man ya man ...a just suh it guh 😢

[@underflo43tky]

ninja me ninja

[@Infinitebrandon]

So in heaven, personality is everything. RAS you always introduce everyone expertly if not the best. I only share that im a ninja with other ninja. Cowabunga! Hope y'all join me for jalapeño pesto pineapple anchovie deep dish whole wheat crust pizza. Hope to see you ninjas at me table. Mid age ninja turtles still in action. 😅hope anyone can keep up with Leonardo. Jah bless

[@johnnybongo5077]

Bad bwoy!!

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

✌️💯

[@aaronaverheart4567]

Don't forget about the clash when Charlie Chapman shut dem allllllll down.

[@FaheemRahman-gt7mb]

He didn't start the GANGSTER STYLE DANCE HALL, THE labels did for the PRIVATE PRISONS SCHEME, SAME TIME IN AMERICA WITH HIP HOP.

[@AW4WAL]

YES, Ninja man popularized the badman trend which destroyed dancehall; hence what we have now, junk.

[@fredericocr1]

Ninja me Ninja!

[@kingyellowman5762]

That's from Courtney Melody

[@donovanwilliams9006]

Rougher than Rambo...

[@anthonychukwuka8839]

I don't understand why Ninjaman and Henry "Junjo" Lawes chose to glorify violence in their music as reggae artists

[@Stylushothead]

Hellooo sah

[@Ben-Ken]

Kartel was a big coward for fighting Ninjaman on stage with the backing of Klansman gang. Dancehall competitions and big shows went downhill after that. You would think people grow older and wiser but him and Ninjaman just threw away their lives at a point where they didn't have to.

[@harv2796]

💯

[@MiltonForbes-gy2pq]

1 don

[@colinquintyne412]

Ninjaman open the doors for nuff artist ninja ford cobra the list goes on and he never had the badman image act like badmad his badness was real im not saying it was good to be like that he was real the 4 djs that gave him a warm time cutty ranking on metro media pappa san jaro v creation and bunny general friendly clash on king jammys and of course the great merceless rip

[@brianmitchell8479]

Ninjaman is a great artist who unfortunately got caught in the mix. If he would have been to able remain focus and not get caught up he would not be in the situation he is in 🙄🎤🎼🎶🇯🇲🇬🇩🇹🇹🇬🇾🇺🇸

[@AuthenticSelector64]

So much potential…. But his international appeal was lacking due to limited catalogue of hits…. Unlike Djs like Supacat Shabba Ranks Cutty Ranks Bounty Killa Beenie Man

[@charlesgore5827]

I can only assume that reggae danchall needed a bad man, someone to love and hate all at tne same time. Just like in tne movies. Without Ninja Man dancehall no good again. The field is full of some yapping puppy dogs, none of which have the character, stage presence or talent of the generation before them. Reggae Dancehall, as we grew up knowing it, is over.

[@peterbischoff8924]

Free him

[@jahlanclaps21]

What people don’t kow the lyrics he talk he live it in real life

[@jahleephoto]

Get the facts

[@Mr.G55972]

You missed the biggest entertainer from St.Mary King Shango (Capleton)

[@Gunnar-kq6em]

And Kartel didn't take heed, he too is kow in prison for murder

[@blackwolverine1]

Its me again, With all due respect but i gotta be honest here. Ninja and a host of other Deejays who followed his lead in terms of Gun Lyrics, played a role in popularizing violence and guns in their music through Dancehall. This has had a negative affect in Jamaican society up until today. Where you have some young artists who produce music that is negative and counterproductive. I can go on and on, but in a sense Ninja Man, contributed to the ruination of Dancehall to an extent.

[@jimboj460]

That is sad and true Ninja is one of the greatest Deejay and have a big influence

[@user-yx3ob5el4g]

Yes he is partially responsible for the downfall of dancehall worth his and man gun man lyrics.

[@soujaar8346]

That just why I dont listen to dancehall. That just why good reggae music is about to die in Jamaica. Promoting violence and slackness never help people to be good men. Have you heard the lyrics of Burning Spear's last song Jamaica? The old Spear is sad about the dissapearance of nyabinghi, bobo man and twelve tribes.

[@user-su7jr8or2h]

No ninja is a legend vyzb kartel did

[@benjilevi8699]

For me he will NEVER be cast in any dustbin you mad o wha

[@LoganCharlesII]

I was wondering what happened to him. He didn't ever look healthy so I just assumed he was dead.

[@blackwolverine1]

It's me again, no disrespect to the Gargon. But he is far from being the most feared in Dancehall. Real Dancehall fans like myself, KNOW who are REALLY the most feared in the Dancehall Fraternity.

[@gillprince7844]

That's a horrible statement he only helped push the dancehall culture.

[@waynesmith733]

Yahushua the messiah son of Yahweh is the ONLY hope of salvation

[@doopdapps1088]

Mek him rot in prison 😂😂😂

[@kayvancooten4657]

Such a waste of talent, what a shame. 😔

[@juniorluma9129]

How he did 30 yrs of music he has enough music to life 10 lifetime so no its not a shame he made his choice

[@omarwesj743]

How ??...you maybe should look deeper into his hi😢

[@iz2904]

Ninja man & eazy E would have been fuckin mental 🔥

[@burrob78]

Terrible albums but can’t deny his stage presence

[@JohnWick-gl6mw]

You must go back to the INSANE ASYLUM asap ! Seriously