Television and dancehall star Benzly Hype got a major scare last week when a man pulled a gun on him while he was chilling with friends on a beach in Portland. Reports are that the man made a few derogatory and racist comments directed at Benzly Hype after he had seen the dancehall artiste exchanging pleasantries with the man's girlfriend.   

Dancehall artiste-music producer-sitcom showrunner Benzly Hype has come out swinging at the declining production values and standards of what passes for dancehall music these days.    "There are so many sides to Reggae Dancehall music but for the past couple of years all we've  been getting is basicaly 2 sides ..  that's all that has been promoted .. AS IF that's all there is.. as a creative person it kills your will to create,  u become less motivated ..  topics lyrics are about the samething, flow cadence melodies same all beats sound the same or similar cord progressions everybody using minor keys everybody trying to sound like the next one," Benzly Hype ranted