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The Urus is not traditionally referenced in dancehall with only a few artist and producers from the island gravitating to the high speed truck

Rvssian, who has enjoyed several years of success in the industry since 2018 purchased a brand new Lamborghini truck at the top of that year.

The international producer/recording artiste posted he was the first Jamaican to own the 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 engine vehicle.

“#LOOKMAMA#IJustSpentAllMyMoneyOnALamboTruck  #FirstJamaican ??,” Rvssian wrote under a photo of the luxury whip posted to his Instagram account.

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The Urus was first unveiled on 4 December 2017 and was put on the market for the 2018 model year. The name comes from the urus, the ancestor of modern domestic cattle, also known as the aurochs. After four years, Lamborghini hit a major milestone, producing more than 20,000 of these SUVs, which is now the company’s best-selling model in the shortest time.

Dancehall artist’s love affair with cars one way they confirm their success. Prestigious cars serve as inspiration for artists and their songs are laced with those they deem to be the best. The purchase and mention of a nice car give dancehall artists credibility in the hip hop market, the same way the purchase of a helicopter gives bankers clout in their financial circles.

In the days of Asylum, Quad and Cactus night clubs, high-end Japanese and European convertible cars would line the streets of New Kingston as a symbol of status. Owing to the fact that Jamaica has high tariffs on imported vehicles, super luxurious cars like the Urus, Rolls Royce, Bentley or Ferrari are not frequently highlighted in Dancehall lyrics but whenever artist are overseas some would rent one or two.

The Coke deejay got to perform with Nicki Minaj recently in Toronto over a year after she hopped on a remix of his Crocodile Teeth song. The remix earned Skilli his first Hot 100 single when the song debuted at 100.

The Barbie Queen who has always had an affinity for reggae and dancehall music introduced Skillibeng to her millions of fans worldwide as she embraced the St. Thomas deejay on stage.

Skillibeng, 25, has been enjoying the endorsement of top flight women artists across continents. In July platinum U.K. Platinum selling rapper Stefflon Don joined the emerging star on the Wireless Festival stage.

Skillibeng says he believes he is the leader of this generation of dancehall artist.

“I think I am the leader of like the new generation, based off what stats are saying and shows,” he remarked during an interview On The Radar Radio.

“Alotta mah flows have been stolen, alot of my tactics that I teach in interviews have been stolen, I am not even saying tis been stolen,” he says with a pseudo America accent. Younger artist are taking my moves, taking my moves and doing what I teach them and i applaud them,” he continued.

“I am doing the work and it’s all about me doing the work, cause I have been doing the work over the years i been releasing alotta music. I been like putting in the work, bodies of work, I am the only person that like release a mixtape with 35 , 37 tracks going crazy,” he affirmed.

Last October Skillibeng dropped his second album Crocodile Teeth and music producer Johnny Wonder said Skillibeng will bridge the gap between dancehall and hip hop.

The album got disappointing reviews, but Wonder insisted that he is the one who will spark interest in dancehall again for North American markets and that Skillibeng’s presence in the music industry is the missing piece of the puzzle.

“Skillibeng is a great artist that bridge the gap”. Wonder proclaimed.

Since the “Brick Pon Brick” artist came on the scene a few years ago he has scored several international features with his catchy, slow rhymes including a remix of Whap Whap with French Montana and Fivio Foreign.

His first album released last June “The Prodigy: Ladies Only Edition” sold 25 copies in pure album sales in the United States in its first week, according to data provided to World Music Views by Luminate. Total consumption from pure album sales plus streaming equivalent albums was 300 units.

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