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Skillibeng

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Skillibeng (Emwah Warmington, b. 1996, St Thomas), a Jamaican deejay whose 2019 single 'Brick Pan Brick' and 2020's 'Crocodile Teeth' made him a leading figure of trap-inflected, drill-adjacent dancehall; he topped Audiomack's 2021 reggae/dancehall streams and won a 2022 MOBO award.

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Confidence: Well supported
Era: Open era →

Genres, forms & lineagesPeople & rolesDiaspora & global influence

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Watch & listen

Skillibeng - Crocodile Teeth (Official Music Video)

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Official music video (Johnny Wonder / EastSyde); discovery-only embed.

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In stories

Story · Well supportedWho gets paid when the world streams dancehall?

Streaming globalised Jamaican music's reach - and rewired who earns from it.

Story · Well supportedIs it still reggae? A living genre argues with itself

As fusion, revival and trap reshaped the sound, the authenticity question came home.

Debate & reception

How people argued about the music — praise, criticism and public debate. See all debate & reception →

debate

Trap-dancehall: evolution of the sound or dilution of the riddim?

Two documented positions: some hear trap-inflected dancehall - 808s, trap drums, melodic auto-tuned delivery, associated with Vybz Kartel's later work and a younger generation of producers and deejays - as the genre's natural next step and a global bridge; traditionalists argue hip-hop cadences and trap beats dilute dancehall's riddim-and-selector core. Sources: DancehallMag; Boomshots; The Face.

Stance: natural evolution & global bridge vs dilution of the riddim core