Machel doubles down on Beenie

THE Trinidad and Tobago Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (TTSPCA) and soca star Machel Montano were among the most recent to provide a backlash to Jamaican dancehall icon Beenie Man (Moses Davis) for his apparently 'negative' comment about Trinidad's beloved street food, doubles.

The dancehall legend made the comment while on the Drink Champs podcast with hosts N.O.R.E. (Victor James Santiago Jr) and DJ EFN (Eric Fernando Narciandi), which premiered on Saturday.

The controversial statement came up when the hosts asked Beenie Man a follow-up question of whether he eats doubles, after Beenie Man said that Trinidad was his favourite country besides Jamaica.

'I love Trinidad, but I don't eat doubles, because dogs don't eat doubles and I don't eat anything that dogs don't eat. I don't eat doubles,' Beenie Man said. Read More