The entertainer burned two plaques presented to him in commemoration of American rapper and producer DJ Khaled’s Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) platinum certification for the albums ‘Grateful’ and ‘Father of Asahd’.

The Jamaican artiste is featured on both albums, and his tirade has been the subject of much talk since the firework.

As such, the main question on the lips of many Jamaicans was whether there was bad blood between the reggae-dancehall artiste and the American record producer.

But after fuming and ripping the plaques to pieces, then torching them, Sizzla, in response to heavy and stinging criticism and some support from his fans for his actions, deleted the videos he saved of his dramatic act that even made international entertainment news headlines.

The videos, however, have been widely circulated, with some persons expressing the belief that Sizzla has damaged the prospects of future opportunities for local artistes to collaborate with major foreign acts.

There are concerns, too, of possible ripple effects the actions could cause for other local musicians.

In an Instagram post, which has since been deleted, Sizzla was seen wrecking and then torching the broken remnants of the plaques.

“You insult mi DJ Khaled man. A weh yuh a duh,” Sizzla said during his rant.

As he tore a photo of DJ Khaled’s son, Asahd, from the plaque that certified double platinum sales of the rapper’s ‘Grateful’ album, and placed the child’s photo on a wall, Sizzla said: “Babies are innocent”.

People in the background chanted, ‘Holy Emmanuel I, King Selassie I’, while the ‘Nah Apologise’ deejay continued to pull the plaque apart.

“Not even mi name mi cyaan si pon dis,” Sizzla mumbled before eventually seeing it.

Sizzla contributed a verse to the ‘I’m So Grateful’ single on the album, ‘Grateful’.

‘Grateful’ is Khaled’s highest career first-week sales to date. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 149,000 album-equivalent units, of which 50,000 were pure album sales.

Other Jamaican deejays also received plaques for their contributions to DJ Khaled’s albums, including Capleton, who was seen in a photograph on social media posing with his plaque.

But for Sizzla, he was still fuming that Khaled had insulted him, and he went on to destroy another plaque for the platinum-selling album, ‘Father of Asahd’.

In addition to Sizzla, the 15-track project featured Jamaican superstars Buju Banton and Mavado, who teamed up with rapper 070 Shake and Sizzla himself for the track, ‘Holy Mountain’.

Though deleting the videos by late Thursday, it is unclear what Sizzla was upset about, as he and DJ Khaled have always had a great relationship.

In fact, the rapper has visited the deejay at his ‘Judgement Yard’ base in August Town, St Andrew on several occasions.

On social media, there were mixed reactions to the footage of Sizzla destroying the plaques, with some persons describing the act as utter disrespect to Khaled who, on several occasions, has shown his love for the dancehall/reggae culture.

On Instagram, dancehall producer Cordell ‘Skatta’ Burrell sympathised with Sizzla feeling insulted, but said the artiste’s actions were not welcomed.

“As a featured artiste on a compilation album that went platinum, I understand how he feels, however, one must remember this is Khaled’s project.

Amid the slew of criticisms of Sizzla, some persons came to his defence.

Commented Nichea Blackwood: “Sizzla, big up yourself. Do what you have to… u (You) know what u worth.”

Still, the criticisms against Sizzla came.

“So he (Sizzla) contributed a verse on a song and is reacting like this? I really don’t understand this behaviour,” Stephanie Gordon indicated.