Moliy is catching heat from dancehall legends—and standing firm on her no. At Jamaica’s Island Music Conference, Shaggy told journalist Anthony Miller that both he and Sean Paul had recorded their own songs on the “Shake It To The Max (Fly)” riddim, only to be blocked when it came time to clear them.
He claimed Sean “was fighting over and over to try to get clearance” and that his own cut also got shut down, arguing that refusing those versions “hurt the industry” because Jamaican riddim culture traditionally lets multiple artists ride the same beat. Silent Addy, the producer, was “totally down,” Shaggy said—but Moliy, who controls the master, “didn’t understand the culture” and wouldn’t sign off.
From Moliy’s side, the picture looks a lot less like her “refusing Sean Paul” and more like her curating who and what gets to live on her breakout record. For one, there is an official Sean Paul version out in the world: the “Tuff Remix” credits Moliy, Silent Addy and Sean Paul and dropped back in 2025, plus there’s a Shenseea and Skillibeng remix, a Samini remix, and even a fresh Post Malone collab riding the song’s global moment.
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When Shaggy’s comments started circulating, Moliy appeared to push back by reposting that Sean Paul–assisted remix, effectively saying: you can’t claim I blocked Sean when there’s already an official Sean Paul cut carrying my name and my song.
The real tension here is about ownership versus culture. In a GhanaWeb explainer, industry voices suggest Moliy might be protecting her identity on the riddim, noting that if Shaggy, Sean Paul and a wave of other big names all put out standalone versions, “many people might not even know who Moliy is” despite her being the one who made the beat viral.
Dancehall vets see riddim access as community infrastructure; a young Ghanaian‑American star who blew up via TikTok understandably sees her master as leverage and her moment as something that can be diluted if she lets everyone pile on. For a deeper dive into Shaggy’s side—and the exact way he called her out over Sean Paul’s blocked track—you can read GhanaWeb’s coverage here.
