Bounty's family, friends, and fans collectivily mourn the passing of his mother Ms. Ivy Williams. It is well known the love & respect that Bounty had for his mother as many of us know how much she mentioned in his lyrics.
His Twitter page confirmed the pain that we all understand he must be goin through at this time.
Bounty Tweetted early Sunday morning, expressing his love for his mother and asking the rhetorical question 'why'?
He went on to Tweet "RIP to the world's greatest mom because she gave the world the greatest man. Ms Ivy Williams 1941-2012. Rest in peace mama, Love you more than ever and always life and death is the equation; it's inevitable and you lived an excellent life my mother, my mentor, my friend, my a whole lot of things. Why now Jah? You know what's best though!!!"
Bounty Killer's business partner and manager of Alliance Next Generation (ANG), Cross Cris, revealed that Bounty Killer was in a meditative mood.
"Bounty Killer is in a pensive mood right now with the passing of his mother who he holds in very high esteem. This has hurt him deeply and it is no secret to the world that his mother was his main motivation. He is in no mood now for an interview at this moment and I, Cross Cris, would like to publicly say condolences to the entire family and hope they can stay strong during this tough time, Mama Ivy is a deeply God-fearing woman and we all know that she is in a better place at this time" he said.
In an interview with the "Jamaica Star" A.N.G. Memember Iyara said.
"Mama Ivy a one of the best mothers. She is like my other mother, she always happy, loving and caring. She always show the youth around Bounty Killer love. A she first bring mi guh a church and mi ago miss har a lot. The entire ANG family will miss her, and sincere condolences to the entire family,"
Many local artistes also took to BlackBerry Messenger to share hearts bearing their name in celebration of Ms Ivy's life. Some of the artistes who parti-cipated in the RIP Ms Ivy love broadcast included Mavado, Sizzla, Darrio, Khago, Kiprich, Busy Signal, Elephant Man, Beenie Man, Quick Cook, D'Angel, Inna Wi Genes Records, and Captain Barkey.
Ms Ivy was 71-years-old at the time of her passing. She had been ill for a while and died in her sleep.
