A reggae star was slashed by a samurai-sword-wielding neighbor in Brooklyn yesterday during a fight over a woman, authorities and witnesses said.
Major Mackerel, whose real name is Garfield Dixon, 41, suffered deep cuts on his hand and head in the 8 a.m. assault with the 2-foot-long blade.
Oscar Joseph, 37, flew into a rage at their building on East 91st Street in East Flatbush because he suspected Dixon — whose songs include “Fren Enemy” and “Pretty Looks Done” — of harassing his wife, witnesses said.
“I came out this morning, walked past him singing my song, and we had a little fight,” a bandaged Dixon said as he returned to his house yesterday.
But the exchange got hotter than a Jamaican summer, and Joseph allegedly whipped out the blade.
“When I saw him rush at Major, I ran right in,” said Dixon’s girlfriend , Novia Watson, 51.
“When I came back out, the damage was done. I could see him bleeding a lot.”
Dixon was taken to Kings County Hospital.
“It’s just a big surprise to me,” said Dixon, sporting a hospital gown, with gauze wrapped around his head and hand. “I was just trying to not get stabbed.”
Dixon claimed that he was not the one who harassed the suspect’s wife.
Joseph was charged with assault, menacing and weapons possession.
Additional reporting by Jamie Schram and Tom Liddy