Things are looking up for the War Lord Bounty Killer this year with a new album on the way and now, equity in the Triller Network, which acquired Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s Verzuz platform earlier this week.
What many saw as a forward move for the artists involved with the Verzuz brand following Triller’s acquisition of the entertainment platform was deemed a diabolical move by actor Michael Rainey Jr.
Dancehall artist Gaps 7G has become the third male dancehall act to publicly endorse the COVID-19 vaccine.
General Manager of the Jamaica Music Society (JAMMS) Evon Mullings, says the international market is not buying into the new-era (Trap, Hip-Hop, Island Pop) music coming out of Jamaica, based on royalty payments he has seen coming into the country, since deepening collection ties with UK-based Performance Rights Organization Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) late last year.
Dancehall veterans Beenie Man and Bounty Killer are now among the 43 creatives with an equity stake in the Triller Network, after the company acquired Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s Verzuz platform.
In what many may see as an uncharacteristic move, Bounty Killer has become the second Dancehall stalwart, after Shaggy, to urge his fans to take the COVID-19 vaccine, in stark contrast to the anti-vaccine sentiments of Sizzla, Buju Banton, Spragga Benz, Tony Rebel, Chronixx, Kabaka Pyramid and even Reggae legend Lee ‘Sratch’ Perry.
Bounty Killer is undeniably one of Dancehall’s most lyrical giants, and producer Skatta Burrell found some of his fighting words aimed at Beenie Man in the Sting archives.
The memorial service for the mother of veteran dancehall artist Shabba Ranks, Constance Christie seems to have broken several COVID-19 protocols as Jamaica continues to battle the wrath of the coronavirus by extending curfews and lockdowns.
Black History Month closed on a sour note for some Jamaicans who took umbrage that rapper Kanye West received an award named after Jamaica’s first national hero, Marcus Garvey.
The Warlord went into his archives recently, treating fans to a flashback of a song featuring none other than his former protégé Vybz Kartel.
Even as his Seaview Gardens compatriot Shabba Ranks, mourns the death of his mother Constance Christie, Dancehall veteran Bounty Killer says he is still grieving the loss of his own mother Ivy ‘Miss Ivy’ Williams, who died nine years ago, on February 26.
Dancehall artist Dexta Daps is among those deeply grieving the loss of ‘Mama Christie’, the mother of the legendary Dancehall star Shabba Ranks.
Bounty Killer and others have voiced strong objection about the manner in which SCJ demolished 15 family homes at Innswood Estates in St. Catherine last Saturday.
Beenie Man says his upcoming album Simma is now complete and he is only awaiting a release date.
Bounty Killer shares his Dancehall Family Tree and delights in the fact that this Mavado protege remains an ‘iron balloon’.
Following Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ recent statements that the integrity of Jamaican music is being threatened by a plethora of violence-laced songs, Bounty Killer has announced that he has teamed up with 14 other Dancehall artists, some of them well known for using their music to promote gangsterism, to record an anti-violence song.
As a new week rolls around so has a surge of new music from an exciting list of Dancehall artists.
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul has outlined parts of his vision for Kingston which would help the city to fully capitalize on its status as a UNESCO Creative City of Music, a designation with which it was bestowed, in 2015.
The Warlord Bounty Killer has thrown his support behind Dream Entertainment Managing Director Scott Dunn’s call for the Government of Jamaica to either reopen the entertainment industry, or provide its stakeholders with a relief package.
Dancehall and Reggae artistes in Jamaica, as well as their compatriots domiciled overseas, were on a creative streak in 2020 leading into 2021, with a plethora of albums set to be dropped this year by some of the industry’s biggest names.