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.
The music production houses have been working overtime the last couple of days, churning out hot new releases from a long list of Dancehall acts and we have 18 picks this week.
Just over year after his Instagram account was hacked, Bounty Killer is up in arms again, after an imposter created an account impersonating him and began using it to send DMs to his female fans.
Veteran Dancehall artiste and producer, Mr G. (formerly Goofy) says Stone Love was the catalyst that skyrocketed the Gyal dem Gizzada Merciless, from a virtual unknown to one of Dancehall’s most revered sons, in just one night.
Former Main Street Studio Dancehall artiste Hawkeye, says Beenie Man pirated his talk-deejaying style and rhyme schemes and used it to voice his song Reasoning, back in 2001.
Bounty Killer’s Instagram post on Sunday in which he referred to his former Alliance Dancehall collective members, Wayne Marshall, Busy Signal, and Bling Dawg and himself as “pure”, has set some of his fans’ tongues wagging.
Jamaican YouTube vlogger Tash Fierce decided to ‘shoot her shot’ yesterday by sending direct messages to a whopping 50 Dancehall deejays via Instagram just to see who would reply.
Creators of the Verzuz Battle series, Swizz Beatz & Timbaland have conclusively revealed their all-time favorite performance in season one of the series.
It was National Worl’ Boss Day for the Gaza Nation as Vybz Kartel celebrated his 45th birthday, albeit behind bars, on January 7.