Top new releases for Dancehall playlists everywhere have come this week from Govana, Alkaline, Daddy1, and Rhumba, who have all shared accounts of gloom and despair in their new tracks, while others like Tarrus Riley and Tosh Alexander share more vibrant moods.
Goody Good deejay Pamputtae, will be the queen of the pack, the lone female artist repping Dancehall in Fire in the Booth, the world’s most viewed freestyle platform, which premiers its seven weeklong Jamaica series today, featuring Jahshii, Sean Paul, Teejay, Skillibeng, Daddy1, Lalee and others.
After the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled his plans to make a debut appearance in the UK last year, Dancehall star Daddy1 immediately began to put things in place to connect with his fans even as the world went under lockdown.
The Reggae and Dancehall world has dished out some brand new tracks to update your playlist this week.
The fizzling out of the Montego Bay-based 6IX was a topic of debate recently, on the Let’s Be Honest Podcast, among the likely reasons being whether Alkaline had “written off” their careers; they lost the Gaza fans who had aligned themselves with them, or their novelty had worn off.
Despite the rumors, feuds, and controversies they got caught up in since the New Year, Aidonia, Popcaan, and I-Octane among several other Dancehall acts have come through with some pretty sick beats this week.
Dancehall artistes Vybz Kartel, Chronic Law, and Squash jump on the beat once again, delivering another scorcher to close out 2020.
The 6ix Boss, Squash is an unstoppable force, as he hits YouTube Trending yet again among Jamaican listeners.
Beenie Man had some scathing comments to make recently, about the upcoming artistes who are engaging in what is commonly being referred to as “Trap Dancehall”.
King of the Dancehall Moses ‘Beenie Man’ Davis addressed claims that suggest he was responsible for separate altercations that saw Dancehall Queen Spice and rising Dancehall star Daddy1 being “boxed down,” allegedly by members of his entourage.
The lines that split the Dancehall landscape into two during the Gully vs Gaza feud years ago are still prominent today.
Reports are surfacing that the malice between veteran dancehall artiste Beenie Man and the 6ix’s Daddy1 seems to have escalated into a physical confrontation after a member of Beenie’s team allegedly ‘boxed down’ (slapped) the young dancehall artiste.
Not even the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could stop the greatest Reggae Show on earth from happening this year.
Dancehall artiste and 6ix crew member Daddy1 has been making many friends on his Snap, the coup seem to have inspired his new single Pretty Pon Snap.
Of dancehall’s new promising line up, Daddy1 has displayed the most impressive influence and his latest release from VP Records, aptly titled 1 Bro Gad is an exclamation at the end of his amateur run.
Some new music in dancehall this week seems to be focused on hard work and enjoying the benefits of that hard work.
Rebel Sixx, a popular Dancehall artiste in Trinidad & Tobago, was shot dead in his home last night.
Dancehall artiste Daddy1 (Bro Gad) has released the official music video for another of his lyrically potent and fun-filled singles.
Dancehall deejay Daddy1 tops the roster of Jamaican musicians that have honored their old ladies today on Mother’s Day.
Fresh off his comments on an OnStage interview, veteran dancehall artiste Beenie Man has seemingly contradicted himself by dissing 6ix deejay Daddy1 to make a point about the decline of Dancehall music.