Brady O’Connor On Living, Loving And Making Sweet Music In Jamaica
Jamaica is a sea of muses, and inspired artists, something which is reflected in both our music and culture.
Jamaica is a sea of muses, and inspired artists, something which is reflected in both our music and culture.
Ky-Mani Marley is all set to light up the silver screen after confirming his latest project, “Necessary Badness”.
As a new week rolls around so has a surge of new music from an exciting list of Dancehall artists.
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.
A video clip of three life-sized cardboard cut-outs of Jamaican police officers, juxtaposed with a dreadlocked man puffing a chalice, has fooled Reggae and Dancehall artists Spragga Benz, Chronixx, and Mavado.
Spragga Benz, one of the artistes who was proudly ranked and praised by Foota Hype in October 2019 as one of Dancehall’s top womanizers, says he now realizes that he was tricked into becoming a ‘gyallis’.
Some members of the Dancehall fraternity have thrown their full support behind Mayor of May Pen Winston Maragh, who has recommended that Jamaica take a wait-and-see stance toward the COVID-19 vaccine, before any decision is taken to introduce it into the island.
Dancehall megastar Shaggy’s recent declaration that he would be at the “front of the line” whenever the COVID-19 vaccine becomes available in Jamaica, has resulted in a barrage of comments raining down on him on social media, most ranging from ridicule to trepidation and even outright scorn.
Rounding-up a select few, here are new Dancehall videos this week. Enjoy exclusive highlights, reviews, and accompanying music videos for each below.
Dancehall veteran Spragga Benz says he is happy that he and Vybz Kartel have decided to bury the hatchet, and team up for a brand new remix of the track Jump on the Beat, which will also feature Kartel’s son Likkle Vybz, and Demarco.
Jamaican artistes have been using their social media platforms to raise awareness about the current state of affairs in Nigeria’s capital city Lagos which has been the site of protests aimed at stopping police brutality.
An exciting line-up awaits on this week’s best new Dancehall music, Popcaan ventured into foreign territories to collaborate with British R&B singer, Jorja Smith on a sexy pop and dancehall infused track.
In his ninth studio album, Dancehall veteran Spragga Benz has gifted his fans with yet another crowd-pleaser.
Best known for his contribution to 1990s Dancehall, his lyrical versatility in, and his famous film cameos in the last two decades, Spragga Benz is officially a household name in Dancehall worldwide.
From as far back as June, Spragga Benz has been teasing his latest musical project, shrewdly entitled ‘The Journey Chosen.’
The legendary Reggae pioneer Toots Hibbert, whose real name was Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert, passed away at the age of 77 on September 11th.
The Dancehall/Reggae music fraternity is expressing outrage after the Jamaican Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the decision by the Kensington Primary School to bar the seven-year-old daughter of reggae music producer Dale Virgo, from attending the institution with dreadlocks, was not unconstitutional.
It was the year 2000 (Y2K for short) that saw many Dancehall artistes at the height of their careers, others on the decline, while some were just getting their feet wet.
Jamaican chemistry student and Uber driver, Maurice Gordon, was killed by police during a traffic stop along a highway in New Jersey last month.
The Jamaican music fraternity is adding its voice to the cries for justice of George Floyd.