The Jamaica Constabulary Force’s use of excerpts from Brysco’s raunchy Gimmi Nikki and Super Cat’s Ghetto Red Hot in their Wanted Wednesdays campaign on Instagram, urging two of Jamaica’s most wanted men to surrender, has left followers of the police-manned page reeling.
Dancehall icon Super Cat has declared that he does not like, nor wears “tight pants”. Recently, the Trash and Ready deejay shared a video on his Instagram page of himself at a gentlemen’s attire boutique, clad in a suit, while complaining to his stylist that he did not like the pair of black trousers that he had been given to try on.
A bevy of women who were in pursuit of Super Cat’s mentor and fellow deejay Nicodemus served as the key inspiration behind the creative process that led to the Dancehall legend’s 1985 smash hit Boops.
Dancehall legend Super Cat narrowly escaped being among the scores of young boys and men who were detained during one of the most-talked-about police raids on a Dancehall event, back in the early 1970s.
Professor Nuts says he actually composed the lyrics to Super Cat‘s hit song Cry Fi De Youth, one of the most beloved conscious Dancehall tracks in Jamaican history.
Jay-Z‘s Lucifer (2003), Encore (2003), and Bam (2017) featuring Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley — which collectively sampled several classic Reggae songs — were each certified Gold in the United States on Monday (December 4).
Jimmy Thomas, veteran sound system operator and a member of Super Cat’s touring team, is rubbishing claims that the Don Dadda had passed away yesterday, jokingly reminding fans that the singer has nine lives.
Over the course of his career, Chicago-born rapper Kanye West has pushed the boundaries of hip-hop, blending disparate genres and sounds into something entirely new.
Since 1964, Jamaicans have netted 134 entries on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. Of these songs, 56 leaped into the Top 40, and 11 soared to No.
Dancehall’s Don Dadda Super Cat says he has been training vigorously, ahead of the Reggae Love Fest in New York, on Friday night and a series of other shows, to mark what many have been describing as his “great comeback” to Dancehall, following years of absence.
American rapper Boosie Badazz recently spent some downtime in Jamaica with his family soaking up some sun, sea, and sand, and immersing himself in the culture.
The Warlord Bounty Killer, out of the blue, took to Instagram to honor his musical inspiration and one-time combatant Super Cat, a few days ago, noting that their musical rivalry was now a thing of the past.
Twenty-one Reggae and Dancehall acts were showcased on the global stage at DJ Cassidy’s special edition of Pass The Mic: BET Afterparty 2022, following the 53rd NAACP Image Awards on Saturday night.
When the pandemic started, many people in the music industry contemplated how to get people to pay for concerts online in large numbers.
The announcement that Dancehall’s Wild Apache Super Cat is slated to be the headline act for the inaugural show in Verzuz’s new ICONZ series next week Saturday, has sent the Dolly My Baby superstar’s fans in a frenzy.
Fresh from performing a high-energy seven-minute medley of his hits alongside his hype man Spliff Starr, drummers and dancers at the MTV Video Music Awards, Busta Rhymes went straight to Brooklyn to celebrate producer Swizz Beatz who was having a birthday party.
Robert Livingston, the former manager of Dancehall icons Shaggy and Super Cat, has shared his insights into what he recognizes as the missing elements which are hindering much of the music coming out of Jamaica nowadays, from becoming huge commercial successes.
Bounty Killer took to Instagram on Wednesday to make it clear that he has no regrets, but instead delights in the fact that he has lived up to his name Warlord, by engaging in a long string of high-profile lyrical and personal feuds with his own mentees, rival artistes, former friends, collaborators, and even his mentors.
Clarks Originals drew the ire of some Jamaicans after they previewed snippets of a new documentary dubbed Clarks and Jamaica, which seems to be devoid of Dancehall artists responsible for making the brand famous in Jamaica, like Super Cat, Popcaan, Vybz Kartel, and Jahvillani.
In a dynamic collage of potent harmonies and rhythms from the Golden Era of Dancehall and Reggae, VP Records has created a playlist to take us back in time while stirring fresh new feels.