Offset and Don Toliver’s Worth It, a song that features an intro sampling the voice of late Dancehall legend U-Roy, has topped the Billboard Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart dated March 9.
Veteran Dancehall artist Brigadier Jerry is slated to become the second recipient of Irish and Chin’s ‘Crownin’.
2021 was another great year for diversity across dancehall/reggae, from the much-hyped to the much-delayed as well as pandemic fueled projects.
For Dancehall and Reggae fans following the annual Grammy Awards closely, they may be eager for some insight on which albums may make the cut for this year’s Best Reggae Album nominations and, perhaps more importantly, which of them may make the strongest case for winning the prestigious award in 2022.
Marcia Smikle, long-time partner of the late Jamaican music icon U-Roy, passed away as a result of medical complications in the University Hospital of the West Indies in St Andrew yesterday.
Trojan Jamaica/BMG have released another single from U-Roy’s upcoming album, Solid Gold U-Roy. The single, Stop That Train, features vocals from the late toaster and Dancehall sensation Rygin King.
Veteran deejay U Brown says the late Dancehall pioneer U-Roy inspired him to choose a music career.
Marcia Smikle, U-Roy’s partner of 40-plus years, has thanked Olivia Grange, Minister of Sports, Youth and Culture, the funeral organizers, and well-wishers for their support in making the celebration of the life of dancehall Godfather, Daddy U Roy a “great occasion”.
Trojan Jamaica/BMG has announced the upcoming release of U-Roy’s final full-length album, titled Solid Gold U-Roy.
Ewart ‘U-Roy’ Beckford spent his glorious sixty-year career blazing a lyrical trail to global stardom. The late Jamaican deejay was a pioneer of the “toasting” style, a mashup of melodic scatting and vocal artistry.
Late veteran toaster Ewart ‘U-Roy’ Beckford will be buried at Dovecot Memorial on Wednesday, May 19.
For a vibrant display of the Jamaican trifecta — cunning, creativity, competitiveness — look no further than the island’s rich sound system heritage.
Marcia Smikle, the partner of late veteran toaster Ewart ‘U-Roy’ Beckford, is worried that the COVID-19 pandemic may frustrate the hopes of the family to ensure that the artist gets the send-off befitting of his status as a cultural icon.
The family and friends of U-Roy and Bunny Wailer have to find a way to bury the iconic Reggae singers amid the new COVID protocols implemented by the Jamaican authorities.
A leading professor in culture at the University of the West Indies (UWI), is contending that longstanding prejudices against Dancehall, Reggae and Jamaica’s other music genres, has resulted in much of the documentation of the island’s musical history being undertaken by foreigners, many of whom refuse to share the content with the nation unless they are paid.
The late veteran Reggae and Dancehall toaster Ewart ‘U-Roy’ Beckford will be buried at Dovecot on March 28.
Culture and Entertainment Minister Olivia Grange is saddened at the sudden passing of Jamaican vocalist and veteran toaster, Ewart “Daddy U-Roy” Beckford.
There has been an outpouring of tributes from the Jamaican music fraternity on social media, following the passing of U-Roy, the man responsible for birthing the Dancehall genre.
Legendary Jamaican Reggae and Dancehall toaster U-Roy has died at the age of 78.