No More ‘Bruk Days’ For Valiant: Artist Dominates January With Nine Songs In The Top 10
January 2023 is ending on a high for Dancehall’s new favorite Valiant, who has a total of nine out of ten songs on YouTube’s Music Charts for Jamaica.
January 2023 is ending on a high for Dancehall’s new favorite Valiant, who has a total of nine out of ten songs on YouTube’s Music Charts for Jamaica.
Jamaican music is off to a strong start with some really great singles to match the hope and determination that typically mark the first few weeks of the new year.
Beenie Man, Sean Paul, Dexta Daps and Valiant are among the artists to drop new music and videos recently, much to the delight of their fans.
Iconic fashion magazine Vogue has listed 1Diplomats artist Valiant as one of “The 9 Musicians Set to Take Over in 2023,” with which its readers should familiarize themselves.
Following criticism from some Instagram commenters over the weekend, about his lyrical content and flows, the Dunce Cheque artist Valiant has indicated that he is unbothered, as a love-hate relationship has always been part of the musical game.
Leader of the People’s National Party (PNP) Mark Golding is in agreement with Prime Minister Andrew Holness that Dancehall artists need to pull up their socks on lyrical content, particularly as Afrobeats has been surging in global popularity over the last three years.
American rapper Rick Ross has been showing just how much he is up to date with Jamaican culture and slangs in the latest clips he shared to social media.
Valiant‘s Dunce Cheque election campaign dubplate for Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne, in which he hailed the twin-island nation’s leader while denouncing his challenger, Harold Lovell, has been sparking much discussion online.
In 2022, some Jamaican Dancehall artists seemed to have had an epiphany that nudged them onto more reflective and introspective-sounding tracks.
Bounty Killer did not mince words, as he recently took aim at someone he described as an “old, lame, run away, back in di days guy,” who had apparently aggravated his spirit.
Bounty Killer has heaped praises on Valiant, declaring him a “street hero”, whose stage presence and “vibes”, are reminiscent of the late Dancehall star Baby Wayne, who gained fame for his cautionary hit track, Mama back in 1992.
As the year comes to a close, this final list has some really good tunes that are a welcomed respite from the dunce theme in dancehall.
Dancehall megastar Sean Paul is the most streamed Jamaican Reggae/Dancehall artist on YouTube in 2022, while, in Jamaica, Hillside singer Chronic Law is the most streamed artist for 2022 on the platform.
Fast-rising artist Valiant is being hailed as a class act, after he provided his fans with a consolatory mini-concert in the Grizzly’s Plantation Cove parking lot, following the abrupt end of the Sting 2022 stage show, before he could give his full performance.
The new releases from Jamaican artists this week includes Valiant teaming up with songbird Stalk Ashley for a love affair gone wrong.
Valiant, who has been dominating Jamaican music charts, recently snagged an official introduction with Offset during the rapper’s Jamaican vacay with wife Cardi B last week.
November was interesting for Reggae Dancehall music. It was particularly fascinating to see the younger, more freshly established artists pushing a pace in the music that many older, more established acts have not matched.
Skeng, Masicka, Squash, Chronic Law, Kraff Gad, Alkaline, Ai Milly, Bayka, Valiant and Intence are the most streamed Dancehall artists in Jamaica for the year 2022, according to data gathered by CertifiedStreams.
Fast-rising artist Valiant released visuals for his track Dunce Cheque on Tuesday, to the delight of his fans, in the aftermath of Information Minister Robert Morgan’s expression of concern about the lyrical content of the track.
As we enter the fourth quarter of the year, music releases have slowed somewhat. Still, for many, the fourth quarter is the championship quarter.