Five Times Jamaican Artists Paid Homage To National Heroes In Song
Dancehall star Popcaan has had his fans eagerly awaiting the full-length Great Is He (GIHE) album for quite some months.
Dancehall star Popcaan has had his fans eagerly awaiting the full-length Great Is He (GIHE) album for quite some months.
In 2022, some Jamaican Dancehall artists seemed to have had an epiphany that nudged them onto more reflective and introspective-sounding tracks.
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.
As 2022 gathers the last of its belongings to hit the road, let’s look back at the top music moments of the year for fans of Reggae/Dancehall—the controversies, achievements, viral moments, and sadly, those who passed away.
Since officially moving to Jamaica last summer, Sidem Oztürk, the fiancé of Vybz Kartel seems to be enjoying life at her new home.
Livingston Cain, the juror in the Vybz Kartel murder trial who allegedly offered the jury foreman $500,000 to get a not-guilty verdict in the 2014 case, was today found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
Grammy Award winner Sean Paul has emerged as the Caribbean’s biggest Spotify earner for 2022, according to CertifiedStreams.com.
When it comes on to wit, lyricism and talent, there are only a handful of Dancehall artists – dead or alive – that can be mentioned in the same breath as Adidja Palmer, the Portmore native more popularly known as Vybz Kartel.
Vybz Kartel says he’s ‘holding out’ in prison, while rocking a trendy fit in an Instagram post, shared on Tuesday.
Isat Buchanan, the attorney at law representing Vybz Kartel, has confirmed that his client received a death threat from a prison warder, who is an employee of the Department of Correctional Services.
Incarcerated Dancehall artist Vybz Kartel says he’ll release another EP next month as the first part of an “Exiled Pharaoh” series.
Dancehall star Vybz Kartel has shared two new photos of himself, giving fans a glimpse of what the incarcerated entertainer looks like after 11 years in prison.
The number of albums up for consideration in the Best Reggae Album category at the 2023 Grammy Awards took a drastic dip to a total of 67, down from 125 last year.
New albums by Dancehall artist Vybz Kartel and Reggae singer Kabaka Pyramid failed to debut on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart after their first sales tracking week.
Over a week after Vybz Kartel’s Turkish fiancé, Sidem Öztürk revealed that they were getting married, junior national security minister Zavia Mayne has reiterated that the Life Sweet deejay is not getting preferential treatment as he continues to serve a life sentence.
On Saturday, a General Legal Council (GLC) disciplinary committee found Vybz Kartel’s attorney-at-law Isat Buchanan guilty of professional misconduct during a virtual hearing.
Isat Buchanan, attorney-at-law representing Dancehall artist Vybz Kartel, has lambasted authorities for transferring his client – an appellant with a case before the Privy Council – to the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre, known as GP on Thursday during a period of heavy rainfall.
Vybz Kartel, the King of Dancehall who is serving a life sentence for murdering an associate, is engaged to Turkish social worker Sidem Ozturk.
Yeng Badness deejay Intence has come out swinging in his new Crash Dummy and Futuristic Music-produced single Correction.
“Hey Ne-Yo, stap tell di people dem lie, man.” That was the response from Dancehall producer NotNice when veteran journalist Anthony Miller told him that he was the one person who “can set the record straight” in relation to recent claims made by American R&B singer Ne-Yo that he had been open to Spice and Vybz Kartel’s use of his Miss Independent instrumental for their Romping Shop hit, from day one.