DancehallMag is the leading independent news outlet covering Reggae and Dancehall music and Jamaican artists. We reach over one million people each month via our website and social media. Learn more about DancehallMag!
Veteran Montego Bay-based Reggae/Dancehall emcee Allan “Action Master” Ranks will debut his official Allan Ranks Show at Half Moon Beach in Green Island, Hanover this Thursday, Boxing Day.
Iconic Dancehall singjay Eek-A-Mouse is set to take centre stage at Bella Donna’s New Year’s Eve event on Summerset Road in West End, Negril, on December 31.
Veteran Lovers Rock singer Thriller U and Reggae/Dancehall artist Jahmiel will headline Negril’s Glamour: The Black & White Edition, a New Year’s Eve event hosted by Diplomat Promotion, which is set for the Wavz Beach Club in the resort town, on Tuesday, December 31.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Ghanaian reggae artist Blakk Rasta’s Salaga Soljah could be the dark horse, an unexpected and lesser-known contender in the Western Hemisphere who could surprise many when the Reggae Grammy nominees are announced on November 8.
Guyanese music professor, multi-instrumentalist, and composer Iauwata Amha Selassie, played a defining role in the official rise of Jamaican Nyahbinghi Reggae singer and producer Raphiel “Raphi” Chambers and his band, Rock Top—an influence Raphi continues to cherish to this day.
Western Jamaica-based music producer, singer, and instrumentalist, Raphiel “Raphi” Chambers, is on a mission to restore Nyahbinghi Reggae to the forefront of mainstream music.
Merritone Sound System’s Monte Blake will be among the 13 distinguished honourees at the upcoming University of the West Indies’ (UWI) 2024 Graduation Ceremonies.
Reggae legend Peter Tosh‘s daughter, Niambe McIntosh, and his former manager, Copeland Forbes, have expressed their delight that Johnny B.
Vybz Kartel’s music was placed on the BBC’s “rested list” during his years in prison, according to BBC 1Xtra disc jockey, Seani B.
Kenyan national Stephen “Stevlims” Omondi, the television videographer who created a viral unsolicited music video back in 2011 for the Worl’ Boss’ hit song Poor People Land, is still struggling to convince fans that he is neither Vybz Kartel nor the singer of the song.
Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Tems, in responding to Buju Banton‘s criticism of Afrobeats as frivolous music, says the genre is intended for escapism as opposed to addressing societal issues.
Scores of children turned out at the Pondside Primary and Infant School in Hanover, on Thursday for Jamaican-American rapper Safaree “Stuntman” Samuels’ much-anticipated back-to-school treat.
Buju Banton has made yet another major financial contribution to the Accompong Town Maroons, this time US$200,000 or just over J$31 million towards infrastructure and economic development within the north-western St.
Former West Indies cricketer turned Dancehall artist Marlon “Icon” Samuels, declared himself a “son of the soil” and an ambassador for St.
Jamaican-American rapper Safaree “Stuntman” Samuels has relocated his highly anticipated back-to-school treat from Waterhouse in Kingston to Pondside, Hanover, his parents’ birthplace.
A promotional social media video jointly produced by the St. Vincent and The Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA) and La Vue Hotel and Beach Club, featuring Jamaican dancehall artist Vybz Kartel, has sparked a range of reactions among Vincentians and Jamaicans.
Reggae heavyweight Buju Banton says he’s pushing back eight dates of his current “The Overcomer” tour to 2025, disappointing fans across the United States.
A video of a visibly annoyed Popcaan ordering his associates to refrain from playing Kendrick Lamar‘s music in his presence has been making the rounds on social media.
A 2011 video of Vybz Kartel predicting the dismantling of the Jamaica Public Service Company’s (JPS) monopoly on light and power has resurfaced, following a wave of public discontent over recent spikes in electricity bills on the island.
Jamaican artist Cutty Ranks has spoken out against what he describes as a longstanding practice by some Reggaetón artists of translating Dancehall songs into Spanish and passing them off as their own.