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Ziggy Marley, while frontally rebuking Russian President Vladimir Putin for ordering his soldiers to invade Ukraine, has condemned other world leaders whom he said, have similarly been investing precious resources into buying destructive weapons, without any regard for the lives of the innocent.
American rapper Snoop Dogg came under the microscope during the US Embassy’s Black History/Reggae Month Star Spangled Sit Down session last Wednesday, as panellists discussed whether or not he had taken the right approach toward using Reggae for his Reincarnated album.
Today marks one year since the passing of Reggae/Dancehall legend Bunny Wailer, the original Don Dadda and founding member of The Wailers band, which included his step-brother Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.
British singer Dua Lipa is now the subject of a copyright infringement lawsuit, filed by South Florida-based Reggae band, Artikal Sound System, which has accused her of pirating a song of theirs and remaking it into her hit song Levitating with rapper DaBaby.
A slew of Dancehall tracks from the 1990s, Sister Nancy’s 1982 track Bam Bam, and the Jamaican dance moves embedded in her routine, propelled UCLA gymnast Chae Campbell into American history books on Sunday after the second-year student received her first-ever perfect 10 score, using a Dancehall floor routine.
A 1979 radio interview of Bob Marley denouncing Russia and the United States for trying to muscle their way into the Caribbean, and Jacob Miller likening the two global superpowers to postwar animated cartoon characters Heckle and Jeckle, has started making the rounds on social media, since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Dancehall diva Spice is at loggerheads with another Minister of Religion, this time a seemingly unperturbed Pastor Stephen Blake—artist and son of Paul Blake, former lead singer of the internationally acclaimed Blood Fire Posse.
Like her Dancehall compatriot Minister Marion Hall (formerly Lady Saw), who lost her Grammy plaque for her Gold-selling Underneath It All collab with No Doubt, Jamaican sensation Koffee says she has no idea where her own Grammy trophy is right now.
Queen of the Dancehall Spice is upbeat about her latest up-move, having copped six nominations in the Reggae Month Music Awards being staged by Irie FM, which has the distinction of being the first-ever radio station to play a song for the Grammy-nominated artist.
In the aftermath of being mocked for kissing his bodyguard on the lips, Ghananian Dancehall artist Shatta Wale clad himself in a pink wig and a pink beret, and assumed a feminine character, in a skit on Facebook Live which he said was aimed at teaching fans “how to kiss”.
Bounty Killer has ordered mouthy Instagram followers to go all-out and pre-order Shenseea’s Alpha debut album, which is set for release on March 11.
No Lie—the 2016 R&B-tinged reggae-pop song by Dancehall superstar Sean Paul and English singer Dua Lipa—is now certified double platinum in the UK.
The wisdom of Shenseea’s decision to sideline Dancehall music for American Pop was a subject matter at the US Embassy’s Black History/Reggae Month Star-Spangled Sit Down session on Wednesday, as questions arose as to whether she was “dumbing down” her skills to gain acceptance from Americans.
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul has listed veteran deejay Little Twitch’s Respect Due and Louie Culture’s Ganga Lee as the top two songs from which he took his life cues, which along with Buju Banton’s Bogle and Beenie Man’s Old Dog, had an indelible impact on the Dancehall genre and his own career.
Cedella Marley, Queen Ifrica and Etana are among the seven women handpicked by Medication singer Stephen Marley for his latest production, a seven-track Reggae EP dubbed Celebrating Nina: A Reggae Tribute to Nina Simone.
Veteran music selector Ricky Trooper says he was labelled as “racist” after he praised Haile Selassie while using Sizzla Kalonji’s 1995 song No White God, to destabilize veteran British disc jockey David Rodigan, during a soundclash more than a decade ago, when he was lead selector at Kilimanjaro.
Ghanaian Dancehall star Shatta Wale has again stirred controversy, after he popped a kiss on his bodyguard, embraced him tightly, and then pinned one of his diamond-encrusted chains around the man’s neck to show ‘appreciation for the security officer’s hard work and loyalty to his Empire’.
Even as some Reggae fans are voicing excitement about the Bob Marley One Love Experience exhibition underway at the Saatchi Gallery in London, there are other unimpressed connoisseurs of his music, who are claiming that the showcase lacks authenticity and is a disservice to his legacy.
Veteran British music selector and broadcaster Daddy Ernie has joined Jamaican nationals in voicing consternation about British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir being hand-picked to play Bob Marley in an upcoming Paramount Pictures biopic.
Beenie Man has taken to the studio to reaffirm, unequivocally, that he will not be relinquishing his kingship title anytime soon, to anyone.