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Dancehall megastar and Persian Gulf War veteran Shaggy has paid his respects to General Colin Powell following the announcement of the death of the war hero, a Jamaican descendant, under whose command he once served.
Veteran Dancehall deejay Tony Rebel has told his fans that he will be providing guidance and encouragement to Skillibeng, to feature more positive lyrics and less explicit sexual content, profanity and gun violence in his songs.
The first lady of Gaza Lisa Hyper has admonished Dancehall artists not to genuflect to Cardi B and Nicki Minaj, arguing they too are global musical heavyweights and are just as talented as the Hip Hop artists, who must be seen as nothing else but their musical equals.
Insisting that Nicki Minaj’s Megatron was inspired by his hit song Heads High, Mr. Vegas has lashed out again at the rapper for denying him what he says is his publishing rights on her song which was released in 2019.
Dancehall diva Spice has been booked to be the keynote speaker at communications giant Flow Jamaica’s Small Business Friday seminar, on October 22.
Crocodile Teeth artist Skillibeng has taken on an ambitious mission, which he has pointed out, is not only out of self-interest, but is being done in a bid to lift his fans out of poverty, and steer them towards wealth creation.
Nicki Minaj’s throng of “Barbz” took to Instagram and Facebook to rebuke Dancehall veteran Mr. Vegas after he described their “Queen” and Drake as being Dancehall ‘culture vultures’, while giving props to rapper Cardi B following her Dancehall-themed “Passa Passa” birthday party two nights ago.
Macka Diamond joined Foota Hype as the second Dancehall entertainer in less than two weeks, to speak out some of the intimidation tactics and physical attacks many Jamaican artists have had to endure, at the hands of unscrupulous overseas event promoters.
A family feud. That is how Buju Banton’s son Jahazeil Myrie has described the situation which has left his sister Abihail and her father at odds, in what has been a dramatic last 12 hours which has seen Abihail accusing the ‘Til Shiloh artist of trying to strangle her, and in turn, he filing a missing report for her with the Jamaica Constabulary Force.
Following her teary-eyed revelation on Saturday of how one of the biggest artists in Dancehall ruthlessly beat her with a piece of lumber, whilst she was still a newbie in the industry, Macka Diamond has thanked Tanya Stephens for giving her the courage to tell her own story.
Queen Ifrica has empathized with survivors of sexual violence who have come forward to tell their stories, as for her it hits hard, having experienced horrific molestation and sexual abuse herself.
Grammy-winning reggae star Buju Banton has demonstrated that the moral support he gave to Accompong Maroon chief, Richard Currie during the leadership elections in February, was no fluke.
Queen Ifrica has painted an earthshattering picture of Jamaica’s Reggae/Dancehall industry being infiltrated by a set of reptilian villains, who prey on young girls with impunity.
Bob Marley’s four eldest children have paid strong tribute to Georgie, the man the Reggae icon immortalized in his song No Woman, No Cry, and who used to prepare sumptuous dishes for them in Trench Town when they were children.
Mr. Vegas has expressed outrage that members of mainstream media have not given him the traction he says he deserves after he posted what he alleges to be a birth certificate of Bounty Killer’s first child, on social media, whom he asserts was born to a teenage mother when the Coppershot artist was 21.
Director of the Reggae Studies Unit at the University of the West Indies, Dr. Sonjah Stanley Niaah and her academic compatriot, Dr Dennis Howard will be putting their heads together to conduct a fulsome study on whether or not Jamaica has what she calls a “culture of rape”.
Reggae songstress Etana, on Wednesday, relayed how some years ago she was the subject of sexual harassment by an artist who tried to trap her, under the guise that he was inviting her to look at his new home studio.
The announcement that Dancehall’s Wild Apache Super Cat is slated to be the headline act for the inaugural show in Verzuz’s new ICONZ series next week Saturday, has sent the Dolly My Baby superstar’s fans in a frenzy.
Tanya Stephens sounded a warning on Friday, when she ordered social media followers to stop slandering one of Jamaica’s musical legends under her posts, as she had she has only known him since she became an “old woman”.
It was during an actual ‘joyride’ to picturesque Portland that Cham and singer Wayne Wonder came up with the lyrics for their hit song Joyride, the deejay has revealed.