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Oh Devil artist Devin Di Dakta was raked across the coals on Friday after he said that that it was fine for rich men to catcall Jamaican women, as they will only complain about harassment when a poor man is the perpetrator.
Culture and development specialist Professor Carolyn Cooper is again lamenting the fact that more than 70 years after Jamaicans from Kingston’s inner-city invented the sound system the “revolutionary art form” has still has not received “the critical acclaim which it deserves” in its home country.
Push Come to Shove Reggae icon Freddie McGregor has encouraged Jamaican Dancehall producers and artists to take advantage of the island’s extensive music catalog to fill the gap in the “production deficit” with which the genre is now struggling.
Bounty Killer stirred up a hornet’s nest, and had his female followers in a tizzy on Monday afternoon, after he made a post giving his take on gold-digging women, which sparked a heated verbal clash between Bob Marley’s son Rohan Marley and a commenter.
Veteran Dancehall deejay Spragga Benz was sharply rebuked by some of his Instagram followers after he expressed support for American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, who was slapped with a 30-day ban last Monday for testing positive for marijuana which is a prohibited substance in sports.
The Grung Gad Bounty Killer has again made it clear that he is not in support of the dilution of, or any attempts to replace authentic Dancehall music with Trap sounds.
Talk and Stutter artist Zamunda, says he has been spending copious amounts of time writing and recording music, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the result of which includes a soon-to-be-released live studio album, as well as a collab with Crocodile Teeth deejay Skillibeng.
Robert Livingston, the former manager of Dancehall icons Shaggy and Super Cat, has shared his insights into what he recognizes as the missing elements which are hindering much of the music coming out of Jamaica nowadays, from becoming huge commercial successes.
Entertainment Minister Olivia “Babsy” Grange says that a decision has still not been taken on the Dream Weekend bubble event proposed for Negril come Independence Week, as the application is still under review and has to be sanctioned by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM).
Days after members of Vybz Kartel’s Gaza Nation and other Jamaicans took to Twitter to upbraid Epixode for declaring himself “King of the Dancehall”, the Ghanaian artist is now reported as saying that Ghanaian Reggae and Dancehall “will soon take over the world”.
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul recently addressed the age-old issue of whether his lighter complexion gave him an advantage in the music industry, pointing out that it is a systemic issue, which has even resulted in him being the target of “misled jealousy”.
⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. British band UB40’s 21st album Bigga Baggariddim is characterized by beautifully arranged, groovy Reggae instrumentals, but sadly, apart from the stellar effort of the Kioko group and a few other artists, it is typified by a large number of amateurishly-written songs.
Shaggy says current Dancehall artists are trying to fix something that wasn’t broken, with their penchant for Trap beats over authentic Dancehall riddims.
As promised weeks ago, Billboard selector Boom Boom has jetted off to the United Kingdom, for his 16-show series, this amid a decision taken by the British Government to extend the COVID restrictions beyond its initial June 21 end date, to July 19.
The acting president of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bessa Simons, stirred up a hornet’s nest in the West African nation recently, when he said in a radio interview, that Ghanaian artists were copycatting Jamaicans and passing off Highlife music as Reggae and Dancehall.
Queen of Dancehall and Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta star Spice says she loves Chet Hanks and had plans to remix his controversial White Boy Summer song.
Agent Sasco, Tanya Stephens, Jesse Royal, and Tifa, will again join composer and multi-instrumentalist Mikie Bennett as ambassadors and judges, for the fourth staging of the Dancehall-centric Science Genius Jamaica competition for high schools.
Dancehall Queen Spice has made it clear that she will continue to use her platform to speak out about colorism.
Italian international footballer Moise Kean has been having a grand ‘Dancehall time’ vacationing in Jamaica, where he has from all indications immersed himself in the culture and met up with at least one of his Dancehall heroes.
Bounty Killer and Mr. Vegas’ recent assertions that criminals had infiltrated Dancehall music, assumed roles as artists, and were giving the genre a bad name, have been buttressed by Government Senator Charles Sinclair.