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Sean Paul’s wife Jodi “Jinx” Henriques, was again taken to task for making a comment which some Jamaicans on Instagram deemed as “looking down her nose at others”, a few days ago, six years after an almost-similar situation arose with Usain Bolt.
With the memories of Alkaline’s fake “eye tattoo” fresh in their minds, Let’s be Honest Podcast hosts Jaii Frais and Chevi weighed in on the Skillibeng-Honey Milan forehead tattoo controversy, days after Gold Gad pointed out that the artwork, which she told the Jamaica Star was “real”, was not.
The Jamaica Music Society (JAMMS) and Jamaica Association of Composers Authors and Publishers (JACAP) have been sharply rebuked by the tourism sector for implying that it got preferential treatment to reopen early in the COVID-19 pandemic, while the entertainment sector remains on lockdown.
Dancehall diva Spice has lamented the fact that Dancehall music has not been getting the accolades it is owed, despite the fact that numerous other genres of music, including Reggaeton and Hip Hop, were spawned from it.
Based on the outpouring of birthday greetings and well wishes that Bounty Killer got from his fellow Reggae and Dancehall compatriots across the spectrum on Saturday, it is event that the Warlord is highly respected, and revered in his own country.
Self-proclaimed Dancehall Defender Senator Damion Crawford has sought to stave off accusations which Government Senator Charles Sinclair levelled at him ‘of being duplicitous about Dancehall’ on Friday in the Upper House of Parliament.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness might be facing a moral dilemma after questions were raised in the Senate on Friday about his own Ministry of National Security’s dubious role in facilitating the use of pistols and rifles as props in violent Dancehall music videos to illustrate bloodletting, mayhem, and murder.
In stark contrast to Sean Paul’s outright rejection of Dancehall clashes and clash lyrics, Shaggy says onstage lyrical battles must be fully embraced as they are vital to the development of artists and crucial to the sustainability of the genre.
Veteran Dancehall deejay Tiger beamed as he celebrated his 61st birthday on Sunday, 28 years after he was involved in a horrific accident that almost claimed his life, impeded his speech and memory, and ultimately stifled his career.
US-based Dancehall artist Honey Milan is again under fire after she seemingly tattooed Skillibeng’s moniker on her forehead.
Dancehall producer Skatta Burrell, says he is unimpressed with the Jamaican Government’s $10,000 incentive aimed at citizens aged 60 and over who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the Ministry of Health and has demanded that the money be spent upgrading medical facilities.
The hardcore, authentic Dancehall riddims, which have been absent from Jamaican music in recent times, and for which Dancehall fans have been clamouring, are ‘coming full circle’, according to Dancehall superstar, Sean Paul.
Days after Dancehall selector Boom Boom declared that the wayward organizers of the illegal Mocha Fest party and the gallivanting tourists in attendance should have been arrested and charged, Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has revealed that persons associated with the hosting of the event have been prosecuted.
Dancehall megastar Shaggy has revealed that an international television network barred him from participating in a joint album promotion interview with British singer Sting, a few years ago, claiming that he was unsuitable because he was representing Jamaica — a country which they accused of being homophobic.
After declaring, multiple times in interviews over the last 12 months, that he would never do a VERZUZ battle, Dancehall superstar Sean Paul says he is now willing to do VERZUZ, but only the way R&B superstar D’Angelo did it on February 27, that is: with no opponent in sight.
Minister of Entertainment Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange announced this afternoon in the House of Representatives, that Prime Minister Andrew Holness will officially outline protocols for the reopening of the entertainment sector, on Tuesday, June 22.
Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is being taken to task by Dancehall artists and their music industry colleagues after he, according to the Jamaica Observer, “claimed that local players in the entertainment sector have earned some $500 million for the provision of services to hotels” from January to May.
Macka Diamond’s new track Big Woman vs Young Gyal, seems to have Dancehall Queen Carlene considering dancing out of retirement.
Even though he might be just two demerit points shy of having his driver’s license suspended, some of Popcaan’s fans are calling for him to plead guilty and dispense with the traffic charges slapped on him, instead of engaging in a protracted court battle with the St.
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul has pinpointed two other key factors, apart from visa revocations, which contributed to some of the most prolific Jamaican stars, including Mavado and Vybz Kartel, failing to become cross-over successes in the United States.