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Nah Sell Out artist Khago, has castigated Dancehall artists whom he says are choosing intellectually deficient and incompetent women who have nothing to offer except bedroom favours as partners, instead of intelligent, productive and godly women who are looking out for their best interest.
Clarks Originals unveiled the full 10-minute mini-documentary today on YouTube, after initially announcing on its Instagram page on Sunday that the video, which features Koffee, Protoje, Sevana, Lila Iké, The NoMaddz, England footballer Raheem Sterling, and British artist M1llionz, would be released this Friday.
Declaring that Jamaican Reggae and Dancehall is a global cultural heavyweight towering over American genres, Nah Sell Out artist Khago says he has had to chase away American rappers who have approached him asking for permission to sample his hit song.
Trojan Records’ plan to stage several activities in the UK, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of the mega Reggae hit Double Barrell, has not gone down well with the song’s co-writer and co-performer Dave Barker, The Financial Times has revealed.
Boom Wuk artist Tanya Stephens launched another broadside at Prime Minister Andrew Holness, days after he stated in the House of Representatives that he could not be shut up by anyone.
Clarks Originals drew the ire of some Jamaicans after they previewed snippets of a new documentary dubbed Clarks and Jamaica, which seems to be devoid of Dancehall artists responsible for making the brand famous in Jamaica, like Super Cat, Popcaan, Vybz Kartel, and Jahvillani.
Although he is being cheered on by the Queen of Dancehall Spice, Chet Hanx is being pelted with criticisms elsewhere, amid accusations of hijacking Dancehall and expropriating rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer slang and using it to cut his own track titled White Boy Summer.
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul has maintained that whether or not he has “street cred” in Jamaica is a non-factor at this point in his career.
Musicologist and producer Kurt Riley, who co-curated the tunes for the iconic VERZUZ face-off between Beenie Man and Bounty Killer, today magnified the Warlord, heaping praises on him for his unwavering defense of Jamaica’s oppressed through his music, over the decades.
Science Genius Ambassador Agent Sasco says he has found it hard to forgive a primary school teacher of his who, many years ago belittled and demeaned his beloved and revered Dancehall music, and some of the genre’s greatest lyricists.
Dancehall selector Foota Hype has accused Prime Minister Andrew Holness of “throwing words” at him during a Parliamentary sitting on Tuesday, because he had dared to launch a Instagram-based “Fed Up Challenge” to rebuke the Jamaican government.
Weeks after being rebuked by some of his Instagram followers for releasing a new song titled Gun Dem Ready, Bounty Killer has expressed regret for some of the violent lyrics embedded in many of his songs.
It seems that Popcaan’s very soft approach to Prime Minister Andrew Holness in requesting that he invest money in Dancehall has found favor with the Head of Government and members of the Jamaican Cabinet.
In the aftermath of the now-viral video of 101 Doll Squadron gyrating to Sean Paul’s Boasty and Koffee’s Toast, during a Royal Australian Navy’s ship commissioning ceremony, the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended the female dance troupe.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness was being jeered by some members of the Dancehall fraternity yesterday, after The Star tabloid published an article claiming that the Jamaica Labour Party leader has promised to dole out sums of cash to “entertainers”.
After making his vocal presence heard in two soundtracks in the blockbuster movie Baywatch, in 2017, and playing a role in the Jamaican film Shottas, Agent Sasco says he is ready to transition over to the big screen, if and when he is approached.
Dancehall music, and two of its superstars, have been weaved into a controversy Down Under, after the Australian Defence Force, engaged the 101 Doll Squadron, an all-female Dancehall troupe, to “wine-up and back it up”, as part of the official commissioning ceremony for the Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Supply ship in Sydney on Sunday.
Dancehall artist Agent Sasco, one of Jamaica’s most potent lyricists, says 15 years after shelving the stage name ‘Assassin’, a moniker bestowed on him during his days as a student at Camperdown High School in Kingston, he is satisfied that his decision was the right choice.
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul is insisting that many Dancehall acts have not been able to have cross-over hit songs, due to a vast section of the global music audience not being able to understand Patois.
Canadian deejay/rapper Kardinal Offishall took to Twitter to pay homage to Jamaica, the island of his parents’ birth, after creating black history by being named Senior Vice President, A&R, for Universal Music Canada (UMC) yesterday.