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Blvk H3ro has admonished Fantan Mojah for the way in which he responded to utterances by Mutabaruka about his Fire King music video, while describing the imbroglio between two elders, as a “clash of egos”.
A reference to Dancehall superstar Sean Paul’s wife Jodi ‘Jinx’ Henriques as a “domestic engineer” in a newspaper article, has sparked a firestorm on Jamaican Twitter.
Weeks after he dropped his Living the Dream single, which was rubbished by Popcaan, Usain Bolt is insisting that his music career is no joke, and this will be proven when he releases his upcoming EP, which set the stage for him to become an international Dancehall superstar.
Reggae/Dancehall artist Ce’cile had some terse words for people in Jamaica who are constantly making disparaging remarks about the Dancehall music genre and blaming it for society’s ills.
Fantan Mojah has claimed that Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith the legendary High Priest of Reggae Guitar, who co-produced dub poet Mutabruka’s 1983 debut studio album Check It!,
A day after Romeich Major said he would have kicked down a middle-aged waitress in an Atlanta restaurant for not moving expeditiously to serve his team’s dinner, the artist manager has scurried to proffer an apology after Dancehall fans ripped into him for being impolite and disrespectful.
Even as his song Coke continues to rule YouTube Trending in Jamaica over the past week, Skillibeng is being asked to undertake yet another task, in furtherance of the crashed plane saga which inspired the hit track.
Colombian Reggaeton singer Maluma has hailed his collaborative single Tonika with Ziggy Marley on his 7 Días en Jamaica, (7 Days in Jamaica) album as a huge move for his career and Latin culture.
The tracklisting for Sean Paul’s new album Live N Livin has been revealed and there is an interesting feature; 10 of the 16 songs bear similar titles to action/war movies.
Cedella Marley and her younger brother Ziggy, shared their parents’ Bob and Rita Marley’s wedding photos on Wednesday, to mark the couple’s 55th wedding anniversary.
Foota Hype says the Dancehall fraternity should disregard political leaders who are blaming Dancehall music for Jamaica’s horrific murder rate.
Come March 7, iconic Reggae/Dancehall music producer Donovan Germain will make his Penthouse Records catalogue featuring pre-internet hits from a galaxy of stars including Marcia Griffiths, Buju Banton, Cutty Ranks, Sanchez, Tiger, Tony Rebel and others, available for purchase in digital form.
In what can be viewed as a boon for upcoming Jamaican artists, youth-focused music streaming service Audiomack has announced that its streams now count toward the Billboard Charts.
A day after Reggae singer Fantan Mojah went on a rampage hurling accusations at Mutabaruka, the iconic dub poet is threatening to take legal action against the Fire King artist.
The old adage that “good manners will carry you through the world” seems to have paid off, musically speaking, for rising Dancehall artist Fully Bad.
Dancehall selector Foota Hype says Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness must shoulder the blame for the inability of veterans and Reggae Revival artists including Jesse Royal and Kabaka Pyramid to score hit songs on the island.
Acclaimed Downsound Dancehall/Reggae music producer Cordell ‘Skatta’ Burrell is insisting that present-day Dancehall artists who are voicing gun songs with impunity, ought not to be blamed for their content and that the condemnation be placed squarely at the feet of irresponsible music producers.
Reggae artist Fantan Mojah is adamant that even in light of Jamaica’s ascending COVID-19 infection rate, he will continue his ‘putting up resistance’ stance by not wearing a mask in public, because whenever he does so, it is ‘stifling’ him.
Whether his team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, wins or loses Super Bowl LV come tomorrow, Dancehall megastar Shaggy says Tom Brady, the man who, “for 20 years, had the NFL pinned down like a grade school bully”, “has already won!”
Six years after Most High Jah artiste Fantan Mojah ripped into Dancehall artists Alkaline and Gage whom he claimed at the time, were denigrating Jamaican women in their songs, he is now on the receiving end for his raunchy new song Fire King and its accompanying video.