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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.
It almost wasn't Shaggy! Wayne Wonder, Tanto Metro and Devonte were given 'It Wasn't Me' after label initially rejected it.
Cedella Marley joined the weeklong lampooning of Louis Vuitton on Wednesday, after the French luxury fashion brand unveiled a new US$1350 men’s pullover in the Ethiopian flag colors, and erroneously labeled the garments “Jamaican Stripe Sweater”.
Bounty Killer shares his Dancehall Family Tree and delights in the fact that this Mavado protege remains an ‘iron balloon’.
The Reggae Documentary titled Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes, makes its global premiere today, to mark the beginning of Reggae Month.
The Jamaican Gov't's plan to grant immunity to COVID-19 vaccine producers from liability, has not gone down well with Buju and some of his fellow Dancehall artists.
Following Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ recent statements that the integrity of Jamaican music is being threatened by a plethora of violence-laced songs, Bounty Killer has announced that he has teamed up with 14 other Dancehall artists, some of them well known for using their music to promote gangsterism, to record an anti-violence song.
Colombian Reggaeton singer Maluma, dropped his surprise 7 Días en Jamaica, (7 Days in Jamaica) EP on Thursday plus seven accompanying music videos, most of them featuring steamy make-out sessions with a leading lady, Miss Universe Jamaica 2017, Davina Bennett.
In an apparent bid to mitigate any additional backlash from the music industry, Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, has implicitly pointed out that his recent utterances about violence in Jamaican music, had been misrepresented in an article published by a Jamaican news outlet.
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul has outlined parts of his vision for Kingston which would help the city to fully capitalize on its status as a UNESCO Creative City of Music, a designation with which it was bestowed, in 2015.
Veteran Dancehall deejay Lady G has revealed the source of inspiration for her 2013 double-entendre song Herbie, noting that it arose from the fact that she became a ‘ganja baby’ after her first trip to the parish of Westmoreland as a youth.
The Warlord Bounty Killer has thrown his support behind Dream Entertainment Managing Director Scott Dunn’s call for the Government of Jamaica to either reopen the entertainment industry, or provide its stakeholders with a relief package.
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry has ‘come in from the cold’ of Switzerland and is now basking in the sunshine in his island home, Jamaica.
The war of words between Mr. Vegas and his former friend Tyrical, is fast becoming a tangled web, with the two Dancehall artists labelling each other as self-deceiving liars and traitors.
Five years after being declared by GQ Magazine as an “underrated style god” and 40 years after his death, the legend of Bob Marley as a style continues decades to reign supreme, this time through a new collaboration with denim brand Cult of Individuality.
Members of Jamaica’s entertainment industry continue to pay tribute, as they join the football fraternity in mourning the loss of legendary Reggae Boy Luton Shelton.
Dancehall star Spice has paid homage to Ninjaman, the man who mentored her in her days as an unknown adolescent trying to get her break in the Dancehall industry.