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Dancehall artiste Beenie Man fired some lyrical shots aimed at Billboard Magazine, in his second verse of the pre-recorded Reggae Cypher, which was done for the BET Hip Hop Awards aired on Tuesday night.
Veteran Jamaican Reggae star Junior ‘One Blood’ Reid, recently teamed up with American rapper Dave East to voice a track titled Badness.
Unbeknownst to many, British megastar Adele, was in Jamaica only a few weeks ago, where she and American R&B singer H.E.R.,
Veteran Dancehall music selector Foota Hype has accused some international record labels and their agents of insidiously using Reggae and Dancehall icons and the Rastafari culture as pawns, against their wishes, to promote what he says is the LGBTQ agenda.
Two months before the 27th anniversary of the death of his elder brother Dirtsman, veteran dancehall deejay Papa San has paid tribute to the Hot This Year singer who fell victim to gun violence in 1993.
While Beenie Man and Yellowman continue their ongoing verbal battle, about which of them is the “King of Dancehall”, veteran dancehall deejay and Minister of the Gospel, Lt. Stitchie has declared that he is “Dancehall’s G.O.A.T.” (Greatest of all time), in an apparent bid to ‘settle all arguments’.
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is investigating how Kingston-based Dancehall deejay Intence, came to be decked out in its official land variation digital combat uniform (DCU) in contravention of Jamaica’s Defence Act, a source has told DancehallMag.
The COVID-19 lockdown in Jamaica appears to have had a romantic effect on reggae/dancehall superstar Sizzla Kalonji, triggering the making of his latest album, Million Times, a production the August Town native has described as a ‘great classic’.
Veteran Reggae artiste Barrington Levy has teamed up with American producer DJ Khaled on a new album, which, based on utterances from Khaled himself, is nearing completion.
Walshy Fire, the co-producer of Koffee’s hit track Toast and member of electronic dance music trio Major Lazer, is urging Jamaican artistes to seek new names for the sub-genres of music currently being produced on the island.
Jada Kingdom’s boyfriend Verse Simmonds, has slapped Kanye West’s manager Abou “Bu” Thiam with a $3 million copyright lawsuit in a Fulton County court in Georgia, USA.
There seems to be no stopping I Am A Mad Man singer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, as even at age 84, he has gained the attention of iconic Italian fashion house, Gucci.
Beenie Man had some scathing comments to make recently, about the upcoming artistes who are engaging in what is commonly being referred to as “Trap Dancehall”.
By virtue of the caliber of the songs on Blvk H3ro and Wayne J’s recently-released reggae/dancehall seven-track EP, New Millennium, it is obvious that these youngsters can be relied upon to maintain the foundations set by their pioneering Dancehall elders.
Popcaan’s performance on the Link Up EP with Canadian rapper and fellow OVO Sound artiste Preme, is a clear indication that the St.
Following the Jamaican Government’s warning that ‘tougher laws’ will be implemented to punish smugglers of ‘contraband’, particularly electronic devices, into the island’s prisons, many dancehall fans are now wondering whether incarcerated deejay Vybz Kartel’s music will be impacted.
The ‘royal rift’ between the two Dancehall kings, Yellowman and Beenie Man, is getting bigger, with the original king launching another broadside against the Girls Dem Sugar deejay.
The late legendary music producer, Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee, rated one of the ‘great generals’ of Jamaican music and the inventor of the ‘flying cymbal’, was not only a producer, but a creator and conceptualizer who made an indelible mark in the heydays the genres of ska, rocksteady and early days of reggae music.
There has been an outpouring of get-well wishes for internationally acclaimed music producer and radio disc jockey Kurt “Party Animal” Riley, after his daughters announced on Wednesday night that he had been hospitalized.
Veteran deejay Major Mackerel says it was a playful roadway sprint against his compatriot Ninjaman, several years ago, which triggered the injury that eventually led to a portion of his right leg being amputated, during emergency surgery a few weeks ago.