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Furor surrounds Dovey Magnum’s explicit Bawl Out song which she had repurposed into a dubplate for Opposition Leader and President of the People’s National Party (PNP) Dr. Peter Phillips’ campaign playlist.
Dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel slung an indirect blow at Downsound music producer Cordel ‘Skatta’ Burrell on Tuesday, for his supportive stance for artistes who have been voicing dubplates for politicians aligned to the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People’s National Party (PNP).
Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, has revealed that most of the dubplates voiced by dancehall artistes for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), were not commissioned by the politicians, but that several artistes voiced the campaign songs of their own accord and approached the party.
The anti-campaign dubplate protest, ignited by Bounty Killer, Tanya Stephens, and Vybz Kartel, is heating up, with reggae superstar Protoje, taking to the studio to declare in his own dub, that he will never voice for any of Jamaica’s politicians.
A video posted by pop queen Madonna dancing up a storm in Hanover, Jamaica, to a slew of Dancehall songs, including Vybz Kartel’s gold-certified Fever and Spice’s So Mi Like It, is clear indication that the American songstress was having a grand time on the island.
Reggae star Jesse Royal’s performance at Pop legend Madonna’s 62nd birthday party, at one of the world acclaimed Tryall Club’s villas in Hanover, Jamaica on Sunday, seems to have fully delighted the Papa Don’t Preach artiste.
Vybz Kartel, with the full backing of his Gaza Nation, frontally ripped into his Dancehall colleagues who have been voicing campaign dubplates for politicians.
In what appears to be an indirect jab at his compatriot Tanya Stephens, Mr. Vegas has come out in strong support of artistes who have been voicing dubplates for Jamaican politicians ahead of General Election Day which is set for September 3.
Bounty Killer has stormed into the raging debate being waged amongst some Jamaican music fraternity members, who are decrying Jamaican politicians for commissioning dubplates from dancehall artistes, for use in their campaigns ahead of the September 3 General Elections.
Veteran music selector Ricky Trooper is not happy with the recent announcement that the Jamaica Order of Distinction (Officer Class) national award is to be presented to British radio disc jockey and sound system selector David Rodigan.
The decision by some top Dancehall artistes to voice dubplates for politicians from the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is not going down well with some members of the music fraternity.
Veteran deejay Mr. Lexx and his younger compatriot Devin di Dakta, have taken aim at veterans and so-called legends in the Dancehall music fraternity for failing to help the genre to take its rightful space internationally.
Dancehall veteran Bounty Killer has said his respect for Buju Banton stopped him from dissing him after he slighted Vybz Kartel during a stage show in 2002.
Minister Marion Hall’s photo of herself relaxing with a man whom her Facebook followers are speculating is her new beau, has left tongues wagging, and some fans already seeing wedding bells coming and babies in the making.
Dancehall diva Ishawna says OnlyFans has not only ‘turned her back into a multi-millionaire,’ but that she has not had to go to extremes to rake in large sums of cash on the platform.
The Dancehall/Reggae music fraternity is expressing outrage after the Jamaican Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the decision by the Kensington Primary School to bar the seven-year-old daughter of reggae music producer Dale Virgo, from attending the institution with dreadlocks, was not unconstitutional.
As Mavado’s fans line up behind him to help ‘beat and teach’ Canadian rapper Drake, scores of Gaza fans say they are taking a ceasefire from their longstanding feud, to join forces with Gully fans to support the Jamaican deejay as he takes on the Nice For What star.
A week after D’Angel’s attorney demanded that unauthorized persons delete all photos and videos of the Dancehall singer which they illicitly grabbed from her OnlyFans account, at least one offender has flatly refused and even sought even to jeer the artiste.
Veteran deejay Bling Dawg has not only been ensuring he maintains a healthy weight and a robust body structure but is about to release what is to be his first studio album.
Koffee’s long-time video rendition of American rapper Fetty Wap’s song No Days Off, has left Foota Hype in a tizzy.