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The day was December 27, 2008. The epic Sting clash between Vybz Kartel and Mavado had ended abruptly without a declared winner at the Jamworld Entertainment Complex in St Catherine, and producer NotNice was heading home to sleep.
NotNice’s musical odyssey is woven with chart-topping highs and stone-broke lows, but there’s a recurring theme: he’s the go-to producer for established and emerging acts desirous of a hit.
If you should ever have ambitions of joining Vybz Kartel’s Gaza Empire, ensure that you fall in the good graces of founding member Lisa Hyper, but more importantly, the mother of three of his children, Tanesha ‘Shorty’ Johnson.
The periodic outcry against racism is again dominating headlines following the killing of George Floyd and the subsequent protests worldwide.
Wiz Khalifa’s quarantine bop, Something New, has gotten a sexy dancehall facelift thanks to Jamaican singer D-Major and winning collaborator, Busy Signal.
Approximately halfway into the year and 2020 has churned out the unexpected, from a global lockdown induced by COVID-19 to protests worldwide condemning racial injustice and police brutality.
Caribbean parents have long held the crown for enforcing mannerism, and as much as he’s the ‘swag dag diggy’ deejay on stage, Mr Lexx is no different.
Dexta Daps is pleased with how the Jamaican gov't has approached the coronavirus pandemic.
The Jamaican music fraternity is adding its voice to the cries for justice of George Floyd.
Dancehall fusion artiste Javada is readying a “baby-making” soundtrack for quarantiners, with his upcoming EP, Rude and Smooth.
Here are ten highlights from the Beenie Man & Bounty Killer showdown that place this 'Verzuz' battle among the best.
Here is how DancehallMag scored this viral moment in dancehall culture.
With just hours until their anticipated online battle on ‘Verzuz,’ dancehall entertainers Beenie Man and Bounty Killer have revealed they are not prepared.
Swizz Beatz’s decision to have Beenie Man and Bounty Killer on ‘Verzuz’ tomorrow night seems to be ruffling some feathers in Jamaica since the announcement was made on Wednesday.
Dancehall giants Beenie Man and Bounty Killer were today confirmed as the next stars to do battle on Verzuz.
What do you do when your child starts asking you questions you don’t have the answer to?
For New York-based deejay Power Man, life doesn’t stop because of a pandemic. The entertainer released his Black Book Diary album in March, on the same day the coronavirus was given pandemic status.
Ten years into their marriage, singer Wayne Marshall cooked for his wife, Tami Chin, for the first time on Mother’s Day (May 10).
It has almost become a rite of passage for Jamaican artistes to release at least one song dedicated to the one they call mom.
Two things happen when the infectious clap of the Diwali riddim cues: you are either immediately transported to 2002 and the memories therein, or you get to dancing.