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Dancehall and Reggae artistes in Jamaica, as well as their compatriots domiciled overseas, were on a creative streak in 2020 leading into 2021, with a plethora of albums set to be dropped this year by some of the industry’s biggest names.
The Man from Mars, Tony Matterhorn, got his moniker in an explosive way – literally – veteran Inner City Sound System selector, Mark Dragon has revealed.
In what has come as the reawakening of Trinibad’s promising young catalyst, Kyle George, a.k.a. Rebel Sixx, is the release of his new album, Last Son Of Pharaoh.
Veteran Dancehall artiste and producer, Mr G. (formerly Goofy) says Stone Love was the catalyst that skyrocketed the Gyal dem Gizzada Merciless, from a virtual unknown to one of Dancehall’s most revered sons, in just one night.
In tribute to an outstanding career spanning through the mid-’80s and ’90s, DancehallMag honors the legendary Sister Charmaine for her incredible contribution to the Dancehall genre.
The Have You Ever Been In Love track popularized by the late great Jamaican entertainer Dennis Emmanuel Brown in 1981 is the inspiration behind the Outta Jamaica Riddim project which has been gaining traction, charting worldwide including on the Jamaica Music Countdown.
Dancehall artiste Deep Jahi is showing off a romantic side in his latest single Inseparable released on January 8 by Natural Bond Entertainment.
DancehallMag caught up with Tarrus Riley to get his thoughts on his latest release, EZ Nuh, and his consistent innovation within Jamaican music.
Feelings are running high in Dancehall this week, the Gully Gad, Mavado in an unexpected admission, says he’s by no means a perfect man with a heartfelt new track, while Chronic Law is tired of failing at love.
Ultra talented dancehall-reggae artiste Davianah will be teaming up with Frankie Music for the release of her Rebel OffSpring EP in 2021.
There are two common cries of Jamaican recording artistes: they don’t get enough support from radio and street disc jocks, and fans aren’t streaming their music enough.
The year 2020 culminates with a portfolio which proves there was never a dull online moment.
Dancehall music is governed by different modes of performance, ritual and spectacle. Music industry insiders often point to the lyrical rite of passage undergone by a dancehall act, like a production about badmind, another about marijuana, one about gangsterism, and others coined “reality tunes”.
The year 2020 has been a breakout one for Damage Musiq Recording label and its chief executive officer Dwayne ‘Damage Musiq’ Parkinson.
The ‘Fresh Prince’ is here with his brain-altering new album, ‘The Prodigy’ Skilltape. The wretched year of the pandemic has ironically been a breakthrough year for Dancehall trap star, Skillibeng, a conquest that can only be credited to the strength of his relentless creativity and tireless work ethic.
Since its development almost five decades ago, Dancehall has gotten a bad rap for being too sexually explicit.
Dancehall star Tommy Lee Sparta’s myriad of woes with the Constabulary in Jamaica has been well documented over the last few years.
Dancehall and Reggae both began out of a love for music culture, it wasn’t until later on in the life of each genre, that they began to generate profit.
DancehallMag: How long have you been in music and how did you start? Slim Knight: At first I started doing music for fun when I was in 11th grade in high school basically just to see if I could write songs for a clash… I didn’t take music serious until my father passed away in 2010 due to a tragic shooting.
Dancehall deejay Korexx is making a trod on the positive side with his latest single Still a Win.