The latest dancehall news, pop culture and stories.
Coolie Dance producer Skatta Burrell has given the side-eye to a proposal made by Environment Minister, Matthew Samuda, for a plastic collection competition between the country’s two major political parties, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the Peoples National Party (PNP).
It’s not everyday that someone meets a mafia boss. And it’s an exhilarating experience. Just ask El Gringo Records boss Reece Dry who just finished a U.K.
Dancehall icon Bounty Killer has paid tribute to his protégé and former Alliance stablemate Wayne Marshall, whom he said will be bringing fire to his King of Kingston album.
Dancehall producer Linval “Shab Don” Thompson Jr will have to wait until September 26th to find out if he will be granted bail when he next appears in the St James Parish Court.
Spiritual advisor-turned-Dancehall artist RT Boss says he has resolved his feud with former friend and Queen of Dancehall Spice, after the two had a social media spat earlier this year.
British-Jamaican rapper Stefflon Don appeared on Funk Flex’s Hot 97 Freestyle segment this week (August 31), and dropped some too-hot-to-handle bars that left the New York radio show host squirming in the hot seat.
It appears that Dancehall superstar Mavado will be back in Jamaica at least for the new year, after a protracted absence from the island.
Jamaican star Shenseea says the new music she’s about to release will reflect the melancholic mood she has been in recently.
Dancehall icon Papa San, revealed publicly for the first time, that threats on his life and a refusal of State authorities to grant him a firearm licence, were the circumstances that led to illegal gun possession charges being leveled against him in 1994.
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff says he is most content and at his happiest when he is in the Motherland, Africa.
Mankind singer Silk Boss has shed light on the viral video, in which he was slapped and beaten by two masked men, who recorded the assault.
In the aftermath of his performance at a show in the Cayman Islands where a woman attempted to plant a panty on Dexta Daps’ head, Irie FM disc jockey, DJ Amber, has implored the star to stop allowing random women onstage with him at stage shows.
Members of the Dancehall fraternity have been expressing sorrow at the passing of veteran broadcaster Francois St Juste.
The Queen of Rap Nicki Minaj was in high spirits after meeting Skeng in New York to shoot a music video for their collab, Likkle Miss (Remix).
Reggae icon Jimmy Cliff says that the racism he experienced in London as a young star, was exponential and made aspects of his stay there highly unpleasant.
Contrary to recent reports in the Jamaica Observer, Jamaica Gleaner, and Jamaica Star, US-based Nigerian/Jamaican artist Heph B is not actually a “Billboard-charting” artist or hitmaker.
After listing Skeng and Jahshii as the first hardcore deejays to be booked for Sting 2022, the event organizers, have declared that Dancehall fans will have to “wait and see” whether the First Nation artist’s nemesis Silk Boss will be booked.
Dancehall icon Beenie Man and newcomer Skeng were given a quick yet heartfelt shout-out by Trinidad-born rapper Nicki Minaj at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards after she received the Video Vanguard Award.
Shenseea may have turned heads at the MTV Video Music Awards in New Jersey on Sunday, but she’s expressing frustration about the “love” she isn’t getting from her own Jamaican compatriots.
Reggae legends Black Uhuru have been forced to cancel their UK tour after the country’s Home Office issued visas with unreasonable time limits.