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Dancehall star Popcaan sued the Attorney General of Jamaica on Friday, accusing the island’s Government and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) of publishing a false and defamatory press release.
Got 2 Luv U, a 2011 song by Dancehall superstar Sean Paul and American singer Alexis Jordan, is now certified Gold in the United Kingdom (UK).
The law firm Knight, Junor & Samuels, which represents Dancehall artist Popcaan, will file a defamation lawsuit against the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in the Supreme Court at 1 p.m.
New York-based producer Anastas ‘Pupa Nas-T’ Hackett is making the required moves to secure a default judgment against Jamaican singer Shenseea and her label Interscope Records, ahead of a deadline set by a US judge last month.
Grammy Award-winning artist Shaggy unleashed a ‘bombastic’ barrage of expletives at stage hands, who attempted to cut his set short during the 2022 edition of Summerjam in Cologne, Germany.
Bert Samuels, attorney-at-law for Dancehall star Popcaan, has vowed to file a libel lawsuit against the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) over a press release issued today that the Unruly Boss was allegedly arrested for the possession of cocaine in Barbados in 2011.
Vybz Kartel’s attorney Isat Buchanan has taken issue with recent comments made by Deputy Commissioner of Corrections Joyce Stone about the prison system’s rehabilitation programs.
It’s been a whirlwind year for country reggae music Wesrok. He did a couple of shows in the Miami, USA, and achieved his first million streams online across several platforms.
Bounty Killer has renewed his defence of the Cockpit Country, and has also come out in support of Accompong Town Maroon Chief Richard Currie’s bid to take the Government to the Supreme Court over the proposed bauxite mining within sections of Jamaica’s largest watershed area, which supplies 40 percent of the island’s water.
Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith yesterday sought to dispel claims that the Andrew Holness administration had anything to do with Popcaan’s continued detention at the airport each time he enters the UK, but not long after, Billboard-charting producer Rvssian said that he too, has been had his name similarly being flagged whenever he travels to the United States, due to machinations of the Government of Jamaica.
Cardi B has admitted that dabbling in Dancehall for her forthcoming album might be out of her comfort zone, but she appears open to an ‘authentic’ collab with the Queen of Dancehall Spice.
For the umpteenth time, Popcaan has been detained by immigration at an airport in the UK, and the Dancehall superstar, though unperturbed, is seemingly getting exasperated at what his attorney Bert Samuels has previously described as a recurring decimal.
DJ Khaled bestowed Bounty Killer with a diamond-encrusted necklace a few days ago, as a show of gratitude to the veteran deejay, who Khaled said last year was the first to co-sign him when he was a virtually unknown as a disc jockey, “making $100 per week”.
It is high school graduation time in Jamaica again, and so far Ding Dong’s recently-released tracks Bounce and Happiness appear to be songs of choice being used by school principals to bring irie vibes and much dancing to graduations across Jamaica.
Dancehall artist and songwriter Assailant, a former member of the Bounty Killer-led Alliance Music Group, was shot and killed in Los Angeles over the US independence weekend.
Usain Bolt—retired sprinter turned Dancehall producer—has once again hailed Vybz Kartel as the ‘GOAT’ in Dancehall, this time naming his favorite song from the incarcerated deejay’s catalog.
Party Animal producer Kurt Riley and veteran Dancehall deejay, Junie Ranks, have come out in support of Matthew Rodney, a St.
Ziggy Marley, the oldest son of Bob Marley, says he has stopped paying attention to people’s skin colour, following comments made by British actor and comedian Sir Lenny Henry.
Social media reacted in horror and disbelief as news spread that a young 21-year-old Good Samaritan was gunned down when he attempted to foil a robbery committed on a woman, who was leaving Alkaline’s New Rules event at the National Stadium this morning.
Coventry-born music producer Reece Dry, who is a principal of indie label El Gringo Records, has hailed the rise of trap-dancehall in the underground dancehall scene in the UK.