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Vybz Kartel, Masicka, Chronixx Among Contenders for 2027 Grammy Best Reggae Album

Vybz Kartel could be heading for a third straight year in the Grammy Best Reggae Album conversation. His 14 track LP God & Time, released June 5, is in the…

Cardi B Pulls Out of BZR WKND Jamaica Headline Performance

Rap superstar Cardi B’s planned Kingston takeover is off. The rap superstar will no longer headline BZR WKND Jamaica on October 18, her representative told Billboard on Thursday. The “AH…

Diddy Ordered to Pay Nearly $478K in Legal Fees to NBCUniversal Over Failed Defamation Suit

Sean "Diddy" Combs went after $100 million from the people behind Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy. Instead, he now owes them $477,700.50. Judge Phaedra F. Perry-Bond set that…

Macka Diamond Says She Will Retire From Music at the End of the Year

Macka Diamond is walking away from dancehall, and she isn't leaving quietly. The veteran deejay says the music business pushed her out because of her age, and she's done fighting…

Lil Wayne Says He and Drake Have a Vault of Unreleased Music Dating Back to 2014

Lil Wayne apparently spends his downtime digging through old Drake sessions, re-editing them, and texting the new versions straight to Drizzy's phone. That's the picture Weezy painted in a recent…

Rihanna Says She Has at Least 170 Unreleased Songs in the Vault

Rihanna just measured her unreleased music in lip gloss. At a recent Fenty Beauty event, she was asked how many songs she's sitting on, and she answered by pointing to…

Diddy’s Prison Release Date Pushed Back After Reports of Perks Behind Bars

Former inmates say Sean "Diddy" Combs has been living a pretty comfortable life inside Fort Dix, paying other prisoners to cook his meals, do his laundry, make his bed and…

Diddy’s Prison Release Date Changes for Ninth Time, Now Set for March 2028

Diddy just lost 41 more days of freedom, and the timing is hard to ignore. His release date from Fort Dix has shifted for the ninth time, landing right after…