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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.
Dancehall fans thronged at the return of the New Rules Festival last night, all the way to 4AM this morning at the National Stadium’s car park.
Nigerian singer Burna Boy will release his sixth studio album Love Damini next Friday, July 8.
Scottish DJ and mega-producer Calvin Harris has tapped Jamaican singer Shenseea and British-Jamaican rapper/deejay Stefflon Don for the second installment of his summer soundtrack series titled Funk Wav Bounces Vol.
The rift between Spice and Foota Hype has deepened even more, after another war of words developed between the two on Instagram, following his commentaries on her performance at the Toronto Pride event and designation of her as “Dis-Grace Hamilton”.
Three weeks after she initially announced the scrapping of the now re-instated National Festival Song Competition, Culture and Entertainment Minister Olivia “Babsy” Grange, has announced that the selection process for the 10 finalists for the 2022 Jamaica Festival Song Competition is now complete.
Skeng has two major performances upcoming and he promises fans won’t be disappointed. He’s among the lineup for Alkaline’s New Rules Festival, which is set to take place today, July 2, at Independence Park aka National Stadium Car Park.
The relatives of the murdered dancehall deejay Keshan will finally get a trial date on January 8, 2023 as the case was finally moved from the Resident Magistrates’ court to the Home Circuit Court in downtown Kingston.
“It’s electric!”, the hook from Reggae icon Marcia Griffiths’ version of the Bunny Wailer-written Electric Boogie is trending on Twitter after being sampled by rapper Cardi B in her new single Hot Sh*t featuring Kanye West and Lil Durk, which was released today (July 1).