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Dancehall megastar Shaggy was not only conferred with his honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Brown University today, but also put on a mini Reggae/Dancehall show to huge cheers from excited students and academic staff, during the institution’s Undergraduate Class of 2020 Commencement Ceremony.
Fast-rising Dancehall star Skeng was visibly annoyed after he was mistaken for Skillibeng during a radio interview on Hits and Jams 94.1 Boom FM in Guyana on Friday, May 27, 2022.
Dancehall artist Skeng had to end his set abruptly as he performed at the ‘Baderation’ Dancehall concert at the National Park in Guyana on Friday, May 27, 2022, after overzealous patrons began recklessly firing gunshots in the air and throwing bottles.
Jamaican singer Chronixx is still basking in fatherhood. The Spanish Town native, who still has his fans on edge for the release of a sophomore album, shared a very cute father-daughter moment with his Instagram followers on Thursday, which would leave just about anybody saying “awww.”
After teasing a diss track aimed at her ex Burna Boy, Stefflon Don has instead told the excited masses to “mind your business.”
Dancehall-reggae singjay and songwriter Yaksta is one of the fresh faces promoters have been banking on to fill venues as he is set to perform at a series of events in the US and Caribbean this Summer.
Dancehall artist N’Hance wowed a huge crowd with a high energy cameo during the latest edition of the popular beach party series ‘Chug It’ in Portmore on Sunday.
Starr Dawkins—Jamaican rapper and CEO of Sweet Cookie Wash—appeared to have a sour encounter with a strange white lady, who decided to open her parked Lamborghini Urus and take a photo in the driver’s seat.
Dancehall’s Don Dadda Super Cat says he has been training vigorously, ahead of the Reggae Love Fest in New York, on Friday night and a series of other shows, to mark what many have been describing as his “great comeback” to Dancehall, following years of absence.
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul has released his eighth studio album, dubbed Scorcha, on Island Records today, May 27.
Buju Banton was in a no-nonsense mood at a recent staging of Weddy Weddy, lashing gunmen whom he says have been posing as Dancehall artists, and the privileged Jamaicans who have infiltrated the music spawned by ‘ghetto youths’, and yet, have been inundating it with debauchery and other repulsive content.
American producer DJ Khaled has teamed up with Dancehall star Skillibeng, ‘another one’ of Jamaica’s entertainers, for a track on his upcoming album, which will be executively produced by his firstborn, Asahd Khaled.
Pardison “Pardi” Fontaine seems ready for a remake of Dancehall duo Leftside & Esco’s classic hit song, Tuck In U Belly.
Buju Banton and Junior Reid publicly buried the hatchet a few nights ago at Stone Love’s Weddy Weddy, 14 years after the One Blood singer snubbed the Til Shiloh artist, supposedly for unsavory comments he had made at the Best of the Best show in Miami in 2008.
Dancehall artist Shella Topstar is slated to perform at this year’s staging of one of Jamaica’s biggest summer events, Reggae Sumfest.
The jubilant atmosphere that traditionally accompanies the annual birthday celebrations for the late singer, Sugar Minott, was tinged by grief and mourning this year.
Social media is often criticized for its many negative effects, but every so often, the algorithm-driven content mills churn out something life-changing, and that seems to be the end of the stick Mandeville-born 1Biggs Don has found himself on, teetering on the edge of stardom with his viral freestyle, Bwoii Affi.
Skeng and his management and legal teams are working assiduously this morning to unravel the logistical challenges of jetting the popular Dancehall artist to Guyana so that he can honor his booking commitments there.
For Miami-based rhyme slinger Lincoln 3Dot, finding out he and ‘Cookie Wash’ CEO Starr Dawkins were cousins was the ultimate dealbreaker for their three-year relationship.
The police have confirmed that Dancehall artist Skeng was removed from a flight at the Norman Manley International Airport at about 1:50 p.m