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Toots & The Maytals On Soundtrack For Mark Wahlberg Film ‘The Family Plan’

Toots & The Maytals’ 1973 Reggae cover of John Denver’s Take Me Home, Country Roads is included on the soundtrack for Mark Wahlberg's new action comedy, The Family Plan. Released on Apple…

Anthony B On His Anti-Establishment Hit ‘Fire Pon Rome,’ 27 Years Later

Rastafarian firebrand Anthony B has come a long way from being a naive country boy out of Clark's Town, Trelawny, inspired by Reggae legend Peter Tosh's roots message and 'gangsta'…

Macka Diamond Opens Up About Performance Anxiety

Dancehall singjay Macka Diamond has been blazing up stages for more than 30 years, no doubt contributing to her engaging ease as a performer.  Interestingly, the Dye Dye hitmaker has…

Capleton Shares How Ninjaman Forced Him To Take Dancehall Career Seriously

Capleton has recalled that it was his St. Mary compatriot Ninjaman who unintentionally forced him to take Dancehall music seriously after the Don Gorgon ‘snatched’ his Long Fi Release lyrics…

Tony Rebel Says Former Partner Queen Ifrica Deserves To Be On Rebel Salute

Tony Rebel has announced that his former partner Queen Ifrica will be on the lineup of Jamaica’s second-largest Reggae festival, Rebel Salute, come January, as she has been doing for…

DJ Roddy Calls Out School For Allowing Valiant To Sing Raunchy Songs For Students

A viral video of Dunce Cheque artist Valiant performing his raunchy Mad Out and Siance songs for students of the Rollington Town Primary School in Kingston on the grounds of…

Gully Bop To Be Buried On January 14 In Rural St. Andrew

Gully Bop will be buried on January 14, 2024 after a thanksgiving service for the Dancehall star's life in a church in King Weston, a district in west rural St.…

Dancehall Veteran Grindsman Reflects On Vybz Kartel Flipping ‘Benz Punany’

Dancehall veteran Grindsman said he had experienced a career resurgence in 2010, when Vybz Kartel flipped his 1990 track Benz Punany. Kartel's remake, titled Benz Punany, had interpolated the original's…