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“I do straight dancehall, I don’t do Pop, my Dancehall goes Pop,” Sean Paul reportedly declared on Wednesday morning, as he dignified the genre, which propelled him to international stardom, bringing him wealth, fame and musical glory.
Shenseea is known to be one of the hardest working Jamaican artists, but according to the Trending Gyal, she’s been doing way less than her American counterparts, which came as a shock and ultimately forced her to “up her game.”
Jamaican singer Koffee is the only star on her upcoming 10-track debut Gifted. “There’s actually no features on it,” the Grammy Award-winning singer told Lukie Wyniger aka Uncle Peng Peng, of the Peng Peng podcast out of Switzerland.
Dancehall star Tommy Lee Sparta has been transferred from the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre to a St Catherine prison two weeks after a bloody February 21 brawl with warders.
Sizzla Kalonji has weighed in on reports of Sub-Saharan Africans, who are trying to leave Ukraine where they had been living, being singled out for acts of discrimination, violence and xenophobia in contravention of United Nations’ protection of migrants guidelines.
The Jamaican Parliament erupted in laughter yesterday after Minister of Finance Dr. Nigel Clarke spat lyrics from Dancehall singjay Anthony Red Rose’s breakout song, Tempo, during his 3 ½ hour presentation at the opening of the Budget Debate 2022/2023.
Grammy-nominated producer and music executive Cristy Barber is ruing the fact that while Jamaica’s Reggae and Dancehall music are the world’s most influential genres, artists from the island continue to be circumvented, and their musical glory given instead, to foreign artists who sample their songs and riddims.
Amid her social media hiatus, it appears Dancehall Queen Spice is strengthening her relationship with God, after attending church over the weekend.
Prosecutors in the case against Jah Cure are lobbying for an eight-year sentence against the Reggae star, arguing that his alleged actions in The Netherlands amounted to premeditated attempted murder.
On March 18, 2022, Dancehall singer I-Octane will release his fifth studio album, titled ‘I AM GREAT‘ and produced by Billboard hitmaker Troy “Troyton Music” Hinds.
Jamaica’s Joint Anti-Gang Task Force appears to be relying heavily on the power of Reggae and Dancehall popular culture, including slangs and songs, to not only nullify the anti-informer culture but to make being an informant trendy, in their bid to capture gunmen and other hoodlums who are terrorizing the island.
Shenseea’s R U That single featuring American rapper 21 Savage has made its debut on four Billboard charts.
Social Security Minister Karl Samuda has charged his colleague, Entertainment Minister Olivia Babsy Grange, to use her charm and skills to encourage new Dancehall artists to step up their lyrical game, as uninspiring and mediocre content, is causing them to miss out on millions.
Minister of Culture, Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, has sent her condolences to the Morgan family in the wake of the passing of Reggae singer Denroy Morgan last week at the age of 76.
Afrobeats superstar Davido was pleasantly surprised by Dancehall deejay Popcaan at his massively successful O2 concert in London, on Saturday (March 5).
Reggae artist Jah Cure is slated to return to court tomorrow as his criminal trial involving attempted murder charges is set to begin.
Dancehall star Shaggy has been named in court documents lodged against two event organisers in connection with alleged breaches of COVID-19 protocols that took place on a controversial boat trip last summer in Bermuda.
Dancehall’s Queen of the Pack Patra appears hot, inspired, and back in musical mode, after a years-long hiatus.
Jamaican singer Shenseea has been on a roll with a slew of R&B and Pop songs—benching her usual Dancehall lyrics and so-called “gunman” voice.
Dancehall music could get a massive capital injection, coupled with a blueprint for a proper business structure, based on a revelation by Investment Management expert and music producer Zachary Harding, who was also Dancehall superstar Sean Paul’s first-ever manager.