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British singer Dua Lipa is now the subject of a copyright infringement lawsuit, filed by South Florida-based Reggae band, Artikal Sound System, which has accused her of pirating a song of theirs and remaking it into her hit song Levitating with rapper DaBaby.
A slew of Dancehall tracks from the 1990s, Sister Nancy’s 1982 track Bam Bam, and the Jamaican dance moves embedded in her routine, propelled UCLA gymnast Chae Campbell into American history books on Sunday after the second-year student received her first-ever perfect 10 score, using a Dancehall floor routine.
Incarcerated Dancehall artist Vybz Kartel had a close watch on the 2022 Gibson McCook relays last Saturday, where the daughter of his co-convict, Andre “Mad Suss” St.
A 1979 radio interview of Bob Marley denouncing Russia and the United States for trying to muscle their way into the Caribbean, and Jacob Miller likening the two global superpowers to postwar animated cartoon characters Heckle and Jeckle, has started making the rounds on social media, since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Dancehall diva Spice is at loggerheads with another Minister of Religion, this time a seemingly unperturbed Pastor Stephen Blake—artist and son of Paul Blake, former lead singer of the internationally acclaimed Blood Fire Posse.
Fast-rising dancehall entertainer Jahshii once again found himself before the court after breaching Jamaica’s Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA).
Kamila McDonald, mother of reggae singer Jah Cure‘s daughter Kailani Belle Alcock, has lauded Tessanne Chin for her mentorship of the 10-year-old, which she says has been going on for the past few months.
Like her Dancehall compatriot Minister Marion Hall (formerly Lady Saw), who lost her Grammy plaque for her Gold-selling Underneath It All collab with No Doubt, Jamaican sensation Koffee says she has no idea where her own Grammy trophy is right now.
Queen of the Dancehall Spice is upbeat about her latest up-move, having copped six nominations in the Reggae Month Music Awards being staged by Irie FM, which has the distinction of being the first-ever radio station to play a song for the Grammy-nominated artist.
Twenty-one Reggae and Dancehall acts were showcased on the global stage at DJ Cassidy’s special edition of Pass The Mic: BET Afterparty 2022, following the 53rd NAACP Image Awards on Saturday night.
In the aftermath of being mocked for kissing his bodyguard on the lips, Ghananian Dancehall artist Shatta Wale clad himself in a pink wig and a pink beret, and assumed a feminine character, in a skit on Facebook Live which he said was aimed at teaching fans “how to kiss”.
International reggae star Junior Reid has made an appeal to the general public to support his new charitable organisation, the One Blood Freedom is a Must foundation, which is geared towards defending the rights of incarcerated women in the United States, who are first offenders.
Jamaican songstress Sevana made a musical comeback with the premiere of the single Brand New, on the COLORSxSTUDIOS stage on Monday.
Everybody seems to be talking about The Tinder Swindler, after popular streaming service Netflix, aired an almost two-hour feature on how the conman, Simon Leviev, finessed several women out of cash by posing as a wealthy diamond heir, and selling them fabricated stories.
Roots-reggae revivalists Protoje and Chronixx have both earned their first United Kingdom certification, after their 2015 Who Knows collab was awarded Silver on Friday (February 25).
Bounty Killer has ordered mouthy Instagram followers to go all-out and pre-order Shenseea’s Alpha debut album, which is set for release on March 11.
Ky-mani Marley, son of late Reggae legend Bob Marley, says he or any of his brothers would be a much better fit for the lead role in their father’s upcoming Paramount Pictures biopic.
No Lie—the 2016 R&B-tinged reggae-pop song by Dancehall superstar Sean Paul and English singer Dua Lipa—is now certified double platinum in the UK.
The wisdom of Shenseea’s decision to sideline Dancehall music for American Pop was a subject matter at the US Embassy’s Black History/Reggae Month Star-Spangled Sit Down session on Wednesday, as questions arose as to whether she was “dumbing down” her skills to gain acceptance from Americans.
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul has listed veteran deejay Little Twitch’s Respect Due and Louie Culture’s Ganga Lee as the top two songs from which he took his life cues, which along with Buju Banton’s Bogle and Beenie Man’s Old Dog, had an indelible impact on the Dancehall genre and his own career.