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Dancehall superstar Alkaline is moving his New Rules Vendetta Festival to Miami’s Miramar Regional Park Amphitheater, five years after its inaugural staging at the National Stadium in his native Kingston, in what was a sold-out show.
Dancehall icons Sister Nancy, Lady G, 1996 Reggae album Grammy nominee Sister Carol, Shelly Thunder, Junie Ranks and Angie Angel, have teamed up in a six-the-hard-way promotional effort, making it clear to promoters that they are ready to rock stage shows.
Popular events promoter Toto British, reportedly a cousin of Dancehall star Intence, was gunned down in Berbie district in the Palmetto Pen area close to May Pen, Clarendon on Friday night.
A report emerged online that one of two horses that Reggae star Buju Banton donated to the Accompong Maroons is dead, while the other is reportedly in need of proper care.
There are emerging reports that Dancehall artist Tommy Lee Sparta was injured during an altercation with correctional officers at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in downtown Kingston this morning.
Popcaan’s 2018 track Firm and Strong was featured on the score of the latest episode of Power Book IV: Force, including a steamy lesbian scene.
Veteran music selector Ricky Trooper—the ‘Serial Killer’ of soundclashes—says soundclash days are over and done with, as the new crop of ‘Trap’ deejays, among them Skillibeng and Jahshii, are not competent at interpolating phrases, in order to properly execute dubplates, which are commanding enough to win soundclashes.
The overwhelming number of young people who have affirmed that they have no knowledge of who Peter Tosh is, in the aftermath of a now-viral Schools Challenge Quiz match video clip, seems to have validated concerns raised last March by Reggae Studies Unit head, Dr.
Like Glue, a 2001 song by Dancehall superstar Sean Paul, is now certified Gold in the United Kingdom (UK).
Up and coming reggae artist Rosh Reign (formerly Rosh Rebel) believes that her rebranding is just what her career needed to advance to the next level.
Days after Buju Banton declared that he was putting the Government of Jamaica “on blast” for what he said were attempts to malign Accompong Maroon leader Richard Currie over firearm renewal issues, the chief has retained Vybz Kartel’s former attorney, Valerie Neita-Robertson, to represent him in relation to questions about his weapons.
Former deputy chairman of the Firearms Licensing Authority (FLA) Dennis Meadows is under fire after he hurled what is being described as ‘below-the-belt’ innuendo at Krystal Tomlinson, the mother of Dancehall superstar Beenie Man’s youngest daughter.
Jamaican singer Shenseea has shared how her family reacted to the many raunchy lyrics featured in Lick — her controversial, Pop-Soca fusion collab with American rapper Megan Thee Stallion.
The memorial service for Jahshii’s producer Mabreco ‘Tadmar’ Watson was held yesterday at the Meadowrest Memorial Gardens in St.
Opposition Spokesperson on Local Government Denise Daley has joined calls being made by stakeholders, among them Foota Hype and Popcaan, for the reopening of the entertainment sector.
There will be a candlelight vigil for emerging entertainer, Shakka Dax, who was killed early last Thursday in an accident along the Oracabessa main road, in St Mary.
Dancehall deejay Skillibeng quickly pulled his new single, Love Handles, after he received backlash for dissing Shenseea in the track.
Grammy award-winning entertainer Shaggy is set to headline the ninth installment of DJ Cassidy’s Reggae-themed Pass The Mic: BET After Party, following the 53rd NAACP Image Awards on February 26.
Reggae/Dancehall superstar Sizzla Kalonji is billed to headline one of two Reggae Month concerts described by Entertainment Minister Olivia “Babsy” Grange, as to be staged live in front of a “small number of specially invited, fully vaccinated guests”.
Shenseea’s debut album Alpha will feature collaborations with American rappers Tyga, 21 Savage, Offset, Megan Thee Stallion, as well as Jamaican deejays Beenie Man and Sean Paul.