The latest dancehall news, pop culture and stories.
Attorney-at-law Donahue Martin revealed that Tommy Lee Sparta is back in the general population at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre (TSACC) in Kingston after being discharged from the Kingston Public Hospital.
Look out Africa! Dancehall star Munga Honourable will be returning to the continent for a tour which will begin in March.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56hspcJIlwg The Grammy Kid Koffee performed her latest single Pull Up from her upcoming debut album Gifted on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Monday night.
Dancehall deejay Charly Black says he is grateful for the success of his debut album Rio Bueno, which he says is “doing great all over the world.”
Cedella Marley, Queen Ifrica and Etana are among the seven women handpicked by Medication singer Stephen Marley for his latest production, a seven-track Reggae EP dubbed Celebrating Nina: A Reggae Tribute to Nina Simone.
Dancehall deejay Danny English is currently admitted to the hospital and undergoing treatment for a diabetic-related illness.
Jamaican singer Shenseea has cited incarcerated Dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel as one of her biggest lyrical influencers.
Dancehall singer I-Octane remains unshaken, even after his name was yet again called in the intensifying Klansman Gang Trial on Tuesday.
Veteran music selector Ricky Trooper says he was labelled as “racist” after he praised Haile Selassie while using Sizzla Kalonji’s 1995 song No White God, to destabilize veteran British disc jockey David Rodigan, during a soundclash more than a decade ago, when he was lead selector at Kilimanjaro.
Ghanaian Dancehall star Shatta Wale has again stirred controversy, after he popped a kiss on his bodyguard, embraced him tightly, and then pinned one of his diamond-encrusted chains around the man’s neck to show ‘appreciation for the security officer’s hard work and loyalty to his Empire’.
Even as some Reggae fans are voicing excitement about the Bob Marley One Love Experience exhibition underway at the Saatchi Gallery in London, there are other unimpressed connoisseurs of his music, who are claiming that the showcase lacks authenticity and is a disservice to his legacy.
Veteran Dancehall artist Brigadier Jerry is slated to become the second recipient of Irish and Chin’s ‘Crownin’.
Veteran British music selector and broadcaster Daddy Ernie has joined Jamaican nationals in voicing consternation about British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir being hand-picked to play Bob Marley in an upcoming Paramount Pictures biopic.
Beenie Man has taken to the studio to reaffirm, unequivocally, that he will not be relinquishing his kingship title anytime soon, to anyone.
Dancehall star Java is now celebrating his first million streamer on Youtube with ‘Me Alone’ featuring Chronic Law.
An attorney-at-law representing dancehall star Tommy Lee Sparta has demanded the removal from active duty of all correctional officers involved in a bloody bust-up with the deejay at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre on Monday.
The authorities have alleged that it was dancehall star Tommy Lee Sparta’s refusal to accede to a command to re-enter his cell after breakfast, and his decision to hurl his breakfast at a correctional officer, which triggered an altercation at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre on Monday morning.
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.