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Public Enemy’s co-founder and frontman Chuck D has listed Bob Marley & The Wailers’ 1973 hit Get Up, Stand Up and Simmer Down, as among the songs by which he was influenced as a youngster.
Today, there will be a thanksgiving service for the life of the late reggae musician and record producer Robbie Shakespeare.
A week after Jada Kingdom challenged Minister Marion Hall to a fight for referring to her, among other things, as ‘weak’ and as competing with Spice and others in a desperate “race to hell” during her controversial sermon, the Sycamore Tree artist has replied with some motherly advice.
Reggae/Dancehall star Buju Banton will not be performing alongside Koffee in the United States this spring and he has not gotten back his US visa, contrary to some reports.
Kansas City Chiefs’ wide receiver Tyreek Hill isn’t backing down from his previous challenge to race sprint legend Usain Bolt.
Veteran Dancehall artist Charlie Chaplin is getting ready to face the music as his trial on malicious destruction of property charge will begin on June 13.
After the release of her new single Black Is Beautiful, Top Gyal Shaneil Muir issued a stern word to Dancehall music fans.
Reggae icon Marcia Griffiths is lamenting the fact that after 14 years, Reggae month has not grown to become a massive international affair, given the global importance of Jamaican popular music since the 1960s.
Scwayne “Bamm” Holt—grandson of late Reggae icon John Holt—is overjoyed after the lover’s rock mogul’s 1000 Volts of Holt was certified Gold in the United Kingdom on Friday (February 4).
Popcaan and his Dancehall compatriots’ recent sojourns to sections of the African continent to headline sold-out concerts have resulted in the resurfacing of suggestions that the Motherland is the “new frontier for the Dancehall genre” and this is where Jamaican artists’ should place their focus.
The Queen of Reggae Marcia Griffiths is pleading with Jamaican musicians to record more positive songs, especially in light of the turbulence Jamaica is undergoing, as music has proven time and time again, to be the only tool capable of uniting the violence-plagued country.
Bob Marley’s firstborn biological daughter Cedella Marley said that if her father were alive today, he would be a marijuana farmer.
On February 9, Legendary Reggae Hitmaker Bob Marley and his family’s legacy will once more be on exhibition for fans to see.
Dancehall star Shenseea opened up about pouring her soul into Forever Ballin’, a song which she’s featured on with American rapper Yo Gotti, off his newest album, CM10.
Dancehall artist Rytikal, whose real name is Rohan McFarlane, was freed of illegal gun and ammunition charges in the Supreme Court this morning.
It’s Black History Month in the US and Canada and Philadelphia rapper Lil Uzi Vert has found an unconventional way to kickstart the month-long celebration.
Minister of Entertainment and Culture Olivia “Babsy” Grange has called on Jamaica’s artists and songwriters to steer clear of gun lyrics, and instead, use the island’s music to push the positivity for which Dancehall and Reggae have been long-known and embraced globally.
Dancehall deejay Popcaan has weighed in on the ongoing beef among the popular women in Dancehall, claiming that their behavior is unlike that of the male artists.
Dancehall artist Pamputtae says the imbroglio between Marion Hall and Queen of Dancehall Spice, will be nothing more than the proverbial Jamaican “nine-day wonder”.
Rapper icon and music mogul Jay-Z made it clear he doesn’t like waiting to get his picture taken while posing with Dancehall legend Barrington Levy at a New York City event recently.