The latest dancehall news, pop culture and stories.
King of the Dancehall Beenie Man did not mince words on Sunday night, as he reprimanded music selector Boom Boom for dedicating a disproportionately large amount of time to playing “Trap Dancehall” music while shunning “real Dancehall” at his Boom Sundays event.
Dancehall artist Alkaline was met with a surprise appearance from compatriot Mavado at the recent staging of New Rules in Miami.
Shenseea’s debut Alpha had one of the strongest chart showings among Jamaican albums in recent years, placing No. 2 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart but falling way short of the top spot which has now been held by Reggae legend Bob Marley for over two years.
Jamaican Dancehall star Popcaan has inked a new management deal with London-based Since ’93 as he continues the rollout of his upcoming fifth studio album, Great Is He.
Jamaican singer Sevana has confirmed that she parted ways with Protoje’s management company and label In.Digg.Nation,
Jamaican sensation Koffee is heading for a debut on the United Kingdom’s Official Albums Chart with her new album Gifted, which was released on March 25 via Promised Land Recordings/Columbia Records.
Overseas copyright holders are still collecting the bulk of royalties paid over by local radio stations for playing music.
Jamaican producer Stephen ‘Di Genius’ McGregor says some veteran Reggae and Dancehall stakeholders are being irresponsible and unfair in critiquing the state of the industry, while not making any effort to improve the situation.
Manchester City and England footballer Raheem Sterling has given fast-rising deejay, Jahshii, his stamp of approval, and says the Born Fighter artist has a big space on his playlist.
The inability of some popular upcoming Jamaican artists to properly perform on stage, has again come up for discussion, as the island braces to resume the staging of some of its largest iconic music festivals, following the reopening of the entertainment sector.
Dancehall selector/producer Foota Hype has described the first week performance of Shenseea’s Alpha album as “embarrassing” and evidence that her 5.3 million Instagram followers are not genuine.
Entertainers 10Tik and Yaksta will be performing at an event dubbed ‘Acoustic Live’ at the Bamboo Splash Lawn at 90 Barbican Road on March 31st.
The Original Fireman Anthony B has deemed Billboard’s announcement—that it will launch its first-ever US chart for Afrobeats Songs—a “wake-up call” for Reggae and Dancehall, which had its Digital Song Sales chart discontinued by the magazine two years ago.
The King of Melodies Sizzla Kalonji is gearing up to release another album, this time, he says, dedicated fully to the 54 countries which make up the African continent and titled Africa 54.
The seven-star general entertainer and self-proclaimed Maroon chief Horus ‘L.A’ Lewis says he has filed assault charges against Entertainment and Culture Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange in relation to an incident at a public event for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Trench Town on Tuesday.
Dancehall artist Popcaan is known to be quite a character that Unruly fans can’t seem to get enough of.
Karen Mason, a well-known Jamaican music industry executive who signed several Reggae and Dancehall artists to Elektra Records in the 1990s, has died.
Chris Brown and his label Sony Music Entertainment responded to the US$1.5 million copyright infringement lawsuit which was filed against them by the UK-based Greensleeves Publishing Ltd in a New York District Court last year.
“Chap music”. This is the name Dancehall artist Tu Lox, of Twin of Twins, says is the most suitable, official name that should be designated onto Jamaican Trap music, a sub-genre which is centered on violent and hedonistic criminal lifestyles such as scamming and witchcraft.
Sean Paul is fixing to heat up the summer of 2022 with his eighth, full-length album Scorcha, which was delayed but now has a confirmed release date for May 27, 2022.