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A day after Ghanaian media houses asserted that Beenie Man was infected with COVID-19 and had flouted regulations including quarantine orders whilst on his recent trip to the West African country, the Simma artist has issued a statement categorically denouncing the allegations.
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul’s vision for the Government of Jamaica to develop Kingston, Jamaica’s capital, as a full-fledged Music Tourism city, earning billions of dollars for Jamaicans involved in the music industry, seems to be making some headway towards reality.
Dancehall artist Popcaan is ending 2021 on a high, with his 2020 FIXTAPE album racking up more sales and streams in the United States this year than any other current or recently released Dancehall album.
One General Bounty Killer has projected that his retirement date from Dancehall, will be at the end of the year 2031, on the cusp of age 60.
Dancehall kingpin Beenie Man reacted this morning with indifference to reports that he was arrested for COVID-19 quarantine breaches in Ghana.
Dancehall artist Jahshii has not been charged or arrested, contrary to our previous report that he was taken into custody along with scores of partygoers in Clarendon on Friday night.
Jamaican Reggae artist Jah Cure may have been spending his holidays in a foreign jailhouse, but his 9-year-old daughter Kailani brought him some season’s cheer.
Dancehall megastar Shaggy made history yet again, taking Jamaican culture to the Vatican City for Christmas Eve, where he was the only solo act from the Western Hemisphere to headline the 29th edition of the Christmas Concert 2021.
A senior personnel within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has confirmed with DancehallMag that Dancehall deejay Jahshii was taken into custody last night along with scores of partygoers in Clarendon last night.
The year 2021 came with a lot of hardships for many but as we come to a close this Christmas season, Dancehall entertainers have come out in their numbers to give back to their communities and share some holiday cheer in these dire times.
In 2021, Dancehall superstar Sean Paul and Reggae legend Bob Marley reigned as Jamaica’s most-streamed Dancehall and Reggae artists globally on YouTube, while Vybz Kartel once again took the crown as the most-streamed artist on the platform in Jamaica.
Queen of Dancehall Spice took her ongoing feud with popular selector and producer Foota Hype to another level when a fan, who had joined her on stage during a Florida performance, revealed that she was bisexual.
Alkaline and Chronixx are the most streamed Dancehall and Reggae artists on Spotify in Jamaica, after the streaming platform became available on the island in February this year.
Reggae singer Anthony B says the backlash over the music video for his song Pretty Girls was expected.
While Bounty Killer’s King of Kingston album seems not destined to be a Christmas album as promised, he has given his fans a replacement Yuletide present of sorts, by living up to Jahshii’s expectations, teaming up with the 21-year-old musically, for a new ‘rude boy’ track titled When we a Step.
Grammy award-winning Dancehall deejay Beenie Man brought two Ghanaian rivals together on stage during the fifth edition of the Bhim Concert, yesterday.
Reggae star Anthony B is once again pleading for Jamaicans to stop killing each other. In an Instagram post made to his page yesterday, the “Raid The Barn” singer addressed the tone of violence in the country and how much Jamaicans have culturized themselves to violence, specifically against women and children.
US-based, Jamaican singjay Hoodcelebrityy says her recent series of performances at schools within the Tri-State area was aimed at encouraging youth to aim for the stars.
Beenie Man is maintaining that there is only one King in the Dancehall, and that title belongs to him because, among other things, he was the first person to present Vybz Kartel — one of the other contenders to the honorific name — to the world stage via the Billboard chart.
Spider-Man: No Way Home star Tom Holland says he’d pick Bob Marley‘s critically acclaimed album Legend: The Best of Bob Marley And The Wailers to take with him through a post-apocalyptic scenario.