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Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda was spotted yesterday turning up to Vybz Kartel’s 2009 track Get Gunshot after declaring a week ago that fellow rappers should stop using guns in their music videos.
Incarcerated Dancehall star Vybz Kartel says he doesn’t want any more nude photos from female fans.
Irish soccer club, Bohemian Football Club, has unveiled a new jersey featuring the image of reggae icon Bob Marley.
Get-well wishes have been coming in for Mr. Lexx from his Dancehall compatriots, following a major respiratory issue that saw him ending up in the Andrews Memorial Hospital in St Andrew last night.
Shenseea says that the five years she had given herself in Dancehall has come to an end, and she will now pursue the genre she has long said was her first love: Pop music.
Bam Bam — a 1982 hit by legendary Dancehall singer Sister Nancy — surged to No. 1 on Reggae song charts after it was featured in an episode of Netflix's popular crime drama, Ozark, which was released over the weekend.
Reggae star Chronixx is celebrating his 2013 hit song Here Comes Trouble reaching 100+ million views on YouTube, the track which was the most popular from his acclaimed breakout EP Dread and Terrible released in April 2014.
Trinidad and Tobago nationals have taken Shenseea to task for what they say was her supercilious categorization of Caribbean fans who questioned whether she had gotten permission from Soca artist Denise Belfon to sample the hook of Work for her Lick collab with Megan Thee Stallion.
Bounty Killer’s threats to sue an Australian sex toy company, which designed one of their products in the likeness of a hammer left his fellow Dancehall artists in a tizzy after he posted an image of the toy, described as “The Ultimate Vibrator” on Instagram.
Dancehall artist Rytikal has added a new stage moniker to his name as Purytikal — to represent a purer and clean side of the St.
Trinidadian Soca singer Denise ‘Saucy Wow’ Belfon whose 1998 single Work was sampled by Shenseea and Megan Thee Stallion in their latest collab Lick, says ‘Everything was above board’ and hopes the track goes on to topping the Billboard charts.
It was just a matter of time before the ‘Unruly Boss’ Popcaan caught on to the latest controversy in Dancehall music.
It is not just women who go through heartbreak, men also experience the same distress- that’s according to artist G Whizz.
After enjoying success with the release of ‘Walk’, dancehall artist Shaka is enthusiastic about the prospects for his upcoming single, Boasy, which was recorded with controversial producer Shabdon for the independent label, Shabdon Records.
Montego Bay-based dancehall artist Kapella Don was shot and killed by an unknown assailant in Montpelier, St.
“I just want what is legally mine.” That was the declaration from two-time Grammy Award nominee Etana, in confirming to DancehallMag that she has filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against VP Records, in the Supreme Court in the State of New York over artist royalties, mechanical royalties, public performance royalties, and other monies allegedly due to her.
Grammy Award-winning superstar Orville “Shaggy” Burrell has made it no secret that he’s a strong supporter of progressive women.
Award-winning record producer, songwriter and musician Nigel Staff has bemoaned the fact that Reggae Grammy nominee Spice could not impact the Billboard charts with her 10 album, despite her former label VP Records spending heavily on promotion.
The response to Popcaan’s upcoming Kenyan concert set for the Easter weekend has brought the longstanding love the citizens of the East African country have had for Jamaican Reggae and Dancehall for years, back to the forefront.
The Recording Academy has announced that the 64th edition of the Grammys will take place on April 3, instead of the original January 31 date.