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Star athlete-turned-deejay JayBlem will compete in the long jump finals today at the National Stadium in Kingston during the 110th staging of the ISSA Boys and Girls Athletics Championship which will run from today to Saturday, May 15.
Talk and Stutter artist Zamunda, says he still continues to be blessed, as not only has he overcome his speech impediment, but is reaping success again with the revitalization of his 2011 hit breakout song Jah Love Surround Me, which propelled him to national stardom.
American singer/songwriter Nakkia Gold’s remake of Bob Marley’s version of the Wailer’s 1973 hit song Get Up, Stand Up, featuring rapper Wiz Khalifa, has been met with mixed views on the Gong’s Instagram page.
An appeal date for Mavado’s incarcerated son, Dantay Brooks, may soon be set as well-known Queen’s counsel Peter Champagnie, the attorney representing Brooks, revealed that he is awaiting the transcript of his client’s trial.
Moms were out and stunting on the gram for Mother’s Day with a plethora of dancehall artists using the platform to highlight and ‘big up’ their mommas.
DJ Khaled’s Khaled Khaled has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Album chart. According to Nielsen MRC Data, the album moved 93,000 equivalent units including 14,000 actual sales and 76,000 streaming equivalents (from just under 107 million plays).
Skillibeng is being lampooned mercilessly by Dancehall and Hip Hop fans on Twitter after he shared a now-deleted post, pointing to a remix of his hit single Crocodile Teeth, featuring rapper Nicki Minaj.
Bob Marley’s Legend album is again creating waves, 37 years after it was released, this time becoming the second album to hit 13 years on the Billboard 200 chart, following in the footsteps of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, according to Forbes Magazine.
Shaggy, the Grammy Award-winning hitmaker who Dancehall artist Spice credits with being a mediator between herself and VP Records, says all he did was create a win-win situation for the parties involved.
Mr. Lexx has doubled down on his stance that DJ Khaled has been using the wrong methodology to incorporate Dancehall music in his productions, and says what he should do is establish an arm of his We The Best label in Jamaica, or otherwise his bid to get Dancehall hits under his belt will remain an elusive dream.
With his signature pose identifiable globally, Usain Bolt is no stranger to being immortalized in various formats.
Billboard Selector Boom Boom has announced that Vendetta Boss, Alkaline, will be among the stars at the forefront of his next riddim, which he has titled 10:40.
Heads High deejay Mr. Vegas, has rubbished statements made by Senator Damion Crawford that the government was being “allowed to paint a negative image of Dancehall”, arguing to the contrary that artists themselves were already tainting the industry based on the number of superstars that have been convicted for crimes and thrown behind prison bars.
Like many Dancehall hitmakers before them, Mavado and Tommy Lee Sparta’s beef has boiled down to one word – unity.
Sizzla has weighed in on the ongoing Ganja legalization debate with his recently released single titled Free Up.
As told by dancehall deejay Agent Sasco, Reggae artist Buju Banton is the one who taught him how to hold a microphone correctly.
Dancehall producer Romeich Major is in mourning following the recent passing of his older brother, Steve Major.
A street light post in disrepair along the Mandela Highway in the direction of the Portmore exit caught the attention of dancehall artist General Degree.
Pioneering deejay Big Youth, says his acceptance of the Rastafari faith and sporting of dreadlocks in the early 1970s, was what inspired the Reggae musicians of his era, such as The Wailers and Dancehall legend U-Roy to start locking their hair and penning Rasta lyrics.
Amid concerns that Jamaica’s entertainment industry will not bounce back until next year, Billboard Selector Boom Boom says he will be flying to the UK as soon as its borders are fully reopened and will not return to his home country anytime soon.