The latest dancehall news, pop culture and stories.
Dancehall stars Beenie Man, Bounty Killer, and Baby Cham have expressed outrage with the Jamaican government’s alleged double standards as it pertains to the staging of the ‘Mocha Fest’ parties in breach of COVID-19 regulations while the local entertainment industry still remains under a strict lockdown.
Dancehall artist Dovey Magnum has been released from U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) detention after she was held at an Atlanta, Georgia airport last week.
Spain Town Badness artist Roze Don has affirmed that the old Spanish capital where he grew up, is one of the most violent places in Jamaica, and as a consequence, is depicted as such in the gritty track and its accompanying music video.
Recently labelled as the industry’s best-kept secret, Akino “Dirtfree” is winning over fans with a new track, a lyrical masterpiece titled Loose Ball that combines traditional dancehall energy with a hip hop flair.
Mixpak record label CEO Dre Skull has tapped Nigerian singer Mr. Eazi and Popcaan for a pumping Afro-dancehall addition to summer playlists.
Dutch football giant AFC AJAX will honor Reggae megastar Bob Marley with a third kit for their 2021-2022 Eredivisie season.
Even as he launched another broadside against Bounty Killer for “tearing down” Alkaline, Mr. Vegas was taken to task on Wednesday, by some of his Instagram followers, for his role in similarly belittling and engaging in feuds with a slew of other younger Dancehall artists over the years.
Veteran deejay U Brown says the late Dancehall pioneer U-Roy inspired him to choose a music career.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell recently welcomed her first child, calling her daughter “a beautiful blessing” when she shared the news on Instagram.
Dancehall deejay Alkaline rose above pariah status and a crippling pandemic to deliver one of this year’s most acclaimed and commercially successful albums.
All the directors of Solomonic Productions Ltd. have been summoned to a directors’ meeting on June 17 to hammer out issues regarding the proper corporate governance of the company and the future of Bunny Wailer‘s music legacy.
American couple Erica Mena and Safaree Samuels are calling it quits again, but for some Dancehall fans, the cheating allegations boil down to cultural considerations.
Over the weekend, there was widespread speculation that Dancehall star TeeJay left the Romeich Entertainment camp and has retained the services of Solid Agency as his official booking agent.
Minister Marion Hall, formerly known as Lady Saw, believes her life story would be a good inspirational plot for a movie.
Two months after declaring that he would be suing a slew of Dancehall music producers in his second round of copyrights litigation, Khago has had somewhat of a change of heart, and now says he will be only suing the “facety” ones.
Bounty Killer crossed swords with Vendetta Fans again on his Instagram page on Sunday morning, even as he implicitly trash-talked Mr.
Over the weekend and admittedly after having had too much to drink, Full Hundred Dancehall artist Mr. Lexx called out a publishing deal he signed with VP Records more than 20 years ago, which gave the company full ownership of his masters.
It looks like Dancehall deejay Alkaline has another successful album under his belt after he entered four Billboard charts this week.
Dancehall star Skillibeng has notched his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, after his Crocodile Teeth (Remix) with rapper Nicki Minaj entered at the very bottom of the songs chart at No.
Alkaline's Top Prize has sold 1527 in pure album sales in its first week of release, according to information provided to DancehallMag by MRC Data, and is predicted to debut at No. 2 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart.