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Dancehall artist Crazy Nacka is looking forward to a bright future in the music business. The hard-working deejay, who was a finalist in the 2017 staging of the Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall competition, recently opened his Hungry Towne Productions studio in West End Negril.
Dancehall producer Romeich Major is to hire two sound engineers as he plans to open two new studios in Jamaica.
Stephen Marley celebrates his 50th birthday (Golden Jubilee) on 4/20, a day universally dedicated to “the glowing green”, marijuana.
Reggae star Chuck Fenda reacted with surprise to the outlandish accusations being made online over the weekend regarding his song Believe, which he recorded with Dancehall songstress Jada Kingdom seven years ago when she was a teenager.
Dancehall singer Marcy Chin recently donated six tablets to students from her community of Kencot in Kingston.
Nah Sell Out artist Khago, has castigated Dancehall artists whom he says are choosing intellectually deficient and incompetent women who have nothing to offer except bedroom favours as partners, instead of intelligent, productive and godly women who are looking out for their best interest.
American rapper Jay Critch teased that he has an exciting collaboration with Dancehall star Skillibeng coming soon.
Clarks Originals unveiled the full 10-minute mini-documentary today on YouTube, after initially announcing on its Instagram page on Sunday that the video, which features Koffee, Protoje, Sevana, Lila Iké, The NoMaddz, England footballer Raheem Sterling, and British artist M1llionz, would be released this Friday.
Declaring that Jamaican Reggae and Dancehall is a global cultural heavyweight towering over American genres, Nah Sell Out artist Khago says he has had to chase away American rappers who have approached him asking for permission to sample his hit song.
Dancehall veteran Beenie Man has pleaded guilty to a breach of the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) following an illegal party.
As a devout Rastafarian and Pan-African crusader, King of Reggae Bob Marley’s link to the continent was as solemn as it was sentimental.
Trojan Records’ plan to stage several activities in the UK, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of the mega Reggae hit Double Barrell, has not gone down well with the song’s co-writer and co-performer Dave Barker, The Financial Times has revealed.
Boom Wuk artist Tanya Stephens launched another broadside at Prime Minister Andrew Holness, days after he stated in the House of Representatives that he could not be shut up by anyone.
Likkle Vybz, the eldest son of Dancehall titan Vybz Kartel turned 18 years old yesterday (April 18), and can now take control of his father’s Portmore Empire music label, Adidjahiem Records.
Dancehall stars I-Octane and TeeJay are challenging each other to a weight loss battle on social media and as expected their fans are fully entertained.
Clarks Originals drew the ire of some Jamaicans after they previewed snippets of a new documentary dubbed Clarks and Jamaica, which seems to be devoid of Dancehall artists responsible for making the brand famous in Jamaica, like Super Cat, Popcaan, Vybz Kartel, and Jahvillani.
Although he is being cheered on by the Queen of Dancehall Spice, Chet Hanx is being pelted with criticisms elsewhere, amid accusations of hijacking Dancehall and expropriating rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer slang and using it to cut his own track titled White Boy Summer.
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul has maintained that whether or not he has “street cred” in Jamaica is a non-factor at this point in his career.
American rapper Rich The Kid is kicking it in Jamaica with his crew and linking with his local “Top Shottas” which include Dancehall deejays Popcaan and Skillibeng.
Musicologist and producer Kurt Riley, who co-curated the tunes for the iconic VERZUZ face-off between Beenie Man and Bounty Killer, today magnified the Warlord, heaping praises on him for his unwavering defense of Jamaica’s oppressed through his music, over the decades.