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Dancehall veterans Beenie Man and Bounty Killer are now among the 43 creatives with an equity stake in the Triller Network, after the company acquired Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s Verzuz platform.
Kranium’s Gal Policy is enjoying renewed buzz on its one-year anniversary thanks to the Jamaican Health Minister’s viral response to the alarming surge in COVID-19 cases.
Director of the Institute of Caribbean Studies at the University of the West Indies, Dr. Sonjah Stanley Niaah, has called for the relevant authorities to move with alacrity to establish a proper Museum of Jamaican Music in Kingston, even if it means turning to crowd-funding to accomplish the milestone, to elevate the current museum from the small space it occupies at the Institute of Jamaica.
It seems Dancehall Queen Spice can’t catch a break on social media these days, with several fans advising that she should ‘stay off her phone’ after she commented on Meghan Markle’s recent interview.
One official music release and just two lyrical teasers via Instagram and already budding Dancehall artist NationBøss has drawn major attention on himself in the music scene.
Barbadian singer Rihanna has made it known over the years that she is a big fan of Dancehall.
The late Reggae icon Bunny Wailer has vaulted up the iTunes Charts in the wake of his death on March 2.
As the world celebrates International Women’s Day today, March 8, there is one Dancehall song that has remained timeless in expression of women’s rights.
The inspiration for Beenie Man’s latest single Fun in the Sun came to him while he was visiting his mother’s gravesite.
The family of reggae star Bunny Wailer is asking his legion of fans worldwide to participate in a virtual candlelight vigil to celebrate the life of the legendary music icon on March 11th during a special ‘Tan A Yu Yard’ nine-night.
Mr. Crime Minister was As Real As It Gets when he explained how he and Dancehall star Vybz Kartel share the same baby mother on his new YouTube show.
There was a major shockwave in the reggae music industry last month when a South Florida court awarded Dancehall-Reggae artiste Khago and his management US$763,626 in damages in a counter-suit filed against music producer Kemar “Flava” McGregor, principal of Streaminn Hub Inc.
Streaming and distribution company Audiomack, is continuing on their streak of supporting Jamaican talent with their newly launched ‘Sounds of Jamaica’ campaign.
When Popcaan tweeted about the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website’s tongue-in-cheek advice to teachers on how to educate students about a zombie pandemic, he received a flurry of reactions, some ranging from amusement, to ridicule to actual seriousness.
UK-based Dancehall deejay Stylo G has been booked and busy, seen last week posted up luxuriously in Dubai and this week out and stunting in Gambia.
Sequences of Usain Bolt puffing away on a cigar whilst cavorting and imbibing with his friends Ian ‘Pepe’ Goodison, Ricardo ‘Bibi’ Gardner, his manager Nugent ‘NJ’ Walker and others, in his new Say Less music video, has not gone down well with many of his Jamaican and international followers.
Dancehall stalwart Beenie Man says up-and-comer Yaksta reminds him of high-profile Reggae star Chronixx.
Dancehall producer Papi Don was arrested and charged in Florida after police alleged that he scammed over $300,000 from at least 18 elderly residents all over the US.
Four years after releasing her The Way I Are (Natural Woman) song, Reggae singer Etana, is being labelled a fifth columnist, after seemingly making a full about-turn with her once-Afrocentric image, donning instead Eurocentric wigs, lash extensions and heavy makeup.
In what many may see as an uncharacteristic move, Bounty Killer has become the second Dancehall stalwart, after Shaggy, to urge his fans to take the COVID-19 vaccine, in stark contrast to the anti-vaccine sentiments of Sizzla, Buju Banton, Spragga Benz, Tony Rebel, Chronixx, Kabaka Pyramid and even Reggae legend Lee ‘Sratch’ Perry.