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The Weeknd, apparently, isn’t the only artist to call out the Grammys this year. Dancehall superstar Sean Paul says he doesn’t believe that Reggae gets the respect it deserves at the annual award show run by the Recording Academy.
Just over a year after a Turkish hacker, took control of Bounty Killer’s verified Instagram account, deleted his videos and photos and began using the page to sell shoes, his Reggae compatriot Bushman, has suffered the same fate, at the hands of another Turkish cyber-punk.
Ten years after Rastafarian attorney-at-law Miguel Lorne outrightly blamed former Island Records’ boss, Chris Blackwell at a university symposium, for ‘mashing up’ The Wailers group by devaluing Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh’s equal role in ascension of the trio, the actions of the now 83 year old, is once again under the microscope.
The Marley Estate is adding the late icon’s mood-lifting ethos to psychedelics brand, Silo Wellness. Silo Wellness operates psychedelic clinics and develops legal functional mushroom consumer products from its Oregon headquarters.
Though Dancehall music continues to be snubbed by the music industry’s chief recording academies, anticipation nonetheless will finally come to a head tomorrow for the 2021 Grammy Awards.
Dancehall artist Sean Paul has already admitted that it was not an easy task to bring his vision of unity to life with the release of Live N Livin.
There has been a public brouhaha between entertainment executive Maxine Stowe and the children of Neville ‘Bunny Wailer’ Livingston regarding authorized public pronouncements about his funeral, equity in his various entrepreneurial ventures, and even possession of the legend’s sceptre.
Veteran Dancehall songstress Tanya Stephens has paid a glowing tribute to the matriarch of the Marley family, Rita Marley.
Dancehall star Mavado is mourning the death of his mother, Elizabeth ‘Ms. Pinny’ Gordon. On Saturday, the Father God singer, 40, shared a heartfelt tribute to his mother on Instagram, where he recounted Gordon’s last moments and cherished early memories.
American music mogul, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has a straight-up and vitalizing Friday message for everyone who’s been dealing with a tough week.
Jamaica began rolling out its COVID-19 vaccination program on Wednesday (March 10) and there has been an indisputable increase in the number of people who say they are ready to get the jab.
Dancehall star Mavado is mourning the death of his mother, while, while the sentencing of his son Dantay Brooks has been postponed after he was convicted for murder.
While Gwen Stefani’s Slow Clap track which she released on Thursday, is being praised by her die-hearted fans, as, among other things a ‘masterpiece’, ‘amazing’ and other superlatives, there are some who are dismissing the song as ‘trash’.
Palace Amusement Company has closed all its cinemas with immediate effect due to Government protocols aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19.
There is a mushrooming kerfuffle over Bunny Wailer’s sceptre and medallions as his children have demanded that these religious and personal artefacts be returned immediately to the family.
Dancehall newcomer Alandon recently dropped his single Tightest, the lyrics for which the artiste said were inspired by his current girlfriend, who was previously his side chick.
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul has explained why his new and fully-loaded album, Live N Livin, features no female artists.
British-born Jamaican Reggae performer Maxi Priest got to show off his local digs to fans, ahead of the 2021 staging of the Recording Academy’s music awards ceremony, that is scheduled to be aired on March 14.
Popular Dancehall music producer NotNice and his baby mother ex, Unruly Squid, the sister of the Unruly Boss, Popcaan, both jumped on an unlikely Instagram Live recently that would eventually reveal why they ended their relationship some years ago.
Four months after he was castigated by Piers Morgan, for his verbal onslaught on English cricketer, Ben Stokes, retired West Indies batting superstar now Dancehall deejay Marlon Samuels, is having the last laugh as he celebrates the former television host’s downfall.