The latest dancehall news, pop culture and stories.
It’s a bittersweet weekend for veteran Dancehall deejay Beenie Man, who is celebrating his late mother’s birthday with the release of new music from his upcoming Simma album.
Always the humble soul, Dancehall artist Sean Paul had no problem sharing this embarrassing story involving American superstar and former NSYNC frontrunner, Justin Timberlake.
Following Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ recent statements that the integrity of Jamaican music is being threatened by a plethora of violence-laced songs, Bounty Killer has announced that he has teamed up with 14 other Dancehall artists, some of them well known for using their music to promote gangsterism, to record an anti-violence song.
Imagine seeing your car being bashed in by your own brother! Well, New York-based Dancehall deejay/rapper Jodi Couture’s security cameras were certainly rolling when she witnessed her brother, Dilla smashing in her car windows with a few of his cronies.
Jamaican superstar Sean Paul is gearing up to release the first of two new Dancehall albums this year, Live and Living, on March 12.
Skillibeng was the most streamed Dancehall artist on YouTube Jamaica for January 2021, surpassing his idols Vybz Kartel and Popcaan.
East Syde’s rising Dancehall star Rytikal was arrested and charged for the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition at 8 Miles, Bull Bay yesterday.
Controversial comedian Majah Hype was arrested and jailed in Cobb County, Georgia, on Thursday night. A copy of the charge sheet released on the Internet shows that the popular comedian, whose name is Joseph Nigel Theron, was booked around 9:30 PM on felony kidnapping charges, one count of simple battery, which is a misdemeanor, and felony terroristic threats.
Ky-Mani Marley is all set to light up the silver screen after confirming his latest project, “Necessary Badness”.
In an apparent bid to mitigate any additional backlash from the music industry, Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, has implicitly pointed out that his recent utterances about violence in Jamaican music, had been misrepresented in an article published by a Jamaican news outlet.
Buju Banton lashes out at the Charities Authority in Jamaica after they denied registration of the Buju Banton Foundation.
Champagnie says case will be taken to Court Of Appeal after sentencing.
Veteran Dancehall deejay Beenie Man is gearing up to release the single Fun in the Sun on his late mother’s birthday this Sunday.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness said that over the course of the next week, his administration would be reviewing several proposals aimed at restoring some functionality to the entertainment sector which remains closed.
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul has outlined parts of his vision for Kingston which would help the city to fully capitalize on its status as a UNESCO Creative City of Music, a designation with which it was bestowed, in 2015.
Dantay Brooks, the teenage son of Dancehall deejay Mavado, was found guilty of murder today in the Home Circuit Court and now faces the possibility of a life sentence in prison.
The Warlord Bounty Killer has thrown his support behind Dream Entertainment Managing Director Scott Dunn’s call for the Government of Jamaica to either reopen the entertainment industry, or provide its stakeholders with a relief package.
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry has ‘come in from the cold’ of Switzerland and is now basking in the sunshine in his island home, Jamaica.
One of Dancehall’s new generation rhyme-slingers Rytikal believes that the savagery demonstrated during a recent surge in the number of murders committed in Jamaica represents a “new low”.
Veteran Dancehall and Reggae producer Gussie Clarke has rubbished allegations made by gospel artiste Sista Sasha, who accused him of underhanded business practices executed in a publishing deal she signed with him years ago as a secular Dancehall artist.