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Grammys 2027: 119 Albums Enter the Best Reggae Album Race as First-Round Voting Opens
Capleton is back in the Grammy conversation, and this time he has a lot of company. The Fireman's album Heights…
Funeral Service for Lt. Stitchie Set for November 14 in Kingston
Lt. Stitchie's family wants the send-off to be open to everyone. The announcement posted to his Instagram doesn't stop at…
Etana Books Two Nights at Soul Mama in Islington, With a Different Set Each Night
Etana isn't running the same show twice. The Jamaican singer has confirmed she'll play Soul Mama in Islington on October…
Capleton Drops New Jazzwad-Produced Single ‘Si Mi Yah’
Capleton didn't bother with a long rollout for his latest. The veteran Jamaican deejay simply hit Facebook with a stack…
Protoje, Buju Banton, Cocoa Sarai and More Link Up on ‘Oh My’ for World Mental Health Day
A Buju Banton verse and a WondaGurl production credit don't usually turn up on the same reggae track. That's part…
Asake and Seun Kuti Submit Six Entries for 2027 GRAMMY Consideration
Two very different sides of Nigerian music are heading for the same Grammy race. Asake and Seun Kuti have submitted…
Seven Jamaican Albums Make Rolling Stone’s 76 Best of 1976, and a Dub Record Tops Them All
The highest ranked Jamaican album on Rolling Stone's new list of the 76 Best Albums of 1976 isn't by Bob…
Ayra Starr Announces 20-Date ‘Starrgirl World Tour’ Across Europe, UK and North America
Less than a day after playing halftime at an NFL game in North London, Ayra Starr already had her next…
Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis Faces Sentencing for 1996 Murder of Tupac Shakur
Jurors needed just three hours to decide a case that took nearly three decades to reach a courtroom. Duane "Keefe D" Davis, convicted of murder in the 1996 killing of…
Beenie Man Joins Giggs, Jadakiss and The LOX for ‘The Chronicles of Giggs’ Live Show
Picture a single Wembley stage holding a Peckham rap heavyweight, a Yonkers trio that shaped New York street rap, and the self-styled King of the Dancehall. That's the lineup Giggs…
Asake Takes Fans Inside the Studio in ‘Oba’ Music Video
Asake has skipped the crowded streets and dance crews for his latest video. The new visual for "Oba," pulled from his M$NEY album, drops viewers into a dim, late-night recording…
Cardi B Says “It Wasn’t Me” After Jamaica Stadium Show Falls Apart
Cardi B says she would have been in Kingston on October 18 if things had come together, and she wants Jamaican fans to know the collapse wasn't her doing. The…
Cardi B Withdraws From Jamaica’s BZR WKND, Citing ‘Unresolved Arrangements’
Two words are doing a lot of heavy lifting in Jamaica right now. Cardi B has pulled out of her headline slot at BZR WKND, and the only reason on…
Malie Donn’s ‘The Golden Child’ Tops Apple Music Reggae Albums Charts in Three Territories
Bermuda, St Lucia and the Turks and Caicos Islands have something in common this autumn. All three put Malie Donn's debut studio album, The Golden Child, at No. 1 on…
Ziggy Marley Joins Good Charlotte on Reimagined ‘U R’ Ahead of ‘Greetings From California’ Re-Release
For a record that spent most of the last decade missing from streaming services, Greetings From California has had a strange afterlife. Joel and Benji Madden released it in 2014…
Drake’s ‘Not Like Us’ Defamation Appeal Set for December Hearing
Drake's fight over "Not Like Us" has picked up some unexpected opponents along the way. Outside legal scholars and social scientists have filed briefs backing Universal Music Group, weighing in…
