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Father and founder of Hip-Hop DJ Kool Herc will celebrate the genre’s Golden Jubilee with a two-day event in Jamaica in December, featuring some of the “biggest names” in Hip-Hop, Dancehall and Reggae, in what is being described as the “show of the year.”
Reggae/Dancehall songstress Nadine Sutherland will be among several presenters who will speak at the 2023 staging of the Annual Peter Tosh Symposium at the University of the West Indies (UWI) on his birthday this Thursday, October 19.
Romeich Major is facing the wrath of many Jamaicans after he posted a job fair advertisement for several positions within his companies and declared that he would be charging an entry fee of JMD $1000 for persons to be interviewed.
Doniger/Burroughs – the law firm representing Cleveland “Clevie” Browne and the estates of the late Wycliffe “Steely” Johnson and Ephraim “Count Shelly” Barrett – wants a California court to hear clips from old interviews where a few Reggaetón producers acknowledged the use of elements from the Jamaican producers’ Fish Market riddim.
As Jamaica readies to host the 2023 staging of the CANEX Conference and Wellness Expo this week, event founder Douglas K.
In light of Jamaica’s 54th annual Heroes’ Day celebrations, Dancehall megastar Sean Paul says the country’s first National Hero, The Rt.
Montego Bay businessman and music producer Ras Astor Black says his many years of struggle to find a permanent home for the Reggae Walk of Fame, which he conceptualized almost three decades ago, seems headed to become a reality, at long last.
“Everything has to stop when somebody else is in need; it’s just what it is,” a shaken-up Alaine told DancehallMag at Jamaica Family Fest in St.
The management of Dancehall artist Tommy Lee Sparta vehemently denies recent ‘reports’ that he’s involved in gang activities.
The Fireman Capleton has announced that he will be embarking on part two of his European Tour, which will see him performing live at 22 shows beginning October 15 to November 17 at his Capleton Live in Concert series, for which he has promised “fire bunning” and “righteousness.”
Reggae musician Michael ‘Ibo’ Cooper, a founding member of Reggae band Third World, passed away earlier today.
Music producer and retired senior superintendent of police Gladstone Wright, best known as being one of the producers behind Jah Cure’s hit song True Reflections (Behind These Prison Walls), died recently.
Sean Paul has launched his ‘Dutty Merch’ line, a collection of apparel inspired by his Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum sophomore album, Dutty Rock.
Shenseea has been open about wanting to find a new sound, and her current playlist is giving insight into what that could be.
Ziggy Marley’s record label Tuff Gong Worldwide has called on non-Jews to speak out against the recent attack on Israelis by Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that rules the Gaza Strip, and which has as its mission, the destruction of the State of Israel.
Pamputtae is the latest Dancehall artist to have her UK visa reinstated. The It Good singer was notably ecstatic on Monday when she shared a photo of her visa page to Instagram.
Bermudian reggae artist Collie Buddz’s fourth studio album, Take It Easy, has opened at No. 10 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart, breaking his previous streak of three No.
Wayne Wonder’s No Letting Go – the 2002 hit produced by Steven ‘Lenky’ Marsden on the Diwali riddim – surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify today, (October 9).
‘Melody Gad’ Kranium has often classified his songs as creepers, but he’s also had underdogs, as is the case with Can’t Believe.
Though Kranium has had a few mentors before and after getting his big break in 2013, there’s only one person he credits for really showing him the ins and outs of the music business: singing superstar Usher.