The latest dancehall news, pop culture and stories.
Byron Messia‘s hit song Talibans has undeniably made waves this year, but the Jamaican-born Kittitian star’s recent claim that it’s the “biggest song in Dancehall since 2005” has attracted skepticism and outright disagreement from fans and music professionals alike.
Born For Greatness – the 13th studio album by Reggae and Dancehall star Buju Banton – did not debut on the sales and streaming-driven Billboard Reggae Albums Chart in the week following its release on September 8.
Beenie Man has reiterated his call for younger artists to ensure their stage performances are of the highest standard, arguing that while studio recordings are crucial, it’s the onstage charisma that will make them unforgettable and famous.
The funeral service for dancehall trendsetter Doreen ‘Pinky’ Prendergast is set for tomorrow at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in Kingston.
Dancehall artists Sean Paul and TeeJay performed at the Hot 97 ‘50 Years Of Hip-Hop’ show at Madison Square Gardens last night during a sold-out show, which also featured French Montana, Wu-Tang Clan, Mary J.
Mykal Rose, the former, Grammy Award-winning lead singer from Black Uhuru, has released a new album, I Give You Love, today, September 15.
King of the Dancehall Beenie Man is insisting that one of Bob Marley’s sons, or grandson Skip, should have been the natural choice for the titular role in the Bob Marley: One Love biopic.
Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) will re-issue the 1973 album Catch a Fire — which propelled Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer to global stardom — on November 3 to celebrate the album’s 50th anniversary.
Dancehall producer and sound engineer Shane Brown says Jamaican artists are short-changing themselves when they fail to take the full complement of critical support staff, such as musicians and sound engineers on tour with them, while taking, instead, a throng of ineffectual “hype men.”
U2 frontman Bono’s impromptu, a cappella rendition of Bob Marley’s Redemption Song at the Sarajevo Film Festival in Bosnia a few weeks ago, has sparked much discussion after the singer appeared to have forgotten some of the lyrics.
Jamaican star Shenseea was in her presenter hat at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) at the Prudential Centre in Newark, New Jersey.
Breyan Isaac, who co-produced Cardi B and Meg Thee Stallion’s Bongos, has dismissed as coincidental the similarities between the track and Lincoln 3Dot’s Bang.
Singer Tanya Stephens has never shied away from supporting new-gen artists, and is encouraging her contemporaries to do the same.
Award-winning Reggae/Dancehall audio engineer and music producer Shane Brown has expressed concern about Jamaican artists who unwittingly compromise the quality of their performances by using their hands to cuff the heads of their microphones.
Former Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta (LHHATL) star Erica Mena has apologized for any damage she may have caused after calling Spice a “blue monkey” during a heated argument that aired on the reality TV show.
Beautiful Day, the Billboard-charting song by Jermaine Edwards that was covered by youngster Rushawn Ewears, was used as the opening song for the Apple Event today, (September 12).
Shenseea came to slay at New York Fashion Week (NYFW) in downtown Manhattan this week. Arriving at the destination vanguard of high fashion, latest trends, and sartorial evolution, the Jamaican singer triggered the shutterbugs rocking statement pieces of her own.
Canadian rapper Kardinal Offishal is celebrating the 15th anniversary of his 2008 Not 4 Sale album, which contains an interpolation of the Paragons’ most commercially successful song, Tide is High, written by late Reggae singer John Holt in 1967.
Popcaan‘s attorney-at-law Bert Samuels says that his team has opted to go the route of mediation in the defamation lawsuit against the Attorney General over a Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) press release addressing the Dancehall star’s immigration issues in the UK.
Beenie Man‘s Simma, his seventeenth studio album, failed to debut on the sales and streaming-driven Billboard Reggae Albums chart in the week following its release on September 1.