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Some Jamaicans have taken umbrage to reports that CEO of the Bellevue Mental Health Hospital, Suzette Buchanan, has commended Valiant for his song Mad Out, as, according to them, the lyrics of the song are sexually explicit, and do not, in any way, address mental well-being.
Buju Banton’s hit Driver A is undoubtedly one of the Reggae Legend’s most controversial songs. The Roots-Reggae-styled track that revived Sly and Robbie’s slow and pulsating Taxi Riddim hears the Gargamel strongly instructing a “driver” to make a suspicious delivery, but under one condition—keep it moving.
Rygin King believes he paved the way for upcoming artists to be considered to close Reggae Sumfest, following his breakout performance at the festival in 2018.
Reggae/Dancehall star Buju Banton has earned a Gold certification in Canada for his 1994 hit Champion.
Eight-time Grammy Award winner Stephen Marley has announced the release of his fifth solo album, Old Soul, set to drop on September 15, 2023, via Tuff Gong Collective/UMe/Ghetto Youths International.
Rygin King will be having a TikTok concert on Sunday to celebrate his 29th birthday. The trap Dancehall artist, whose actual birthday is on the 22nd, is slated to perform for 90 minutes with a live band.
Reggae artist Queen Ifrica is bemoaning the lack of prioritization of Jamaica’ first National Hero, Marcus Garvey, who would have celebrated his 136th birthday today (August 17).
Following the release of Nina Bonita with Colombian singer Feid, Dancehall megastar Sean Paul has made his way back to the top of the Billboard Latin Airplay chart, ending a six-year drought.
Poor People Governor Bounty Killer has taken aim at Prime Minister Andrew Holness after coming in receipt of a video of several elderly people lying on the floor of the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay.
Vintage Reggae singer Stranger Cole (aka Strange Cole) is insisting that his 1968 iconic number one hit Bangarang, a collab with late Skatalites legend Lester Sterling, was the first Reggae song ever to be recorded, and not Nanny Goat by Studio One’s Larry Marshall.
Retired West Indies all-rounder, now Dancehall artist, Marlon “Icon” Samuels, has been found guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) anti-corruption code, during the Abu Dhabi T10 tournament in 2019.
It was an impromptu in-flight ‘concert’ for passengers aboard an airplane in the Bahamas recently as King Of The Dancehall Beenie Man, had them belting out some of his greatest hits amidst cheers, laughter and applauses.
Kanye West‘s Pure Souls, which featured guest vocals from rapper Roddy Rich and Jamaican singer Shenseea, is now certified Gold in the United States, almost two years after its release.
Shocking Vibes producer Patrick Robert0s says he believes Bounty Killer, Beenie Man, and Capleton have been overlooked for National Awards for their contribution to Jamaican music, and has declared that he will personally nominate them for the 2024 listing.
Like they did in 2018, Zimbabwe presidential hopefuls are using Dancehall music as its “official soundtrack” to woo, what international news agency Reuters has described as, the “crucial youth vote”, as the country prepares to go to the polls on August 23.
Dancehall artist TeeJay is giving thanks after an airplane transporting him, Malie Donn, and Masicka back from Guyana experienced severe technical difficulties mid-flight.
A remix of Bob Marley & The Wailers’ 1974 hit Them Belly Full (But We Hungry), featuring his grandson Skip Marley and Rema, has debuted at No.
Dancehall star Elephant Man says he had orchestrated the mini dance-off between two of R&B’s biggest stars, Usher and Chris Brown, at the 2010 Reggae Sumfest in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
The Internet has been buzzing about Mad Cobra’s emotional speech during a recent performance in the USA, in which he spoke candidly about the loneliness and betrayal he felt after his arrest on drug trafficking and weapons charges a few weeks ago.
Reggae songstress Etana has suffered another setback in the lawsuit she filed against her former label VP Records and Greensleeves Publishing Ltd (GPL), days after publicly slamming an employee of the company.