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Wayne Wonder Unable to Perform at Oasis Music Festival – Team Issues Apology
The apology came with a pointed clarification that's hard to miss. Wayne Wonder's team took to social media to address…
Lil Nas X Mourns Death of His Mother Tameka Hill
The detail that stops you cold is the timing. Lil Nas X just celebrated his "10,000th day alive," posting a…
Gathering of the Juggalos Hit With Massive Drug Bust as Festival Relocates to Missouri
Over 700 pounds of drugs got seized at the 26th annual Gathering of the Juggalos, and that number alone tells…
Big Yard Music’s ‘Surato Riddim’ Arrives With All-Star Lineup Featuring Christopher Martin, Gyptian and More
The last thing anyone expected from Big Yard Music and YUO101Music was a quiet rollout. The 'Surato Riddim' dropped with…
Victony Enters a New Era With Sophomore Album ‘STARLIFE’
Victony did not arrive quietly with his sophomore album. "STARLIFE" drops as a 15-track project that finds the Lagos-born artist…
Skillibeng Fires Back at Masicka With New Diss Track ‘Big Gl*ck’
Skillibeng is not done with this beef, not even close. The dancehall artist has dropped a fresh diss track called…
Spice’s ‘Go Down Deh’ Hits #1 on Reggae iTunes Chart Five Years After Release
Five years in and "Go Down Deh" is still not done. Spice woke up to find her 2021 collaboration with…
Blvk H3ro Drops Drum & Bass Collab ‘Winner’ With Macky Gee and T & Sugah and There’s a Free Show Trip on the Line
The most unexpected part of this release isn't the song it's the Mario Kart-inspired game that came with it. Blvk…
Romain Virgo Drops ‘Run It Back’ With a Message That Feels Personal
Romain Virgo didn't roll out "Run It Back" with industry fanfare he came with something quieter and more direct. In his own words, the song is about finding peace alone…
Koffee Drops New Track ‘Send Shots’ with Rudimental and Winny Adanu
Koffee just announced "Send Shots," a new collaboration with UK drum and bass outfit Rudimental and vocalist Winny Adanu, and the combination alone is enough to turn heads. The pairing…
Shenseea Drops an International Remix of ‘Spend Dat’
Shenseea didn't make a big speech about it she just posted the Jamaican flag and a dragon emoji and let the music do the talking. The international remix of 'Spend…
Hip-Hop Rallies Around Lil Durk During Murder-for-Hire Trial
Ye walking into a federal courthouse in an all-black fit to sit with Lil Durk's family during a murder-for-hire trial is not something most people had on their bingo card…
Press Safety Questioned Outside Lil Durk’s Murder-for-Hire Trial
A journalist nearly got pushed out of covering one of rap's biggest federal trials this week, and it had nothing to do with what happened inside the courtroom. Trap Lore…
Mikey Dread on 60 Years of Notting Hill Carnival: ‘A Cross Between All Cultures’
Mikey of Channel One Soundsystem has been playing Notting Hill Carnival every single year since 1982, and the way he talks about it, you get the sense he'd struggle to…
Vanessa Bling to Perform at Sophisticated Summer End Beach Party in St Ann
Vanessa Bling is not just showing up to a beach party this weekend, she is bringing over 15 years of music that women across Jamaica have been singing through breakups,…
Gun Found in MO3’s Car Nearly Three Years After His Murder, and the Feds Had Already Searched It Three Times
The detail that keeps standing out here is not just that a gun was found in MO3's car, but that federal investigators had already searched that same vehicle at least…
