The latest dancehall news, pop culture and stories.
Valiant is again the subject of a fiery debate in Jamaica, this after a letter to the Editor from a university student was carried in The Gleaner, voicing objection to the Dunce Cheque singer performing at this weekend’s UWI Mona Carnival, on the basis that his songs “promote scamming, violence and drugs”.
Dancehall star Popcaan has officially announced his ‘Great Is He’ European tour, set to get underway in Salle Pleyel, Paris, on Saturday, May 6.
Chance The Rapper touched down in Jamaica and has already linked up with the Unruly Boss Popcaan as he plans a Jamaican staging of the Black Star Line Festival.
Valiant’s ‘slack’ references in his new song titled Rasta have not gone down well with Reggae Grammy-winner Kabaka Pyramid.
Joseph “Jo Mersa” Marley’s presence was missed even more on Sunday (March 12) as several of his family members commemorated what would have been his 32nd birthday.
After more than two decades of undoubtedly being dancehall’s corporate-friendly, dancing enclave, the Dance Xpressionz brand is being dragged into drama surrounding eight million dollars and a hurricane of an investor who is reportedly driving members out the door.
Dancehall deejay Charly Black has parted ways with Aftercluv, Universal Music Group’s Latin America dance music division, after what he described as a five-year waste of time.
Dancehall Governor Lieutenant Stitchie has expressed gratitude to Lloyd ‘King Jammy’ James for his role in kickstarting his illustrious Dancehall career back in the 1980s.
Minister Marion Hall says she has a hit on her hands, and Grammy-winning singer Gramps Morgan and businessman Joe Bogdanovich are behind it.
Dancehall artist Kiprich was the victim of a robbery for the second time in only eight years, losing a prized Rolex watch and other jewelry worth in the region of US$ 39,000 and cash amounting to US$13,000.
American rapper Nas Ebk, more popularly known in Jamaican circles as the ex-boyfriend of Dancehall singer Jada Kingdom was, on Friday morning, arrested and charged with the second-degree murder of 22-year-old Idressa Siby.
Cheap Thrills, a 2016 collab between Australian singer-songwriter Sia and Dancehall superstar Sean Paul, has sold another 600,000 units in the United Kingdom.
Dancehall artist Unknown Gringo was shot and killed during a gun attack in Trelawny on Friday (March 10).
Defense attorney Valerie Neita-Robertson K.C will be appealing the conviction of Livingston Caine, the juror who has been sentenced to 12 months for offering $500,000 to the foreman to influence other jurors to return a not guilty verdict in the murder trial against dancehall artist Vybz Kartel.
A judge has dismissed disorderly conduct and resisting arrest charges against the Protocol deejay Skeng after attorney-at-law Christopher Townsend argued for the case to be dismissed.
Dancehall artist Khago has denied any wrongdoing after being jailed for three days for allegedly pointing his gun at a relative following a verbal dispute at his home in Knockpatrick, Manchester, last Friday.
Dancehall star Beenie Man, through the Beenie Man Foundation, has moved to offer some well-needed assistance to residents of Standpipe in St.
Dancehall Police: Vybz Kartel championed sexual immorality in dancehall with the introduction of “freaky” songs. Plot Twist: He recorded those songs to publicly normalize oral sex so media personality Ameila ‘Milk’ Sewell could get back on her feet.
Burna Boy’s summer hit Last Last is now certified Platinum in the United States, less than one year after its release.
There was a time when the positioning of Rasta as the upholders of righteousness in society was unquestioned, thanks to reggae artists like Burning Spear, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Luciano, and Garnet Silk.