Pointing out that violent songs, including many of his own, ought not to be played on public radio, Bounty Killer came out in defense of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica’s recent directive, aimed at prohibiting wayward radio disc jockeys from continuing to break national broadcast rules.
Dancehall superstar Shaggy has offered his endorsement to Bling Dawg, praising the deejay’s debut album Elev8 as one of the best to be released this year.
Reggae artist Chuck Fenda has added his voice to the chorus of approval of those who have welcomed US President Joe Biden’s decision last week to pardon Americans convicted for simple possession of marijuana under federal law.
Reggae artist Sycure Gyan’i died in a motorcycle accident along the Boscobel, St. Mary on Sunday morning, sending his wife, a fellow artist and the music community into mourning.
October 19, 2022 will commemorate the celebrations of two important musical facts, the Birthday of the late great Peter Tosh and the 50th Anniversary of the Wailers Albums – Catch a Fire and Burnin.
Skeng and Tommy Lee Sparta have teamed up again to serve more badness in part 2 of Protocol.
Yamabella singer Shaneil Muir has alluded to turning her back on her Dancehall career to fully embrace a Christian lifestyle.
Jamaican songbird Lila Iké has nothing but money on her mind and seeing her “ghetto dreams” come to fruition in her latest music release Dinero.
According to the Queen of Dancehall Spice, sex demons are a real thing. During her latest visit to Angela Yee’s Lip Service podcast, the Go Down Deh singer, 40, was asked whether masturbation was taboo for her growing up.
Dancehall artist Shaneil Muir collapsed at the A&B Complex on Market Street, Montego Bay on Saturday, October 15, mere hours before a scheduled performance in Ocho Rios and amid a dispute with her former manager Richie Flores of Rebelace Music Ltd.
The American Music Awards (AMAs) has introduced categories for Afrobeats and K-Pop, the first categories dedicated to the two fast-rising genres in a major United States music award show.
Producer Anastas ‘Pupa Nas-T’ Hackett has opted for new legal representation, amid settlement discussions with Jamaican singer Shenseea and her label Interscope/Universal Music Group (UMG) in a copyright lawsuit over her song Lick.
Cordell Green, the Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ), has issued a stern rebuke to those radio disc jockeys expressing disapproval about the organization’s directive prohibiting the airing of songs that promote/glorify violence, scamming, and use of the drug “Molly.”
Music producer Stephen Di Genius McGregor sparked a flurry of laughter after he expressed dismay and sarcasm at a quarrel between Jamaican Members of Parliament Everald Warmington and Anthony Hylton during a sitting of the Lower House of Parliament on Wednesday.
Jamaican artist Shenseea has been nominated for the Best Push Act at the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs).
Shaggy’s Best of Shaggy: The Boombastic Collection, a greatest hits compilation released in 2008, was certified gold in the United Kingdom (UK) on Friday, October 14.
Bob Marley & The Wailers’ One Love/People Get Ready was certified platinum in the United Kingdom (UK) on Friday, October 14.
Afro-Dancehall producer Richard Dawkins aka Diet Monkey is set to release brand new project, as the executive producer of the forthcoming A2O Riddim.
Dancehall artist Braintear Spookie believes that the new directive imposed by the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) to effectively ban violent musical content, and songs glorifying scamming and drug use, is largely an exercise in futility.
According to the Queen of Rap Nicki Minaj, she and the Queen of Dancehall Spice had the “best slumber party ever” in a late night link-up in LA this week.