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.
Angela Lansbury, star of the long-running television series Murder, She Wrote, which sparked the name of the Chacka Demus and Pliers’ legendary Dancehall song about a woman who seemingly committed abortion, has died at the age of 96.
MSNBC’s Ari Melber has described Reggae Legend Peter Tosh’s 1976 classic Legalize It, as “one of the most iconic statements about pot prohibition policies of all time.”
The Guyanese Government and the Opposition are engaged in a quarrel over concerts headlined by Queen Of Dancehall Spice and Whap Whap deejay Skillibeng, which were paid for with State funds.
In recent months, the Jamaican duo Brick & Lace has been figuring out how to handle their sudden popularity boom.
Jamaican singer Shenseea showed up stunning in a cabaret ensemble for Cardi B’s Burlesque-inspired 30th birthday party this weekend at Poppy in Los Angeles.
New albums by Dancehall artist Vybz Kartel and Reggae singer Kabaka Pyramid failed to debut on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart after their first sales tracking week.
Thirteen years after the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) ordered radio stations to stop playing violent musical content on the national airwaves, the State agency has issued another similar directive, this time adding the prohibition of the party drug “molly” and lotto scamming to the mix.
Dancehall artist Skeng has earned his first entries on the US Billboard charts with the Likke Miss (Remix), a collaboration with rapper Nicki Minaj.
There was a brouhaha over the weekend between Dovey Magnum and Spice in the wake of rap megastar Nicki Minaj releasing a new remix of Skeng’s Likkle Miss on Thursday, October 6 dubbed the ‘Fine Nine Remix’.
Dancehall star Mr. Lexx disagrees with the recent statements made by Ghanaian artist Stonebwoy, who claimed that Reggae music “belongs to Africa” and that “it doesn’t belong to any Caribbean society from its core.”
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Sizzla’s Black Woman & Child and the 20th anniversary of Da Real Thing, both produced by Robert “Bobby Digital” Dixon, who died in 2020.