Bounty Killer and Beenie Man pulled off the stunt of stunts on Tuesday, to drum up support for a show which was being staged by Dancehall Queen Carlene at the Meca Nightclub to raise funds for cancer patients.
Stephen “Fada Axe” Gabbidon, father and manager of Dancehall deejay Intence, has come out lashing Jahshii for what he describes as an attempt by the newcomer to earn stripes off his son’s success and stir up unnecessary strife among rising stars in Dancehall.
Dancehall’s rising star Jahshii says, even though he is not averse to engaging in record-for-record combat with Silk Boss, Intence or any other deejay, trading diss songs right now in the Summer months, would not fit into his plans for the calendar year.
Barack Obama has released his annual Summer Playlist and Jamaican singer Koffee has made the Former US President’s list of curated music for the sixth time.
Jamaican star Shenseea has earned her first nomination for a MTV Video Music Award (VMA) after she was featured as the platform’s “Global PUSH Artist” for the month of March 2022.
Skeng’s Reggae Sumfest debut was no small undertaking, according to the Protocol singer and the receipts.
VP Records is urging a New York court to grant its request to stay Mr. Vegas’ recent motion for an injunction against them, court records obtained by DancehallMag reveal.
After the uncertainty posed by the pandemic hampered the virtual staging of Sting 2020, the organizers have declared that this year’s staging is guaranteed to be held on Boxing Day, December 26, at its home Jamworld in Portmore, St Catherine, after seven years of absence, an announcement which has excited Code (Ensure) artist Brysco.
Chairman of Downsound Entertainment Joe Bogdanovich has described Ishawna’s conduct on night one of Reggae Sumfest Concert Night One, in which she mimicked a taboo sex act involving a cardboard cut-out of Bounty Killer as “disrespectful and inexcuseable”.
Reggae and Dancehall singjays Yaksta and Nation Boss, like the young males from their generation who performed on Night One, dealt with the Reggae Sumfest stage like seasoned veterans, connecting within seconds of gracing the stage, on Night Two of the festival.
“Y’ll sat there laughing how a little fly b-tty, pissen tail, Dancehall mattress witch styled me…” Those were among the phrases Bounty Killer used to ruthlessly describe Ishawna, as he rebuked those Dancehall fans, who cheered her along when she, in her performance at Reggae Sumfest 2022, mimicked what he regards as a taboo sex act, involving a cardboard cut-out of his likeness.
Montego Bay native Shaneil Muir proved that she was truly Dancehall’s Top Gyal, in front of her home crowd on Concert Night II of Reggae Sumfest 2022, in an impeccable, classy performance, which while it had some suggestive lyrics, was devoid of gimmicks, props, crassness or crudeness.
Dancehall singer Ishawna singer has proven time and time again that she is the queen of controversy—case in point, her recent Reggae Sumfest 2022 performance involving life-size cardboard cutouts of some prominent Jamaican figures including Bounty Killer, whose face she imagined was a chair.
Reggae star Sizzla Kalonji closed out night two of Reggae Sumfest, despite the rainfall that came down suddenly at the Catherine Hall venue, sending many patrons scurring out.
From the sounds of Bounty Killer and Cham rinsing out the Jamaican invective “blood claat”, to the man of the moment Dave Kelly maintaining his mystique by shying away from the stage, to say the Reggae Sumfest’s Madhouse Tribute to Dave Kelly, was explosive would be an understatement.
Popcaan has returned to Jamaica and is in a celebratory mood as he checked in with his lawyer Bert Samuels, who had filed a defamation lawsuit against the Attorney General and Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on the Risky deejay’s behalf while he was away in the UK.
If you ask Shaggy, his biggest hit It Wasn’t Me wouldn’t have existed if it weren’t for Eddie Murphy—in fact, the comedian once joked that the Jamaican superstar owed him royalties.
Dancehall youngblood Breeze Genah dropped his ode to Nike’s Air Force One sneakers in a rhyme-happy single, ‘Air Force 1’ featuring fellow dancehall artist Aiden.
Nigerian singer Tems has joined the ranks of over 70 artists who have covered Bob Marley’s No Woman, No Cry (1974).
Pon Di C-cky deejay Aidonia had a romantic moment with wife Kimberly Megan during his set at Reggae Sumfest 2022 on Saturday morning.