Veteran Dancehall hitmaker Admiral Bailey has fingered payola by unscrupulous radio disc jockeys as one of the key elements which has, over the years, forced Dancehall music on a downward spiral, and held it down for almost two decades.
Grammy-nominated producer and music executive Cristy Barber is maintaining that it is highly unlikely Dancehall will ever get its own Grammy Award category, and that the focus right now ought to be spent on preventing the “Best Reggae Album” field which subsumes all Jamaican music, from being taken away.
One of the most popular takeaways from Shenseea’s Egocentric—which formed part of her debut album ALPHA—was “Mean man worse than bruk man.”
Shenseea‘s new album Alpha debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes Top 100 Reggae Albums chart in the US following its release on Friday.
Two of Dancehall’s breakout stars Rytikal and Jahshii are currently working on a joint EP, titled “Rytikal x Jahshii“, with the expected release date being July 7, 2022, which is the birthday of both artists.
Jamaican songbird Jada Kingdom may have done Amy Winehouse fans proud in a recent cover of the British singer’s Back to Black.
Cream of the Crop artist Jahshii took command of the future of authentic Jamaican music on Saturday night, in a masterful performance that left even his harshest critics crowning him a redeemer of Dancehall and his generation’s Prince of Reggae.
Jamaican Minister of Finance Dr. Nigel Clarke is not ruling out the placement of the likeness of cultural figures such as Bob Marley and Usain Bolt, on Jamaican currency “subject to there being a higher note” in the future, and whether those cultural figures are so inclined to have their image and likeness being used on banknotes.
As many Dancehall and Reggae fans gravitated to Shenseea’s debut album, Alpha, with a sigh of relief last week, other practitioners in the genre had a slew of new singles.
The role of the CARICOM Single Market & Economy (CSME) was among a slew of topics that came up for discussion on Twitter, following Skillibeng’s release of the music video for another of his trap fusions, titled this time, Whap Whap, part of which was shot in Trinidad.
American singer Justine Skye has congratulated her grandfather, Jamaican-born Nicholas Perry, for achieving his dream of becoming United States Ambassador to Jamaica.
Shenseea says she has made several efforts to collaborate with Queen of Dancehall Spice, to no avail.
Reggae/Dancehall superstar Buju Banton has announced that he will be releasing a new album, which he says is “ready”.
Dancehall Queen Carlene Smith and ‘Lady of Dancehall’ D’Angel were spotted partying together at ‘Dancehall Tuesday’ at the MECA, Market Place in Kingston this week.
Skillibeng just dropped the video for his latest single Whap Whap featuring Jamaican upcoming artist F.S.
Shenseea has a new boyfriend. The 25-year-old Jamaican singer revealed that she’s no longer single while speaking to The Breakfast Club‘s Angela Yee during the show’s Freaky Fridays segment today.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. After giving her fans a scare with Lick, R U That and Deserve It which spurred protests that she had ditched her Jamaican sound and authenticity, an unfettered Shenseea rose to the occasion like a true Alpha, not only showing her musical mettle but that she has a heart of steel.
Jamaican singer Shenseea has finally released her debut album Alpha today after five years in music.
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul has come through with another banger titled This Is How We Do It, a Pia Mia-assisted track about enjoying life.
King of Dancehall Vybz Kartel wants to make it clear that he has never sought the help of YouTube payola to further propel or ignite hype around his videos or music.