One-hit wonders. The world of entertainment is filled with them. From top-notch singing and acting talents down to magnetizing and even polarizing personalities, the art of the One-Hit-Wonder – and make no mistake about it, it most definitely is an art (albeit sometimes unintentional) – is as mysterious as it is fascinating, and here in the Dancehall and Reggae arenas, we’ve heartbreakingly had our fair share of them.
People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding, joined the thousands of Jamaicans who are trying to master dancer Tyreek Pennicott’s Dirt Bounce, the dance the Jamaican women’s 4×100 metres relay team did upon being introduced, prior to their spectacular win at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Controversy continues to plague Dancehall artist Intence’s recent trip to the Cayman Islands for a performance, even weeks after he left the British overseas territory.
Bounty Killer has ended the speculation surrounding the release time for his upcoming King of Kingston album.
Hillside singer Chronic Law is the most streamed Dancehall artist on YouTube in Jamaica over the last month and has been among the top 5 over the last year.
Dancehall veteran Lieutenant Stitchie is among four members of Jamaica’s music industry who will be bestowed with national honours on National Heroes Day in October.
London-born Jamaican designer Savannah Baker has styled Rihanna for several projects including a Savage Fenty photoshoot.
Italian Reggae artist Alborosie took on ZJ Sparks and some of her Instagram followers after spotting a news item published in The Times which was shared by her, regarding 100-metre Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, which he regarded as undesirable.
Up and coming singer Disney Amyka dropped her Feel Good single on July 30. The New York based singer who is of Jamaican parentage, shared that the strong women in her life are the inspiration behind the song, which Amyka says is meant to celebrate women more generally.
While most Jamaicans reveled in the excitement that came with celebrating the island’s Independence on August 6, which also coincided with ongoing celebrations for the island’s Track and Field dominance in the ongoing 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Grammy award-winning Reggae artist and icon, Mark Myrie, more popularly known as Buju Banton, was not in as festive a mood.
Despite getting stuck in Costa Rica two days ago and having to cancel her album launch party, the Queen of Dancehall and Love And Hip Hop: Atlanta star Spice’s new album 10 came out with a bang yesterday as she also celebrated her birthday.
Popcaan has earned his fifth BRIT Certified silver award. The Dancehall star received the silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) today (August 6) for Kisses For Breakfast, a 2014 collab with British singer Melissa Steel.
Rapture, the title track off Koffee’s Grammy Award-winning EP, is now BRIT Certified silver in the United Kingdom for sales of over 200,000 copies.
On the heels of Sean Paul’s musings that the world is yearning for a revival of authentic Dancehall sounds, Bounty Killer is urging Jamaican artists to go fully Dancehall in their upcoming bodies of work, as the genre is on the cusp of a global explosion.
“I am still a Dancehall artist!” That’s what Scantana told DancehallMag following the release of his Sir Come Vent freestyle which dropped in late July.
It’s clear that Jamaican track star turned music producer Usain Bolt remains a big fan of Dancehall star Vybz Kartel.
The mystique surrounding the enigmatic Dancehall producer Dave Kelly, was demystified somewhat, on his birthday by one of, if not his biggest aficionados, Ainsley “Notnice” Morris.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. The remarkable quality of Spice’s long-awaited maiden album, 10 comes as no surprise.
Anyone expecting to see Buju Banton or any other Jamaican artist featured on Kanye West’s Donda album will be left disappointed.
Update: Jamaica’s women sprinters Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson and Briana Williams have won the gold medal in the 4×100 metre race today.