Hotta Rice, a popular Dancehall selector and event promoter, whose real name is Harold Morgan, was arrested on May 11 by the North Lauderdale cops and charged with domestic battery by strangulation after a domestic incident.
Bounty Killer has demanded that the Jamaican Government pay the island’s air traffic controllers monies due to them, after learning that the officers went on strike this morning due to a fallout in salary negotiations, which had been taking place with the Ministry of Finance over the last three months.
Tributes have been pouring in following the passing of iconic Jamaican journalist and talk show host Barbara Gloudon, the playwright who etched veteran Dancehall artist Josey Wales’ 1986 cautionary hit song Wrong Move into the ears and psyche of Jamaicans, and whose name Vybz Kartel and Buccaneer immortalized in punch lines in four songs.
After being one of the scores of party-goers ‘skinning it out’ at Cardi B’s ‘Passa Passa’ Dancehall-themed birthday bash last October, Boo’d Up singer Ella Mai says her Dancehall celebration would have Spice and Vybz Kartel as the guests of honor.
Aidonia says the tendency of Jamaican artists to jump on the latest musical trends is nothing new, as piracy and mimicry have characterized Dancehall, which has been comprised of a few leaders and mainly followers since its inception.
Dancehall megastar Shaggy will be conferred with one of nine honorary doctorates, by one of the United States’ leading Ivy League research universities, come Saturday, May 28.
Popcaan’s Unruly brand in collaboration with London-based music and travel company Pollen have teamed up for Unruly Culture Splash, a four-day festival fusing Jamaican, African and UK music to be held in Croatia.
A video clip of an exuberant male National Water Commission (NWC) staff member, spitting lyrics demanding payment of monies owed to workers by the Government of Jamaica, has taken on a life of its own, with producer Neutron Obliv creating a remix.
El Gringo Boss Reece Dry, a UK-based dancehall producer, is getting major props for creating a trap dancehall-styled song, ‘Rich Badness’ which merges two artists across the Atlantic, Tuggawar from the UK and Jah Tee who hails from Central Village, St.
Dennis Brown may be the most-covered reggae artist given his amazing catalogue of reggae and lover’s rock songs.
Dancehall videographer-turned-film-director ‘Videoropes’ wants to use art to shift narratives and tell beautiful, nuanced stories about black people while also championing his Jamaican culture.
There have been mixed reactions to reports that Buju Banton was barred by soldiers and police from entering the Moore Town Maroon settlement in Portland on Sunday, en route to casting his ballot in favour of Lomora “Hope” Dillon in the Maroon elections.
Sprint legend Usain Bolt melted Instagram timelines yesterday when he shared an adorable photo of his twin boys, Saint Leo and Thunder.
At more than five decades into his musical career with an untold number of recordings to show for it, Lowell “Sly” Dunbar sails into 70 today, May 10.
Dancehall producer Leftside says Masicka is the Dancehall artist he is most eager to work with right now, as, among other things, the Calabar High School graduate’s song-writing skills are impeccable.
Dancehall superstars Cham and Bounty Killer linked up with iconic Madhouse producer Dave “Rude Bwoy” Kelly recently, with the trio hinting that new music might be in the making from them.
