Articles published on Friday, July 15, 2022
There appears to be no letting up any time soon on Reggae artist-turned lawyer Isat Buchanan after he made statements considered disparaging on national television about “ugly Jamaicans” with acne and the monkeypox disease, which evoked the ire of his compatriots.
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has raised concerns about Jamaican Trap artists glorifying scamming in their songs.
Mura Masa’s blessing me, which featured British rapper Pa Salieu and Jamaican deejay Skillibeng, was named one of TikTok’s ‘Summer Song of the Week’.
Anastas ‘Pupa Nas-T’ Hackett now has until August 14 to file a motion for default judgment in his copyright lawsuit against Shenseea and her label Interscope Records after a judge granted the NY-based producer an extension, court records show.
Kyng Midas producer Notnice has co-opted some of Dancehall’s biggest-selling superstars for his new juggling riddim, titled Cool Reminder which was released today, July 15, 2022.
Snow, the Canadian Reggae fusion rapper from the early 90s, has shared that despite his initial success with the Billboard chart-topper Informer, he only came to be respected in Dancehall after the release of his feature-heavy 1995 hit song, Anything For You.
Now on a path to international stardom, Shenseea has shared what Dancehall means to her and how she used the genre to improve her life.
Two months after legendary Madhouse music producer Dave Kelly hinted at new music with Bounty Killer and Cham, the trio have teased a new song about the bloodletting in Jamaica, aptly titled BLOOD CLXXT and also revealed that they have also completed a new EP.
Iconic radio broadcaster Barrington ‘Barry G’ Gordon, the man who helped to kickstart King Yellowman and Beenie Man’s careers, and to whom Dancehall deejay Rankin Toyan dedicated an entire song, was baptised this morning at the Kirkham Baptist Church in George’s Plain, Westmoreland.
Bounty Killer has thrown his full support behind his former Scare Dem Crew compatriot Nitty Kutchie’s National Festival Song entry titled Defend Jamaica, telling his fans to support the track as it deserves to be victorious when the announcement is made ahead of the Independence celebrations.
When dancehall artist Skystar’s house was destroyed by a Molotov cocktail in the middle of a bloody gang war when he was only nine years old, his world threatened to crumble in on itself.
Dancehall artist-producer Daygo P knows a thing or two about missed opportunities. As a teenager, he migrated to Canada where he excelled as a midfielder playing in the high school soccer league in Ontario.
Dancehall artist Lazer Maytrixx is a staunch believer in the death penalty for crimes of a gruesome nature.