Articles published on Thursday, September 29, 2022
Dancehall star David ‘Mavado’ Brooks has come out swinging against what he dubbed ‘corruption in the justice system,’ hitting out at the “fake warrant” that some Jamaica Constabulary Force sources claim exists.
Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr, after meeting with Afrobeats creators in Ghana, says the Grammys were considering adding an award category for Afrobeats and that he “had been meeting with players in the genre to explore the possibility.”
Ziggy Marley has joined the call for teenagers to, at all costs, avoid being addicted to their smartphones, a problem which has mushroomed globally, over least the last decade.
Ghananian Reggae/Dancehall artist Stonebwoy is being taken to task, mainly by Nigerians, after he claimed in an interview that Reggae music “belongs to Africans” and not Jamaica, and that Afrobeats came out of Ghananian Highlife music.
Stick Figure’s music tends to elicit vivid testimonials. In YouTube comments, many fans share how the Reggae band’s songs helped them wade through the currents of grief and depression.
Sweden-based Jamaican dancehall artist Short Ghad is relishing his new-found role as a trailblazer on the dancehall scene in the European country.
Foota Hype has expressed delight at Sizzla Kalonji’s performance at the “Good Times” retro party at Mas Camp on Saturday night, in which the firebrand Reggae/Dancehall artiste denounced homosexual acts and reaffirmed that he will never apologize to the LGBTQ community.
Dye Dye singer Macka Diamond believes that rival interests in the world of dancehall are perpetrating a malicious campaign of leaking her OnlyFans videos online.
Skeng’s onstage stunt, in which he took a guitar from a musician during a performance in Trinidad and smashed it Jimi Hendrix-style, has left tongues wagging.
Platinum-selling music producer Jon FX has attributed his successes, including his net worth, to the techniques he learned as a youngster from Jamaican music producers, whom he describes as “the masters.”