
Jada Kingdom Leaves Republic Records: “I Felt So Out Of Place”
Just two years after signing with Republic Records, Dancehall songstress Jada Kingdom is stepping out on her own as an independent artist.
Articles published on Thursday, June 29, 2023

Just two years after signing with Republic Records, Dancehall songstress Jada Kingdom is stepping out on her own as an independent artist.

After years of dragging Minister Marion Hall’s name through the mud, dancehall toaster Lady Ann has vowed never to utter an unpleasant word against her again.

Cedella Marley has admitted that the success of the upcoming Bob Marley: One Love biopic, which covers the life of her father spanning 1976 and 1978, rests heavily on lead actor Kingsley Ben Adir’s portrayal of the late Reggae icon.

Queen of the Pack Patra took time out to highlight how she and rapper Yo-Yo composed one of her biggest hits, Romantic Call—the song Minister Marion Hall has accused her of ‘pirating from Lady Saw’ and then changing the title.

Reggae Gospel singer Kevin Downswell has revealed that he has had to shun many highly lucrative offers to “go secular” during his music career, but that he would not have been as successful as he is had he gone down that path.

While the BBC made much of what it described as Ghana’s “love affair with Reggae” earlier this year, there has seemingly been love lost in Nigeria, where other reports are that the West African country’s Dancehall and Reggae stars, among them Patoranking, have ditched the Jamaican genre, in favor of Afrobeats.