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‘Real’ Dancehall Raking In Royalties, As Jamaican Trap Music Shunned Overseas

General Manager of the Jamaica Music Society (JAMMS) Evon Mullings, says the international market is not buying into the new-era (Trap, Hip-Hop, Island Pop) music coming out of Jamaica, based on royalty payments he has seen coming into the country, since deepening collection ties with UK-based Performance Rights Organization Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) late last year.

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Dancehall Unity: Bounty Killer Unites With 14 Artists To Voice ‘Brighter Day’ Anti-Violence Track

Following Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ recent statements that the integrity of Jamaican music is being threatened by a plethora of violence-laced songs, Bounty Killer has announced that he has teamed up with 14 other Dancehall artists, some of them well known for using their music to promote gangsterism, to record an anti-violence song.