A slew of Dancehall artists, foremost among them, Bounty Killer, have expressed outrage at the recent salary hike announcement for Jamaica’s political directorate.
Today, as Dancehall artists take to social media to reflect on and celebrate motherhood, we highlight a few of the moving tributes that honor the legacy of mothers at every level.
Every week our writers at DancehallMag highlight new Jamaican songs and videos you should add to your Reggae, Dancehall, Trap, and R&B playlists.
Bounty Killer says his IRAWMA Award for “Outstanding contribution to the Jamaican music industry for over 30 years”, to him is better than the much-sought-after American Grammy Award.
After releasing the official audio for their new single Slow Motion last February, Baby Cham, Bounty Killer and Dexta Daps have premiered a follow-up mini-movie and music video on Friday, May 5.
Shenseea was recently in a nostalgic mood, posting a throwback video where she hailed some Dancehall veterans in a freestyle.
Former Scare Dem crew member Boom Dandimite is now conscious after a car accident earlier this week.
Bounty Killer stirred up a hornet’s nest on Sunday night after he decried women wearing extra-long artificial fingernails, and poured scorn on their ability to sanitarily prepare meals and take care of their personal hygiene.
Dancehall megastar Shaggy says Bounty Killer should be vested with Jamaica’s sixth-highest National Honour, The Order of Distinction, for his altruism in Dancehall, where he kickstarted the careers of numerous elite artists, brought them to national attention and moulded their careers.
Bounty Killer’s recent announcement of a new mixtape titled 50 Calibre, has left his fans clamouring for the release of his long overdue album, King of Kingston, which he had first announced was in the making, back in August 2020.
Dancehall artist Bounty Killer recently took a moment to salute his two friends, Sizzla Kalonji and Palestinian-American producer DJ Khaled.
Jamaican artists have had a busy week. Some of the island’s biggest names, from A-listers to up-and-comers, have released refreshing tracks for your consumption, and, in case you missed them, here are a few: Curious – Shenseea After briefly teasing it on her social media pages, Dancehall-pop singer Shenseea, finally dropped the song and visuals for her highly anticipated tune, Curious – a bold admission of the artist’s occasional desire to ‘try women.’
Bounty Killer has expressed worry that Jamaicans are failing to take mental health issues seriously, and says most of the island’s heinous crimes are being committed by people who are psychologically sick.
Bounty Killer says that in order to fully master stagecraft, he practiced moving about onstage instead of staying in one place, an issue for which, years ago, he was severely criticized by Dancehall fans, and even teased in Ce’Cile’s breakout song Changez.
Bounty Killer has declared that he fully embraces Afrobeats music, and says the genre should not be pitted against Dancehall.
Bounty Killer has attributed the perceived stagnancy in present-day Dancehall to what he described as the “fool-fool”, internationally unappealing topics, such as Obeah and lotto scamming (chopping), around which upcoming artists are centering their songs.
Dancehall artist Mr. Vegas has called out his rival Bounty Killer for bashing policemen who intercepted the funeral convoy of Angel Doolas’ son on Sunday (March 5).
The two-decade-old feud between Bounty Killer and Mr. Vegas appears to be approaching another lull, with a series of victory-declaring posts by both Dancehall artists after their recent lyrical exchanges.
Dancehall deejay Mr. Lexx is big on unity. In fact, he says he gets along with all his co-workers.
The ages-old debate about whether or not Dancehall music has gotten better or worse over the years hardly lends itself to objectivity.