The Jamaican Gov't's plan to grant immunity to COVID-19 vaccine producers from liability, has not gone down well with Buju and some of his fellow Dancehall artists.
The Charities Authority in Jamaica has defended its decision to deny registration of the Buju Banton Foundation after backlash from the Grammy Award-winning Reggae/Dancehall singer and his fans last week.
Jamaican superstar Sean Paul is gearing up to release the first of two new Dancehall albums this year, Live and Living, on March 12.
Buju Banton lashes out at the Charities Authority in Jamaica after they denied registration of the Buju Banton Foundation.
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul will be releasing two new albums this year, Live and Living and Scorcher, within a matter of months.
Dancehall artiste Popcaan has scored a hat trick in the first few days of 2021 firing off loudly at Fully Bad, Usain Bolt and his new song, and now Markus Myrie.
The 2021 Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angeles and will instead be broadcast in March due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases and deaths.
Dancehall music is governed by different modes of performance, ritual and spectacle. Music industry insiders often point to the lyrical rite of passage undergone by a dancehall act, like a production about badmind, another about marijuana, one about gangsterism, and others coined “reality tunes”.
Reggae superstar Buju Banton has announced that he has re-mastered and re-issued in HD, all the music videos which were recorded for tracks on his 25 year old Til Shiloh album, which was officially re-released last Friday.
Buju Banton and the Buju Banton Foundation with the help of Kanye West are doing their part to make learning during the COVID-19 pandemic a bit easier for some of Jamaica’s most vulnerable youths.
Buju Banton appears to have brushed aside widescale criticisms about his recent anti-mask wearing stance and has moved on to newer and more worthwhile matters.
Undoubtedly, Dancehall and Reggae music soared to new heights and international fame this year through some of the most captivating and entertaining virtual performances in the history of Jamaican music and the internet, which fundamentally signified unity in the midst of distancing.
Veteran music selector Foota Hype, says the display of a large LGBTQ rainbow pride flag hoisted in the Pressure remix music video in which Buju Banton is featured alongside Koffee, is disrespectful to the Gargamel and is not in keeping with the Till Shiloh artiste’s principles.
Dancehall artiste Teflon has come to the defense of music icon Buju Banton, saying that there was some validity to his comments on masks and COVID-19 but that the delivery of the message was “too harsh”.
The nominees for the 63rd Grammy Awards will be announced on November 24 via a live stream on the Grammy website, the Recording Academy has announced.
Veteran Dancehall music selector Foota Hype has accused some international record labels and their agents of insidiously using Reggae and Dancehall icons and the Rastafari culture as pawns, against their wishes, to promote what he says is the LGBTQ agenda.
It seems that Buju Banton’s recent controversial remarks about face masks and COVID-19 in Jamaica have led to the deejay’s daughter, Abihail Myrie, having to defend herself and her mother’s honor on social media.
Despite the best efforts of the reggae superstar Buju Banton, who called for an end to face mask-wearing protocols in Jamaica, Minister of Health and Wellness, Christopher Tufton, has sought to reiterate its importance to the public and has urged people to continue wearing their masks.
There’s no slowing what is now looking like a pretty prolific year for Gargamel. The Reggae protagonist, Buju Banton has debuted a fresh new sonant on his previously released track, dubbed Buried Alive (Acoustic) from his Upside Down 2020 album.
Dancehall great Buju Banton has expressed his frustration with the face mask-wearing protocols put in place to combat the spread of COVID-19.