Ding Dong

Dancehall star Ding Dong has called on the powers that be to provide financial support to the Jamaican’s national senior netball team, the Sunshine Girls, who have been representing the country without being paid.

Ding Dong’s prediction of his song Bounce, and its accompanying dance move spreading over Jamaica and the globe and becoming “a major crossover hit”, appears to be manifesting.

Real Housewives of Dubai star Sara Al Madani has jumped to her own defense following allegations of cultural appropriation after she wore an Afro wig to Jamaican-born Lesa Milan’s Dancehall-themed party.

Dancehall star Ding Dong is lamenting the fact that Jamaican Dancehall dancers and creators of dance moves have, over the years, for the most part, been mistreated and sidelined, despite their critical importance to the genre and culture.

Acclaimed Jamaican dancer and lecturer at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Dance, Maria Hitchins, has joined her compatriot Ding Dong, in dispelling the notion that the Dancehall genre, comprises more bad than good content.

Jamaican resorts are shunning the songs and accompanying music videos that glorify violent and criminal lifestyles and have banished such content from being aired on their properties, according to Dancehall artist Ding Dong.

Reggae Boy footballer Leon Bailey joined Raheem Sterling in dedicating one of his first goals for Aston Villa to his late friend, Stephanie ‘Steffie’ Gregg.