| Real Name | David Constantine Brooks |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | November 30, 1981 (age 42 years old) |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | Jamaican |
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Jamaican Dancehall star Mavado has reached a settlement with Ugandan promoter Chinedu Ikoroha in a long-standing legal dispute over a failed concert in the East African country over a decade ago.
Jamaican music, for all its troubles, had an impressive showing last year! Here, we’ve rounded up YouTube’s 40 most-streamed songs from Dancehall artists that kept us moving in 2023.
Bounty Killer has called on his fans to help him select the artists, excluding Mavado and Vybz Kartel, whom they think should perform during Reggae Sumfest’s tribute to him at the event’s next staging in July 2024.
In his own words, Bounty Killer has a helpful disposition. But he also has a knack for talent development, most evident with his once formidable Alliance collective.
Enchanting and passionate selections, balanced by contemplative tracks from big names like Mavado and Chronic Law, dominate this iteration of our music roundup.
Jamaican stars Shenseea and Mavado brought a taste of the island to the 2023 staging of Afro Nation during its U.S.
Dancehall entertainer Mavado wished his incarcerated son Dantay Brooks a ‘Happy Birthday’ on Monday, April 17.
A federal judge in New York has granted a Ugandan promoter permission to amend the lawsuit he filed against Mavado over the Jamaican star’s non-performance at a concert in the East African country a decade ago.
Mavado and Jahshii have teamed up for a sentimental and reflective tune titled Tears, a song rooted in love, loss, and regret, which premiered yesterday.
Dancehall artists have been in the lab, and the wave of new music, coupled with a few albums sprinkled in between, is evidence of that.
Gangster tunes are a dime a dozen, but songs that add socio-economic context to why some men opt to stay strapped?
What’s the most streamed Jamaican song of all time? Take a guess. There are just too many fantastic hits to choose from, right?
King of the Dancehall Beenie Man has weighed in on the ongoing and deep-rooted feud between Bounty Killer and Mr. Vegas, which seems to have peaked for yet another round.
Dancehall stars I-Octane and Khago have asserted that younger artists should show appreciation to them for dismantling what, back then, was the seemingly unbreakable dominance of Mavado and Vybz Kartel in the early to the mid-2010s.
We’ve dug up all of Dancehall artist Popcaan’s international collaborations and ranked them from worst to best.
Dancehall star Mavado ignited a firestorm of debate this morning when he posted an old article dated September 15, which announced that disbarred attorney-at-law Jennifer Messado had her bail extended.
As 2022 gathers the last of its belongings to hit the road, let’s look back at the top music moments of the year for fans of Reggae/Dancehall—the controversies, achievements, viral moments, and sadly, those who passed away.
An irate Mavado has reacted ferociously to recent statements made by attorney-at-law Christopher Townsend that the Gangsta For Life deejay should have sought redress through the civil courts instead of the criminal courts in the $30 million fraud case against his client Jennifer Messado.
Former attorney-at-law Jennifer Messado will stand trial March 1-3 next year on allegations that she defrauded dancehall entertainer Mavado, whose real name is David Brooks, of more than $30 million.
Dancehall deejay Mavado and Ghanaian singer KiDi have moved up to the No. 7 spot on the Billboard Top Thriller Global charts with their collaboration Blessed.