Queen Ifrica is not only about to drop new music, but has taken time out on radio, to call on her Montego Bay compatriots and other members of the Dancehall fraternity to unite, contending that keeping themselves polarized was doing Jamaica more harm than good.
After disappearing from social media last September and seemingly taking a hiatus from public life, the Fyah Mumma Queen Ifrica, dropped Four Women, a Nina Simone cover version on Monday, the anniversary of the 1969 recording of the Jazz icon’s Live from Berkley album.
The legendary Reggae pioneer Toots Hibbert, whose real name was Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert, passed away at the age of 77 on September 11th.
Online performances have temporarily replaced in-person concerts, and stage shows because of the coronavirus pandemic. Early concerts were more geared towards raising funds for COVID-relief, like ‘Telethon Jamaica: Together We Stand‘ in April, which featured artistes like Capleton, Marcia Griffiths, and The Marley-clan, and Global Citizen’s ‘One World: Together at Home’ concert which featured Koffee.
Reggae singer Feluké passed away over the weekend, and the talented musician’s death has hit the Jamaican entertainment industry hard.
Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, has revealed that most of the dubplates voiced by dancehall artistes for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), were not commissioned by the politicians, but that several artistes voiced the campaign songs of their own accord and approached the party.
The decision by some top Dancehall artistes to voice dubplates for politicians from the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is not going down well with some members of the music fraternity.
Queen Ifrica has been embroiled in a war of words with some of her Instagram followers after the Lioness on the Rise singer questioned why Jamaican hotel mogul Adam Stewart decided to ‘like’ a now-infamous social media post made by United States President, Donald Trump.
The Jamaican music fraternity is adding its voice to the cries for justice of George Floyd.
The dancehall genre of music has evolved tremendously over the years becoming a global phenomenon, particularly from the rise of female artistes that have emerged on the scene.
South African beauty Zozibini Tunzi took home the Miss Universe title which was held last night in Atlanta.