Shenseea, Tarrus Riley’s ‘Lighter’ Hits 100 Million Milestone On YouTube
The music video for Shenseea and Tarrus Riley‘s collaborative hit Lighter has surpassed 100 million views on YouTube.
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The music video for Shenseea and Tarrus Riley‘s collaborative hit Lighter has surpassed 100 million views on YouTube.
Shenseea says she has patched up a two-year rift with producer Rvssian, under whose Rich Immigrants label she is signed in partnership with Interscope Records.
Dynasty Records boss and music producer Kyle Butler has criticized Rvssian for being contradictory after quickly dismissing any opportunity to work with Champion Boy artist Alkaline, while also calling for the support of all Dancehall artists to ensure the genre’s global success.
Jamaican producer Rvssian says that while Dancehall success fueled his rise, his expansion into Latin music was driven by a childhood exposure to the genre and an early belief in its potential before its explosion in the US.
Dancehall artist Demarco has taken matters into his own hands as they relate to a collaboration between himself and Shenseea, which has been awaiting clearance from Jamaican producer Rvssian for two years.
International Dancehall producer and artist Rvssian yesterday blasted producer Kyle Butler, branding him as a sub-par footballer with no musical acumen, this after the Reggae Boy labeled his assertion that there were no longer “gatekeepers in Dancehall music” as “nonsense.”
Prolific Jamaican producer Rvssian says he worked on Rihanna’s long-awaited Dancehall-inspired album. During a sit-down with the Let’s Be Honest podcast, Rvssian opened up about working on “things” for Rihanna, one of which secured a spot on her forthcoming project.
Jamaican producer Rvssian has revealed that he and Shenseea, who is still signed to his Rich Immigrants imprint in partnership with Interscope Records, currently aren’t seeing “eye to eye” about her career and they haven’t spoken to each other in two years.
Hailing Nigy Boy as a visionary, following the ascension of the singer’s Continental song to number two on the Reggae iTunes chart, Bounty Killer on Sunday, likewise upbraided his compatriots who voiced songs promoting taboo sex acts on Rvssian’s Dutty Money riddim.
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.
“Took a blind man to see what Dancehall needed.” That is one of the hundreds of comments that have been flowing in since yesterday’s official release of Nigy Boy’s Continental, a song recorded on Dancehall producer Rvssian’s Dutty Money riddim which is being embraced by music lovers for having lyrics that are free from expletives and depravity, unlike his counterparts who have voiced on the beat so far.
Nigerian Afrobeats artist Ruger added a Jamaican twist to his recent Apple Music London Sessions performance shared on Wednesday.
With a few tweaks, Rvssian has revived his Go Go Club Riddim, originally released in 2009, for Najeeriii’s latest song, Phat Phat, which premiered on Wednesday.
When it comes to her Dancehall catalog, Shenseea admits there are songs that have far exceeded her expectations, like Rebel and Lighter with Tarrus Riley.
Jamaican producer Tarik “Rvssian” Johnston appears to be looking to flip his 891-square-foot South Florida home for a staggering US$2.5 million, a significant markup from the $350,000 he paid just five years ago.
Dancehall artist Kemar Highcon has made his grand return with a track called Grand Theft Auto, inspired by the felony charge he’s currently faced with in Florida following his arrest in May.
The migration of Go-Go Club riddim producer Rvssian and Drop Leaf mastermind Don Corleone has left Jamaican artists in a dilemma, as the two were among the last few of a vanishing breed of the island’s music producers of substance, according to King of the Dancehall Beenie Man.
Tommy Lee Sparta, fresh off his release from prison, has joined Rvssian and Valiant in what appears to be a very early bid for song of the summer with Tic Tac Toe’ – a catchy and groovy party anthem produced by Head Concussion Records.
Gyptian‘s Wine Slow is now certified Silver in the United Kingdom over ten years after its release.
The combination of renowned Jamaican producer and artist Rvssian, Dancehall megastar Sean Paul and Venezuelan sensation Danny Ocean is expected to turn things up a notch this summer with No Me Controles – a spicy bilingual anthem about healthy love, friendships and fun which was released yesterday (March 10).