Shaggy Making Christmas Albums For The Culture
With 12 studio albums, including the collaborative, Grammy Award-winning 44/876 with Sting, Shaggy is one of the most diverse artists in the world.
With 12 studio albums, including the collaborative, Grammy Award-winning 44/876 with Sting, Shaggy is one of the most diverse artists in the world.

Dancehall icon Shaggy says he believes Spice’s advancing age will not be a barrier to her moving forward in the Dancehall industry, which is known to shelve female artists, casting them off as “unsexy” and “past their prime”, once they reach the age of 40.

There is a melancholic mood that comes with funerals, and Irish comedian David O’Doherty wants no part in that when he dies.

With Spice‘s debut album 10 finally released by VP Records, the Queen of Dancehall is free from the NY-based record label and needs a new home, according to the album’s executive producer and CEO of Ranch Entertainment, Shaggy.

Dancehall megastar Shaggy is advising his Jamaican musical compatriots to focus more on making records that can be utilized in music synchronization, as these tracks have the potential to generate even more wealth for them.

Early In the Morning, a collaboration Dancehall megastar Shaggy recorded with Dutch dance-pop trio Kris Kross Amsterdam and English singer-songwriter Conor Maynard, and which samples elements of Jimmy Cliff’s mega-hit song Reggae Nights, has struck platinum.

Videographer Jay Will believes that his new documentary 15th Parish will paint a bigger picture of Jamaican music globally.

I Need Your Love, Dancehall megastar Shaggy’s international collaboration with Romanian singer/producer Costi Ioniță, Congolese-Swedish singer Mohombi, and Lebanese-Australian singer Faydee, is now Brit Certified Silver in the United Kingdom.

If you’re looking to update your Reggae and Dancehall playlist, then there are a couple of artists that dropped some brand new releases this week to keep you vibing.

Dancehall megastar and Persian Gulf War veteran Shaggy has paid his respects to General Colin Powell following the announcement of the death of the war hero, a Jamaican descendant, under whose command he once served.

The 007 franchise’s latest film, No Time To Die, featured scenes with Bond actor Daniel Craig that were shot in both Portland and Kingston, Jamaica, and the final cut was appropriately infused with a few choice Reggae and Dancehall tracks.

Mr. Lexx’s throwback photos of a costume-clad Ninjman and caption which lauded the Don Gorgon for being always dressed in “Met Gala” garb, long before the fundraiser became globally popular, evoked not only laughter but praises for the entertainer’s use of avant-garde couture to accentuate his performances.

There was trouble in paradise with the Queen of Dancehall Spice and her beau Justin Budd on Monday night’s episode of Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta.

Dancehall megastar Shaggy appears to be linking up with ABBA, for the legendary Swedish band’s Voyage album and a concert, a worldwide live event to celebrate their return to the international music scene, for the first time in 40 years.

Veteran record producer Mr. Doo has returned to the music scene with a new riddim project titled the Doo Run, which was released on September 3 on his imprint in collaboration with Grammy Award-winning artist Shaggy.

Jamaican athletes aren’t the only ones who’ve continuously scored Gold in this era. In the storied history of Jamaican culture, many of its musical acts have also struck gold — RIAA Gold to be precise.

Bounty Killer, Shaggy and Sean Paul are among Dancehall’s biggest icons who have been pouring out tributes for Reggae legend Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry following his passing on Sunday morning at the Noel Holmes Public Hospital in Lucea, in Hanover, the parish of his birth, at the age of 85.

In the aftermath of the official release of Spice’s 10 album, Dancehall megastar Shaggy, has predicted that some of the songs on the 15-track production for which he served as executive Producer, were going to be classics.

★★★★ The remarkable quality of Spice’s long-awaited maiden album, 10 comes as no surprise. What will come as a pleasant surprise though, is the variation in the themes of her songs – which span romantic relationships, betrayal, police abuse, and even physical fitness – and especially those tracks which showcase the softer, more sensual side of the Queen of Dancehall, which many of her fans have never heard before.

Bounty Killer’s highly cheerful response to questions about what his reception will be “when he arrives in New York”, is perhaps the clearest indication yet, that the Warlord’s US visa just might have been reinstated, 10 years after it was revoked by the US Embassy in Kingston.