What Afrobeats’ Moment Reveals About Dancehall

Last year, Billboard sounded the alarm about the decline of music’s best-performing genre – Hip-Hop. The publication reasoned that though it remained enormously popular, Hip-Hop’s dominance was noticeably waning –…

Dance Xpressionz Drama? Members Starting New Show Following ‘Bartender’ Drama

After more than two decades of undoubtedly being dancehall’s corporate-friendly, dancing enclave, the Dance Xpressionz brand is being dragged into drama surrounding eight million dollars and a hurricane of an…

Charly Black On His Split From Universal/Aftercluv: “I Signed An Idiot Deal”

Dancehall deejay Charly Black has parted ways with Aftercluv, Universal Music Group's Latin America dance music division, after what he described as a five-year waste of time. The Trelawny native,…

Lieutenant Stitchie Hails King Jammy For Kickstarting His Dancehall Career

Dancehall Governor Lieutenant Stitchie has expressed gratitude to Lloyd 'King Jammy' James for his role in kickstarting his illustrious Dancehall career back in the 1980s. Stitchie, who is working on…

Minister Marion Hall, Gramps Morgan And Joe Bogdanovich Partner On New Project

Minister Marion Hall says she has a hit on her hands, and Grammy-winning singer Gramps Morgan and businessman Joe Bogdanovich are behind it.  She shared the news with her congregation…

Kiprich’s Portmore Airbnb Burglarized Of Jewelry, Thousands Of US Dollars

Dancehall artist Kiprich was the victim of a robbery for the second time in only eight years, losing a prized Rolex watch and other jewelry worth in the region of…

Jada Kingdom’s Ex-Boyfriend Nas EBK Charged For Murder

American rapper Nas Ebk, more popularly known in Jamaican circles as the ex-boyfriend of Dancehall singer Jada Kingdom was, on Friday morning, arrested and charged with the second-degree murder of 22-year-old Idressa…

Rvssian, Sean Paul And Danny Ocean Want To Rule The Summer With ‘No Me Controles’

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…

Squash And Sean Kingston’s ‘How We Chop,’ And 12 More New Songs

Every week DancehallMag writers highlight new Jamaican songs and videos you should add to your Reggae, Dancehall, Trap, and R&B playlists. This week we have new drops from Squash, Valiant,…

Sia, Sean Paul’s ‘Cheap Thrills’ Certified 5X Platinum In The UK

Cheap Thrills, a 2016 collab between Australian singer-songwriter Sia and Dancehall superstar Sean Paul, has sold another 600,000 units in the United Kingdom. According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI),…

Unknown Gringo Shot And Killed In Trelawny (Updated)

Dancehall artist Unknown Gringo was shot and killed during a gun attack in Trelawny on Friday (March 10). The Corporate Communication Unit confirmed that the Tank Up deejay was killed…

Vybz Kartel Juror To Appeal Conviction For Perversion Of Justice

Defense attorney Valerie Neita-Robertson K.C will be appealing the conviction of Livingston Caine, the juror who has been sentenced to 12 months for offering $500,000 to the foreman to influence…