Producer Opts For New Lawyers Amid Settlement Talks With Shenseea, UMG

Producer Anastas ‘Pupa Nas-T’ Hackett has opted for new legal representation, amid settlement discussions with Jamaican singer Shenseea and her label Interscope/Universal Music Group (UMG) in a copyright lawsuit over…

Green Says Radio DJs Should Find Another Job If They Can’t Follow Ban On Gun, Scamming & ‘Molly’ Songs

Cordell Green, the Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ), has issued a stern rebuke to those radio disc jockeys expressing disapproval about the organization's directive prohibiting the…

Di Genius Sparks Laughter After Commenting on Quarrel Between Jamaican MPs

Music producer Stephen Di Genius McGregor sparked a flurry of laughter after he expressed dismay and sarcasm at a quarrel between Jamaican Members of Parliament Everald Warmington and Anthony Hylton…

Shenseea Among First-Time Nominees At 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards

Jamaican artist Shenseea has been nominated for the Best Push Act at the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs). This is the second MTV nomination the Good Comfort artist has…

Shaggy’s Greatest Hits Collection Goes Gold In The UK

Shaggy's Best of Shaggy: The Boombastic Collection, a greatest hits compilation released in 2008, was certified gold in the United Kingdom (UK) on Friday, October 14. According to the British Phonographic…

Bob Marley’s ‘One Love’ Certified Platinum In The UK

Bob Marley & The Wailers’ One Love/People Get Ready was certified platinum in the United Kingdom (UK) on Friday, October 14. According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the song was…

Toronto-Based Producer Diet Monkey Ready To Drop ‘A20 Riddim’

Afro-Dancehall producer Richard Dawkins aka Diet Monkey is set to release brand new project, as the executive producer of the forthcoming A2O Riddim. Produced by Diet Monkey Inc and Farrin…

Braintear Spookie Focused On The ‘Sounds Of Tears’ EP

Dancehall artist Braintear Spookie believes that the new directive imposed by the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) to effectively ban violent musical content, and songs glorifying scamming and drug use,…

Spice And Nicki Minaj Had The “Best Slumber Party Ever”

According to the Queen of Rap Nicki Minaj, she and the Queen of Dancehall Spice had the “best slumber party ever” in a late night link-up in LA this week.…

Angela Lansbury, Actress Who Inspired Chaka Demus & Pliers’ ‘Murder, She Wrote’, Passes Away At 96

Angela Lansbury, star of the long-running television series Murder, She Wrote, which sparked the name of the Chacka Demus and Pliers’ legendary Dancehall song about a woman who seemingly committed…

MSNBC’s Ari Melber Says Biden Approaching ‘Peter Tosh Phase’ With New Marijuana Policy

MSNBC’s Ari Melber has described Reggae Legend Peter Tosh’s 1976 classic Legalize It, as “one of the most iconic statements about pot prohibition policies of all time.” Melber, who was…

Guyana’s Opposition Leader Says Spice, Skillibeng Are The “Worst Of Dancehall Music”

The Guyanese Government and the Opposition are engaged in a quarrel over concerts headlined by Queen Of Dancehall Spice and Whap Whap deejay Skillibeng, which were paid for with State…