Shaggy Calls For Reform Of Music Business In Jamaica

Dancehall megastar Shaggy, has called for the implementation of a quota system by the Jamaican Government, to ensure that the majority of music played on Jamaican radio stations is from…

Dancehall Artistes Support May Pen Mayor Over Foregoing COVID Vaccination Stance

Some members of the Dancehall fraternity have thrown their full support behind Mayor of May Pen Winston Maragh, who has recommended that Jamaica take a wait-and-see stance toward the COVID-19…

Rastafari Mansion Rejects Dean Frasers’ “Nyabinghi Christmas” Album As Sacrilege

Weeks after Reggae singer Jesse Royal was raked over the coals for engaging in a Christmas advertisement featuring Santa Claus, another musician, this time saxophonist Dean Fraser is being criticized…

Bounty Killer Hosts Kids Christmas Treat In Inner City Hometown 

The Warlord, Bounty Killer, granted Christmas wishes on Friday at a children’s treat in his hometown. The Dancehall stalwart through his Bounty Killer Foundation charity and in partnership with The…

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry To Create Self-Reliant Community In Jamaica To Get Away From “Babylon Madness”

Reggae music icon Lee Scratch Perry says he has a huge sustainable development plan for Jamaica, which includes the creation of an off-the-grid community, to enable him to get away…

Slack Songs Of Mento, Ska And Rocksteady

Since its development almost five decades ago, Dancehall has gotten a bad rap for being too sexually explicit. Eighties toasters like Yellowman and Admiral Bailey were often demonized by self-titled…

Colombian Reggaeton Star Maluma Picks Jamaican Beauty Queen Davina Bennett As His “Mamacita”

Coming on the heels of his collab with Dancehall deejay Charly Black for the Party Animal remix, Colombian Reggaeton singer Maluma, has linked musically with yet another Jamaican, this time…

Albert Griffiths, Singer Of ‘Hello Carol’ Hit, Is Dead At 74

Reggae legend Albert Griffiths, frontman of the reggae band The Gladiators, died on Tuesday evening in Aberdeen, St Elizabeth. He was 74 years old. "The Gladiators was one of the…

‘X Factor’ Winner Dalton Harris Says Relationship With Mentor Donovan Germain Ended After He Came Out As Pansexual

Jamaican singer Dalton Harris says the father-son relationship he once had with his mentor and former manager, acclaimed Reggae/Dancehall music producer, Donovan Germain "pretty much ended" after he came out as…

Seven Takeaways From Jahmiel’s Engrossing Interview With ‘Teach Dem’

Reggae crooner Jahmiel always knew he’d one day be a role model and great man in the genre. He’d already written his first song at 4, started high school with…

Peter Tosh Inspires NOAH’s Latest ‘Equal Rights’ T-Shirt Line

American-based men's streetwear brand NOAH has borrowed from the legacy of legendary Jamaican Reggae musician Peter Tosh for it's latest T-Shirt design, which became available today. "Peter Tosh had something…

Alpha Rowen Calls For Censorship Of Violent, Vulgar Dancehall Songs

Roots-reggae artiste Alpha Rowen believes that he makes a compelling argument with his latest album, Dancehall Manners Book that dancehall needs a rebirth and a realignment because of the proliferation of…