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Dancehall Promoters React To Vaccinated Only Events In Jamaica

Popular promoter/sound system operator Marlon “Boom Boom” Wizard says while he is not coercing Jamaicans to take the coronavirus vaccines, they should consider that they have caused no fatalities. He…

Ras-I Talks Sophomore Album ‘Kingman’

Reggae crooner Ras-I has amped up the sounds on his feel-good sophomore album titled Kingman.  Already released singles from Kingman shows Ras-I’s versatility with the positivity radiating from Kingman Ting,…

Africa: A New Frontier For Dancehall Music?

Popcaan and his Dancehall compatriots’ recent sojourns to sections of the African continent to headline sold-out concerts have resulted in the resurfacing of suggestions that the Motherland is the “new…

Meet Okuda Hiroko: The Japanese Programmer Who Helped To Create Dancehall’s Pioneering ‘Sleng Teng’ Riddim

Okuda Hiroko, the Japanese woman who caught Reggaemylitis and created the Casio preset beat that gave rise to the legendary Sleng Teng riddim, believes that it was almost inevitable that…

East Side Queen Chikie Grainz Talks ‘Dreams Like Me’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuQeI3aZevo After two years in Dancehall, upcoming artist Chikie Grainz released her debut mixtape, Queen Of The East last Sunday, January 29.  The first single off the collection, Dreams Like…

Sean Paul On The Progression Of Dancehall, ‘Live N Livin’ Album & What’s Next

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0NOv51GoWI Sean Paul has sold more than 10 million albums globally and in the wake, became the most successful charting artist in Dancehall history.  These days the 49-year-old, who has…

Producer Chambah Believes Trap Dancehall Has A Future

Dancehall producer Junior 'Chambah' Stevens believes that once trap dancehall continues to evolve, the genre will attract more international attention and support. "Our music has been this way from over…

Terro Don, Manager Of Silk Boss, Says Artists Were Ripped Off, Stranded In The UK

After a "flopped" show in London over the weekend with entertainers Silk Boss and I Waata, a UK promoter known as Corey Max went on a tirade during an Instagram…