
Dancehall Artist Merciless Is Dead At 51
The Dancehall fraternity has been plunged into mourning, following the sudden death of veteran deejay Merciless, one of the island’s most eminent clash artists.
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The Dancehall fraternity has been plunged into mourning, following the sudden death of veteran deejay Merciless, one of the island’s most eminent clash artists.
Reggae/Dub producer and singer Linval Thompson is occupied with the final touches to three new albums (two of which are set for release this year), and he’s also preparing to tour Mexico and Europe with his vast catalog.
As Dancehall deejay Popcaan marks his 34th birthday today, the Jamaican entertainer has been in a reflective mood.
Burna Boy has made it to the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time as a solo or lead artist, with Last Last at No.
After disappearing from Instagram in September 2020, Queen Ifrica re-emerged on TikTok on Friday, and courted controversy after she shared her first video on the platform, which appears to be a subliminal promotion of her new single Serendipity.
Queen of Dancehall Spice continues to hit new milestones with her debut album 10 and its bass-driven lead single Go Down Deh.
David Minott, the grandson of the late veteran reggae singer and producer, Lincoln ‘Sugar’ Minott, will be buried close to his famous grandfather on Sunday, July 31.
In the wake of the onslaught against Gwen Stefani over the hairstyle she sported in Sean Paul’s Light My Fire music video, Savannah Baker, the designer and stylist for the video, has dismissed assertions that the No Doubt frontwoman was sporting dreadlocks, or was “culturally-appropriating”.
After news broke earlier this week that Ishawna had replaced Jada Kingdom for the upcoming staging of Reggae Sumfest, the #GPP singer has explained her reason for backing out of the show.
On the heels of Jamaican-born English footballer Raheem Sterling’s move from Manchester City to Chelsea, Bounty Killer has described the Kingston native, who is also Jamaica’s tourism ambassador in Europe, and one of England’s most expensive footballers, as a “national treasure”.
There appears to be no letting up any time soon on Reggae artist-turned lawyer Isat Buchanan after he made statements considered disparaging on national television about “ugly Jamaicans” with acne and the monkeypox disease, which evoked the ire of his compatriots.
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has raised concerns about Jamaican Trap artists glorifying scamming in their songs.
Mura Masa’s blessing me, which featured British rapper Pa Salieu and Jamaican deejay Skillibeng, was named one of TikTok’s ‘Summer Song of the Week’.
Anastas ‘Pupa Nas-T’ Hackett now has until August 14 to file a motion for default judgment in his copyright lawsuit against Shenseea and her label Interscope Records after a judge granted the NY-based producer an extension, court records show.
Snow, the Canadian Reggae fusion rapper from the early 90s, has shared that despite his initial success with the Billboard chart-topper Informer, he only came to be respected in Dancehall after the release of his feature-heavy 1995 hit song, Anything For You.
Now on a path to international stardom, Shenseea has shared what Dancehall means to her and how she used the genre to improve her life.
Two months after legendary Madhouse music producer Dave Kelly hinted at new music with Bounty Killer and Cham, the trio have teased a new song about the bloodletting in Jamaica, aptly titled BLOOD CLXXT and also revealed that they have also completed a new EP.
Iconic radio broadcaster Barrington ‘Barry G’ Gordon, the man who helped to kickstart King Yellowman and Beenie Man’s careers, and to whom Dancehall deejay Rankin Toyan dedicated an entire song, was baptised this morning at the Kirkham Baptist Church in George’s Plain, Westmoreland.
Bounty Killer has thrown his full support behind his former Scare Dem Crew compatriot Nitty Kutchie’s National Festival Song entry titled Defend Jamaica, telling his fans to support the track as it deserves to be victorious when the announcement is made ahead of the Independence celebrations.
As Shane O continues to revel in the huge push his song Dark Room was given by DJ Khaled, the Dancehall star has recorded a dubplate/special for the We The Best producer to add to his soundclash arsenal.