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Buju Banton says some Jamaican entertainers have been making “trash music.” The Grammy Award winner was speaking on SOJA’s Grammy win in the Best Reggae Album category at the 64th Annual Awards last Sunday.
Reggae singer Chris Demontague has come out swinging in defense of Virginia-based reggae band SOJA, challenging Dancehall star Bounty Killer to rethink his comments in the wake of the band’s Reggae Grammy win earlier this week.
Shenseea is still holding on at No. 5 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart this week with her debut album Alpha.
Former attorney-at-law Jennifer Messado will stand trial on September 12 on allegations that she defrauded Dancehall entertainer Mavado, whose real name is David Brooks, of more than $30 million.
Crocodile Teeth artist Skillibeng recently addressed a series of topics during a Tim Westwood interview, among them his distinctiveness, the method to what many regard as his ‘musical madness’, building his musical catalogue and Honey Milan’s faux tattoo of his name on her forehead.
Foota Hype has expressed skepticism at the recent announcement that the United States government will be investing the equivalent of J$3.1 billion in Jamaica.
Konshens revealed that he had to “negotiate legally” with Grammy Award-winning group SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army) to use the stage name Sojah (Sons of Jah) when he and his late brother Delus started out in Reggae as a duo in 2005.
Some Trinidadian artists have reminded Guyanese fans that their lyrical content is strictly for entertainment, and is by no means a reflection of their personal lives.
Dancehall producer Linval “Shabba” Thompson Jr., popularly known as Shab Don, walked out of the Home Circuit Court a free man today when all firearm-related charges were dropped against him.
So, Koffee‘s early 2020 tease that she would be collaborating with American rapper Kendrick Lamar has materialized into Defend, a 57-second track off her debut album Gifted, which was released late last month.
Music executive Nolan Baynes says the Grammy Awards are not necessarily curated for Reggae and Dancehall music and insists that Jamaican music professionals either band together to support local entertainment award shows or fully participate in the American system by becoming members of the Recording Academy.
Skillibeng has sought to explain the strategy behind his ongoing recording of Nonsense Songs, as opposed to more substantial songs such as Mr.
English Pop superstar Ed Sheeran has won a High Court copyright battle in the United Kingdom over his 2017 hit Shape of You, a song with Dancehall sensibilities that went No.
Naw Sell Out singer Khago and Macka Diamond have shared the same sentiments that Jamaican artists have taken the island’s indigenous music for granted, to their own detriment.
Dancehall star Elephant Man celebrated his hard-won legal victory as a two-year-old charge of making a false declaration to Jamaican immigration officers was dropped when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court in Half-Way-Tree on Tuesday.
Lisa Hanna, Miss World 1993 titleholder turned politician is the latest public figure to add her voice to the call for Reggae legend Bob Marley to be named a National Hero.
Scores of patrons, eager to celebrate their newfound freedom after the end of the Disaster Risk Management Act restrictions on movement, flocked to the ‘Acoustic Live’ show at the Bamboo Splash Lawn at 90 Barbican Road on March 31.
Jamaican singer Diana King’s announcement that they have established a GoFundMe campaign to help finance top surgery, to remove their breast tissue, in keeping with them being “genderless”, has been met with mixed reactions by their fans.
Reggae stars Chronixx, Etana, and Gramps Morgan have declared their support and offered their congratulations to Virginia-based Reggae band SOJA on their 2022 Grammy win for the Best Reggae Album.
Dutch prosecutors are still gunning for Jah Cure as the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service has now lodged an appeal against the Reggae star’s acquittal for attempted murder.