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Beenie Man Says One Of Bob Marley’s Sons Deserved Lead Role In Paramount Biopic
King of the Dancehall Beenie Man is insisting that one of Bob Marley’s sons, or grandson Skip, should have been…
Universal Music To Re-Release Bob Marley And The Wailers’ ‘Catch A Fire’
Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) will re-issue the 1973 album Catch a Fire — which propelled Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and…
Shane Brown To Young Artists: “Take A Page Out Of Popcaan’s Book” When It Comes To “Hype Men”
Dancehall producer and sound engineer Shane Brown says Jamaican artists are short-changing themselves when they fail to take the full…
U2’s Bono Fumbles Bob Marley’s ‘Redemption Song’ Lyrics In Sarajevo
U2 frontman Bono’s impromptu, a cappella rendition of Bob Marley’s Redemption Song at the Sarajevo Film Festival in Bosnia a few…
MTV VMAs 2023: Shenseea Nails Presentation, Cardi B And Offset Turn Up To Teejay’s ‘Drift’
Jamaican star Shenseea was in her presenter hat at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) at the Prudential Centre…
Producer Breyan Isaac Says Cardi B’s ‘Bongos’ Predates Lincoln 3Dot’s ‘Bang’
Breyan Isaac, who co-produced Cardi B and Meg Thee Stallion’s Bongos, has dismissed as coincidental the similarities between the track and…
Tanya Stephens Says 450, Masicka And Shane O Are ‘Amazing Songwriters’ With ‘A Lot to Teach’
Singer Tanya Stephens has never shied away from supporting new-gen artists, and is encouraging her contemporaries to do the same. …
Producer Shane Brown Says Artists Need Stop Cuffing Microphones
Award-winning Reggae/Dancehall audio engineer and music producer Shane Brown has expressed concern about Jamaican artists who unwittingly compromise the quality of…
Erica Mena Apologizes For Using Racial Slur Against Spice On LHHATL
Former Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta (LHHATL) star Erica Mena has apologized for any damage she may have caused after calling Spice a “blue monkey” during a heated argument that…
Jermaine Edwards, Rushawn Ewears’ ‘Beautiful Day’ Opens Apple iPhone Event
Beautiful Day, the Billboard-charting song by Jermaine Edwards that was covered by youngster Rushawn Ewears, was used as the opening song for the Apple Event today, (September 12). During the…
Shenseea Slays New York Fashion Week: See Photos With Central Cee, Coi Leray, And More
Shenseea came to slay at New York Fashion Week (NYFW) in downtown Manhattan this week. Arriving at the destination vanguard of high fashion, latest trends, and sartorial evolution, the Jamaican…
Kardinal Offishal Celebrates 15th Anniversary Of ‘Not 4 Sale’ Album, Which Included Version Of ‘Tide Is High’
Canadian rapper Kardinal Offishal is celebrating the 15th anniversary of his 2008 Not 4 Sale album, which contains an interpolation of the Paragons’ most commercially successful song, Tide is High,…
Popcaan’s Lawyers Attempting Mediation With Attorney General In JCF Defamation Case
Popcaan's attorney-at-law Bert Samuels says that his team has opted to go the route of mediation in the defamation lawsuit against the Attorney General over a Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF)…
Beenie Man’s ‘Simma’ First Week Album Sales Are In
Beenie Man's Simma, his seventeenth studio album, failed to debut on the sales and streaming-driven Billboard Reggae Albums chart in the week following its release on September 1. The 20-track…
Beres Hammond To Receive Honorary Degree From University Of The West Indies
Reggae icon Beres Hammond will join Rita Marley and Jimmy Cliff as music legends presented with honorary degrees by the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus, come November.…
UWI Lecturer, Ce’Cile And Others Weigh In On ‘Dunce’-Branded Schoolbags
Head of the Reggae Studies Unit at the University of the West Indies, Dr. Sonjah Stanley Niaah, has weighed in on the announcement made by a high school principal, that…
