The latest dancehall news, pop culture and stories.
Dancehall deejay Jahvillani today revealed the upcoming release of his debut album Dirt to Bentley. The 13-track project will be released July 9, 2021 and is a “triumphant expression of Jamaica’s youth-driven Dancehall”, according to a release from label VP Records.
Pop-dancehall recording artist Lil Hanky Panky is ecstatic that a clip of a video shoot with an unscripted cameo by a homeless man dubbed ‘Stamma’ has gone viral in only a few days.
Reggae-dancehall artist LawGiver the Kingson is feeling pumped about the early feedback to his album, Kingson from Kingston, which was released in January of this year.
Dancehall artist Vybz Kartel’s cellphone, which contained damning text and voice messages linking him to the murder of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams, is currently being analysed by an expert for possible signs of tampering.
Isat Buchanan, the Attorney-at-law representing Vybz Kartel, has dismissed recent rumors regarding the Dancehall deejay’s supposed Christian conversion and baptism.
Reggae singer Tarrus Riley has shared the devastating news that he lost his little sister Jaffa Joy Riley Douglas.
Dancehall’s ShengYeng princess Shenseea had a star-studded night out at club E11even in Miami last night, performing on stage with rap icon 50 Cent and singer/songwriter Trey Songz.
The Unruly Boss Popcaan is still popping up in video clips despite his current Instagram hiatus.
With the memories of Alkaline’s fake “eye tattoo” fresh in their minds, Let’s be Honest Podcast hosts Jaii Frais and Chevi weighed in on the Skillibeng-Honey Milan forehead tattoo controversy, days after Gold Gad pointed out that the artwork, which she told the Jamaica Star was “real”, was not.
The Jamaica Music Society (JAMMS) and Jamaica Association of Composers Authors and Publishers (JACAP) have been sharply rebuked by the tourism sector for implying that it got preferential treatment to reopen early in the COVID-19 pandemic, while the entertainment sector remains on lockdown.
Dancehall artist TeeJay has confirmed that his debut album, dubbed Rags To Riches, will finally arrive in August.
Dancehall star Teejay has formally addressed his split from Romeich Entertainment and the decision to completely transform his image in a new interview on the SunVibes Show with Supa Hype yesterday.
Dancehall diva Spice has lamented the fact that Dancehall music has not been getting the accolades it is owed, despite the fact that numerous other genres of music, including Reggaeton and Hip Hop, were spawned from it.
LEGENDARY reggae singer Bunny Wailer will be buried at the Dreamland Farm on the border of St Thomas and Portland on June 18, according to an obituary that was published in the Sunday Gleaner this week.
Based on the outpouring of birthday greetings and well wishes that Bounty Killer got from his fellow Reggae and Dancehall compatriots across the spectrum on Saturday, it is event that the Warlord is highly respected, and revered in his own country.
It seems that recent reports that Canadian rap star Drake is expecting a child with Dancehall songstress Shenseea are false.
Self-proclaimed Dancehall Defender Senator Damion Crawford has sought to stave off accusations which Government Senator Charles Sinclair levelled at him ‘of being duplicitous about Dancehall’ on Friday in the Upper House of Parliament.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness might be facing a moral dilemma after questions were raised in the Senate on Friday about his own Ministry of National Security’s dubious role in facilitating the use of pistols and rifles as props in violent Dancehall music videos to illustrate bloodletting, mayhem, and murder.
The Marley Estate has resumed its dormant vinyl pressing activities ahead of today June 12, 2021’s Record Store Day festivities.
The Queen of Dancehall and Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star Spice was among the entourage pulled over by cops while en route to Allure nightclub in Miami to celebrate the album release for American rapper Polo G.