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Newly minted Accompong Town Maroon chief, Colonel Richard Currie, has sought to shed light on his longstanding connections with Reggae artiste Protoje, who voiced a dubplate and visited the community to help him in his leadership campaign leading up to election day last Saturday.
Dancehall deejay Mavado is celebrating Brooklyn rapper Bobby Smurda’s recent release from federal lockup. The Gully Gad took the time to welcome home Shmurda via Instagram yesterday by sharing an old clip of them both in the studio vibing to their 2014 collaboration on Smurda’s widely successful Hot Nigga.
Reggae legend Lee Scratch Perry says he will have no choice but to stop doing live shows, if the COVID-19 vaccine becomes mandatory for international travel.
Fantan Mojah has taken aim at Dancehall music selector Foota Hype, after reports surfaced on social media last week, that the self-proclaimed “Viral King” had slammed him for his contentious Fire King video, and labelled him an uncreative copycat for mimicking younger artists in the video.
Dancehall artist Intence is set to release his debut album, Public Enemy No. 1 next month on March 6.
Sean Paul has revealed the collaborative cover art for the first of his two albums carded for 2021, Live N Livin.
Spotify is now available in Jamaica and the Caribbean region. At their Stream On launch event, they announced services to over eighty new markets expanding to additional one billion customers.
Umbrella singer and business mogul Rihanna celebrated her 33rd birthday last Saturday. While the Fenty Beauty boss didn’t share her birthday celebrations with fans this year, there was an incredible outpour of celebrity love for the star from the likes of Cardi B, Beyonce, and Mariah Carey.
Jamaican reggae artist Teacha Dee was shocked when he learned that his song Rastafari Way will be featured in the upcoming James Bond movie, No Time To Die.
Jamaican musicians, producers and artists have scored another victory, as the Jamaica Music Society (JAMMS) and UK-based Performance Rights Organization Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL), have forged closer ties, in a bid to “widen the footprint of global royalty collections, where their recorded music is played internationally”.
Dancehall artist Dexta Daps is among those deeply grieving the loss of ‘Mama Christie’, the mother of the legendary Dancehall star Shabba Ranks.
The popular nightclub brand, Taboo the Ultimate Adult Playground will open a new location in Miami next month.
Dancehall star Munga Honorable will return to the Supreme Court for a case management conference tomorrow in relation to an ongoing murder case.
No matter where Dancehall takes hold there will always be a fight for who is the best at the genre.
Multi-Grammy Award-winning Dancehall artist Shabba Ranks is mourning the death of his mother, Constance Christie aka ‘Mama Christie’.
Beware the Ides of March. The Jamaican entertainment industry would do well to heed the centuries-old words of the bard Shakespeare, as it will literally be under siege with several of its artists leading a miserable parade before the courts, to literally ‘face the music’ this March.
Even from behind bars Vybz Kartel is doing his part to help the impoverished people of Jamaica who are facing the most challenging times.
Beloved Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda is officially a free man after six years and two months in federal prison.
Following reports that International Dancehall Queen winner Keisha ‘Kiki’ Rodney was seen walking the streets of Montego Bay naked, her sister, Tanya Rodney, has cleared up misconceptions about Kiki’s current situation.
Just under a month ago, the Charities Authority in Jamaica denied the application for the registration of the Buju Banton Foundation presumably because of the singer’s previous conviction in the United States.