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Poll Shows 82% Of Jamaicans Believe There’s Connection Between Dancehall And Crime
A cumulative 82 percent of all Jamaicans “believe that there is a connection between Dancehall music and the incidence of…
Jahshii Makes About-Turn, Records Violent Song Targeting Silk Boss
Mere weeks after stating that he would be steering his music away from violent content, First Nation artist Jahshii has…
Papa San Says He Has Had Greater Success As A Gospel Deejay
Dancehall legend Papa San says that he has had greater success as a gospel Reggae/Dancehall artist than as a secular…
Papa San Talks State Of Dancehall Music
Veteran deejay and Minister of the Gospel Papa San has given his highly-anticipated opinion on the current state of Dancehall…
VP Presents Wayne Wonder With RIAA Gold Plaque For ‘No Letting Go’
Reggae label VP Records presented Wayne Wonder with the RIAA Gold Plaque for his 2003 hit No Letting Go at…
Sean Paul To Appear On NBC ‘The Voice’ As Gwen Stefani’s ‘Battle Advisor’
Sean Paul will join the upcoming season of the NBC singing competition The Voice this fall, as Gwen Stefani's battle advisor. …
UK Publisher To File Defence In Bounty Killer Lawsuit Over J$60 Million In Unpaid Royalties
UK publisher Othman Mukhlis through his company Jamdown Music Limited has made a formal request for legal proceedings to be…
Skeng Disses Masicka On New Song ‘Day Break’
It’s been three days of hype and hope for a lyrical clash between Skeng and Masicka, following the release of…
Topmann Says He Doesn’t Regret Ditching Football For Dancehall
Gyal Code artist Topmann says he is relishing his decision to put his football goalkeeping days behind him and focus on music, and that he does not miss playing the…
Shenseea Enters Billboard Canadian And Afrobeats Charts
Shenseea's collab with Scottish mega-producer Calvin Harris and American singer Charlie Puth titled Obsessed has made its debut on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 chart at No. 76. At the…
Musical Youth’s Drummer Frederick Waite Jr Dead At 55
Tributes have been flowing in following the death of Frederick Waite Jr., former drummer of British Reggae band Musical Youth. The 55-year-old’s death was announced on Twitter last Wednesday by…
Agent Sasco Confident Jamaica’s Littering Problems Can Be Fixed
Order of Distinction awardee and brand ambassador for Recycling Partners, Agent Sasco says he is confident that Jamaica’s sordid littering and illicit garbage-dumping problems can be abated in the near…
Morgan Heritage Prepares For 8-Week African Tour, Collaborative Album
Grammy Award-winning Reggae band Morgan Heritage will embark on their first full-scale African tour, come October, and has plans to collaborate with some of the “freshest and biggest talents in…
Ne-Yo Speaks On Vybz Kartel, Spice’s ‘Romping Shop’: “I Didn’t Not Clear It”
Vybz Kartel and Spice’s hit song Romping Shop is undoubtedly one of the most notable Dancehall tracks of this era. However, the original track, which had sampled American singer Ne-Yo's…
Nigerian Singer Asha Gangali Warns: ‘Afrobeats Could Fall Off Like Dancehall Did’
Asha Gangali, a Nigerian singer, rapper, and talent hunt coach, has affirmed to his compatriots, that the fame Afrobeats currently enjoys globally is at the expense of other genres such…
Bounty Killer Sues UK Publisher To Recover $60 Million In Missing Royalties
The Warlord Bounty Killer is on the warpath. The Bulletproof Skin deejay has issued proceedings in the High Court of Justice in London against British national Othman Mukhlis to recover…
