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Popcaan Reflects On Journey To Stardom As He Marks 34th Birthday
As Dancehall deejay Popcaan marks his 34th birthday today, the Jamaican entertainer has been in a reflective mood. Poppy, who…
Burna Boy Scores First Billboard Hot 100 Entry As Lead Artist With ‘Last Last’
Burna Boy has made it to the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time as a solo or lead artist,…
Queen Ifrica On “Different Meds” In First TikTok Share: “Since When Rasta Woman Can’t Look Sexy?”
After disappearing from Instagram in September 2020, Queen Ifrica re-emerged on TikTok on Friday, and courted controversy after she shared…
Spice, Shaggy & Sean Paul’s ‘Go Down Deh’ Hits 100 Million On YouTube
Queen of Dancehall Spice continues to hit new milestones with her debut album 10 and its bass-driven lead single Go…
Memorial Service For Sugar Minott’s Grandson Will Be July 31
David Minott, the grandson of the late veteran reggae singer and producer, Lincoln 'Sugar' Minott, will be buried close to…
Gwen Stefani Did Not Wear Dreadlocks In ‘Light My Fire’ Video, Says Stylist: ‘We Talked About Cultural Appropriation’
In the wake of the onslaught against Gwen Stefani over the hairstyle she sported in Sean Paul’s Light My Fire…
Jada Kingdom On Why She Backed Out Of Sumfest: ‘I’m Not Interested In Bangarang’
After news broke earlier this week that Ishawna had replaced Jada Kingdom for the upcoming staging of Reggae Sumfest, the…
Bounty Killer Declares Raheem Sterling A “Jamaican National Treasure” After Move To Chelsea FC
On the heels of Jamaican-born English footballer Raheem Sterling’s move from Manchester City to Chelsea, Bounty Killer has described the…
Isat Buchanan Under Fire After “Ugly Jamaicans”, Monkeypox Remarks
There appears to be no letting up any time soon on Reggae artist-turned lawyer Isat Buchanan after he made statements considered disparaging on national television about “ugly Jamaicans” with acne…
DPP Says ‘Choppa’ Songs Are Influencing Youth To Take On Lotto Scamming
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has raised concerns about Jamaican Trap artists glorifying scamming in their songs. On Thursday, during her keynote address at an anti-fraud seminar in…
Mura Masa’s ‘blessing me’ With Skillibeng, Pa Salieu Is TikTok’s First Song Of Summer 2022
Mura Masa’s blessing me, which featured British rapper Pa Salieu and Jamaican deejay Skillibeng, was named one of TikTok’s ‘Summer Song of the Week’. The initiative is designed to champion…
Judge Extends Deadline For Default Judgment Motion In Copyright Lawsuit Against Shenseea
Anastas ‘Pupa Nas-T’ Hackett now has until August 14 to file a motion for default judgment in his copyright lawsuit against Shenseea and her label Interscope Records after a judge…
Snow Says He Got Respect In Dancehall After ‘Anything For You’
Snow, the Canadian Reggae fusion rapper from the early 90s, has shared that despite his initial success with the Billboard chart-topper Informer, he only came to be respected in Dancehall…
Shenseea Shares What Dancehall Means To Her
Now on a path to international stardom, Shenseea has shared what Dancehall means to her and how she used the genre to improve her life. “Dancehall to me means you…
Bounty Killer, Cham, Dave Kelly Tease New Song ‘Blood Clxxt’ From Upcoming EP
Two months after legendary Madhouse music producer Dave Kelly hinted at new music with Bounty Killer and Cham, the trio have teased a new song about the bloodletting in Jamaica,…
Broadcast Icon Barry G Gets Baptised
Iconic radio broadcaster Barrington ‘Barry G’ Gordon, the man who helped to kickstart King Yellowman and Beenie Man’s careers, and to whom Dancehall deejay Rankin Toyan dedicated an entire song,…
