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Bounty Killer got busy on the weekend engaging with his fans on Instagram as he reflected not only on his contributions to Dancehall music, but also in the same breath, took aim at the island’s political leaders.
Andrew Tosh, singer and son of Reggae legend Peter Tosh, has indicated that the Peter Tosh Mausoleum, the site of his father’s final resting place in Belmont, Westmoreland, will be reopened for public tours in the new year, and will eventually have a museum erected there.
Supreme Promotions chairman Isaiah Laing says he believes Sting, which he founded 40 years ago, is deserving of an award, due to its “longevity and impact on Reggae and Dancehall music and its ability to bring people together from across the world”.
Dancehall entertainer Black-er believes that the earthquake that Jamaicans experienced on Monday is a harbinger of things to come and the island’s 2.5 million inhabitants “need fi wake up” and return to higher moral ground.
Gully Bop, whose rags-to-riches rise from a homeless, down-on-his-luck man to a Dancehall star, is dead at age 62.
Whenever Dancehall stalwart Bounty Killer speaks on his former rivalry with Beenie Man, he’s quick to point out that they kept it lyrical.
Ahead of the release of his first Afrobeats album, self-proclaimed King of African Dancehall Shatta Wale has declared that he has graduated from the Jamaican genre.
Sean Paul, Wayne Marshall, and others, are among a number of Jamaican entertainers who took to social media today after a terrifying earthquake struck the island.
Everyone knows that Popcaan loves his greens—whether it’s weed or food. Over the weekend, however, the Jungle Justice deejay took his creativity up a notch by sporting a leaf-covered two-piece set for a performance at the World Creole Music Festival in Dominica.
Mr. Vegas says incarcerated deejay Vybz Kartel can never be the ‘King of Dancehall’ as he doesn’t make Dancehall music.
Supreme Promotions chairman and founder of Sting, Isaiah Laing, says in another two weeks, he will be releasing the names of “at least two of the 10 giants of Dancehall” whom he wants to grace the show on Boxing Day this year.
Bounty Killer has broken his silence amidst calls for him to receive the Order of Distinction (OD), Jamaica’s sixth-highest honor, for his contribution to the development of Dancehall music.
In a musical age that issues a hot name every two to three years before skipping next, singer Romain Virgo stands tall as a mainstay in reggae music, even 16 years after coming on the scene.
Dancehall Queen Carlene is endorsing the move to have an official Dancehall Week starting in Reggae Month 2024.
Dancehall fans mounted fresh concerns over the health of Vybz Kartel as it emerged that his attorneys had won an expedited appeal hearing for the incarcerated Dancehall artist and three other men.
An appeal hearing for incarcerated Dancehall artists Vybz Kartel, Shawn Storm, and two other men will take place in the United Kingdom-based Privy Council—Jamaica’s final appellate court—between February 14 and 15, 2024.
Dancehall artist Masicka has set a ten-year goal for himself: to become one of the greatest artists in the genre.
When it comes to rebrands, Dancehall artist Shokryme subscribes to the book of playwright William Shakespeare, who famously wrote: “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”.
Veteran singer Admiral Tibet offered insights into his forthcoming album—his first in more than two decades—and has expressed concern over the quality of lyrical content from current Dancehall artists.
Peter Tosh’s 79th birthday celebrations in his native Belmont, Westmoreland proved to be an event befitting of the Legalize It legend.