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Masicka’s ‘438’ Album Debuts No. 2 On Billboard With Strong First Week Sales
Masicka’s debut album 438 has landed at No. 2 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart with the second-best first-week sales…
Jahshii’s Not On Shabba Ranks’ Level, Says Zanadu
Update: Zanadu has since issued an apology to both Shabba and Jahshii for his comments. According to Shabba's company, Emperor…
Jahshii Praises Bounty Killer And Slams Shabba Ranks, Unsupportive Dancehall Superstars
Cream of the Crop artist Jahshii, while paying homage to Bounty Killer for using his influence to give opportunities to…
Marion Hall Says “Even Now” She Can Still Rip Errant Deejays Apart “With Just Gospel, Godly Songs”
Foota Hype and his followers have been having a field day calling for Minister Marion Hall to return to Dancehall,…
Rudolph “Garth” Dennis, Of Reggae Group Black Uhuru, Dead At 72
Rudolph “Garth” Dennis, one of the founding members of Grammy Award-winning group Black Uhuru and later a member of The…
Dre Skull Releases 10th Anniversary Deluxe Of Vybz Kartel’s ‘Kingston Story’ With Two New Songs
Mixpak Records owner and producer Dre Skull has released a deluxe version of Kingston Story, the 16-track project by incarcerated…
Boom Boom Says Entertainment Industry In Jamaica Is Being Neglected
Popular sound system selector and promoter Marlon “Boom Boom” Wizard says the entertainment industry is the only one that has…
Senator Proposes Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Usain Bolt & Miss Lou For National Heroes
Opposition Senator Floyd Morris served notice this morning in the Upper House of the Jamaican Parliament that he would be…
Toots Hibbert’s Estate Reaches Settlement With The Maytals Over Use Of Band Name
The estate of the legendary Reggae singer Frederick “Toots” Hibbert has reached an out-of-court settlement with the members of his former backing band over the use of the Maytals name.…
Fantan Mojah Says He’s Doing Dancehall Because ‘Jamaicans Aren’t Taking To Reggae’
Rasta Got Soul singer Fantan Mojah says his fiery and controversial segue into Dancehall is the result of Jamaicans shoving Reggae music to the side and his own need to…
Bounty Killer, Shaggy, Chaka Demus Hail Robbie Shakespeare
Two of Dancehall's biggest giants Bounty Killer and Shaggy are among the scores of musicians who have paid tribute to late legendary bass guitarist Robbie Shakespeare, for the indelible contribution…
Devin Di Dakta Remembers Robbie Shakespeare
Dancehall deejay Devin Di Dakta says the late legendary bassist Robbie Shakespeare will live on through his extraordinary musical masterpieces. “The groove I saw him in would be, to me,…
No Entertainment Reopening Anytime Soon In Jamaica
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports Olivia “Babsy” Grange says a reopening of the entertainment industry is not happening anytime soon. This was revealed ahead of the relaxed curfew hours…
Konshens Says Jamaica “The Most Homophobic Country On Earth”
Dancehall artist Konshens described Jamaica as the world’s most homophobic country, after learning of the murder of a female schoolteacher in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth on Tuesday morning. His comments…
Freddie McGregor Signs Deal With Warner Chappell Music
Big Ship boss Freddie McGregor has joined his son Stephen ‘Di Genius’ McGregor at Warner Chappell Music, after signing his own worldwide publishing deal with the American company. The deal…
Lady Saw Had Lyrics Ready ‘From Pit Of Hell’ To Clash Another Artist At ‘Sting 2013’
December 26 will mark eight years since Lady Saw—now Minister Marion Hall—annihilated Macka Diamond on the Sting 2013 stage, in a clash that was highly anticipated by patrons of the…
