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The Corporate Communication Unit, the information unit of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, has confirmed that Dancehall-reggae artist Ruffi-Ann was remanded when she appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court earlier this week.
St. Kitts Dancehall artist Byron Messia has made his first entry on the UK Singles chart with his hit song, Talibans.
Dancehall artist Shenseea says she finds the United States still stuck on the genre’s “old school” hits.
Dancehall producer Omar “Miller 9” Miller will soon face trial for a 2019 home invasion robbery and murder in Irvine, California, DancehallMag has learned.
Kittitian star Byron Messia says his big hit Talibans is actually an Afrobeats song infused with some Caribbean ‘griminess,’ despite its placement atop Spotify’s official Dancehall playlist and its current position at No.
Amid a resurgence in demand for LP records, as reported by Billboard’s sales tracker Luminate Data and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), veteran Dancehall deejay Sister Carol is urging her Jamaican compatriots to return to putting their songs on vinyl.
Jamaican singjay Ghost wants people to receive their flowers while they’re alive to smell them. The timing of his message coincides with the industry’s mourning of Scare Dem Crew deejay Boom Dandimite, who died last week.
The possibility of male sex offenders being allowed into female spaces, by claiming to be “transwomen”, without undergoing sex-reassignment surgery, has been met with dismay by Dancehall singjay Tanya Stephens.
In an enchanting intersection of the postapocalyptic and the timeless, the 1963 Ska hit I’ll Never Grow Old by Reggae band Toots & The Maytals is one of the “biggest songs” featured in the Netflix series Sweet Tooth, a fantasy-drama that has just completed its second season.
Record producer and disc jockey Richie D has presented a formula for how Dancehall can regain its spot on the global stage.
Reggae singer Cedric Myton is urging the people of Jamaica to do everything they can to preserve and protect Reggae music.
Dancehall artist Clifford ‘Mr. Vegas’ Smith is demanding clarity on the postponement of the trial related to his deceased nephew, Cleveland Smith, who was allegedly murdered by fellow entertainer Damian ‘Munga Honorable‘ Rhoden and co-accused Sheridan Gordon.
Like many of his fellow Reggae/Dancehall producers have been lamenting over the last few years, Dropleaf producer Don Corleon has agreed that songwriting, and not necessarily the beats or genres of music, is what is preventing many new Jamaican artists from becoming hitmakers.
Isat Buchanan, the lawyer representing Vybz Kartel, says the incarcerated Dancehall star is suffering from an autoimmune disorder known as Graves’ disease which, coupled with two heart conditions, makes his present situation “life-threatening.”
Even as he celebrates the 20th anniversary of his Coolie Dance riddim, which propelled him to Billboard glory, Downsound producer Skatta Burrell has been given more to rejoice about, this time courtesy of Queen of Femme Pop, Beyoncé Knowles.
She went from Lady Saw to Minister Marion Hall, and now people are calling her Minister Ravers after seeing her hit the stage with Ding Dong at the Florida Jerk Festival on Monday.
The second annual ‘Graduates Can Fly’ Singing Competition will be launched this Wednesday, May 31, to close Child’s Month.
Veteran Dancehall deejay Sister Carol says that her career would not have had the longevity it has had if she had opted to go down the “slackness” route, instead of staying on the cultural path.
Sprint legend Usain Bolt’s attorneys have sought a court order for the lone accused in the alleged fraud at Stocks & Securities Limited (SSL), which saw US$12 million being embezzled from him, to disclose whether she has been “moving assets at two of Jamaica’s banks”.
Kemar Jones, the man charged with breaking into an AirBnB rented by Marlon ‘Kiprich’ Plunkett, pleaded guilty when he appeared in court on Monday.