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“When Jamaicans see Afrobeats at the NBA All star halftime and say, ‘Afrobeats have replaced dancehall’, we all see a competition for Western gaze.
Dancehall deejay Mr. Lexx is big on unity. In fact, he says he gets along with all his co-workers.
President of Ineffable Records Adam Gross has reacted with dismay to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announcement of plans to raise visa fees for foreign musicians by more than 250 percent.
A 1980 Range Rover Classic, reported to be formerly owned by Reggae legend Bob Marley, and later Geejam’s Jon Baker, is now up for auction via the UK-based Classic Car Auctions.
American actress Carlacia Grant says she listens to Jamaican artists Shenseea and Skillibeng, Bajan superstar Rihanna and Ducking singer Fadda Fox to mentally prepare for her Bahamian character Cleo in the popular Netflix drama Outer Banks.
Dancehall star Skillibeng will join Nigerian artist Wizkid’s ‘More Love Less Ego’ US/Canada tour on select dates, starting March 11.
Greatness, a new song released yesterday by American rapper and one-third of the Migos, Quavo, is a Hip-Hop experiment that owes much of its likeability to its backing Reggae instrumentals.
Queen of Rap Nicki Minaj has once again hopped on the Jamaican wave, this time she’s going to sample the iconic Diwali Riddim.
Steely & Clevie Productions Ltd says that, despite its best efforts, it has been unable to effect service of its copyright infringement complaint on some of the Defendants, all of whom, it is alleged, infringed on the Dancehall production company’s Fish Market riddim, better known as Dem Bow.
There’s a transformational power of support that permeated the atmosphere at Little Danca’s debut reggae showcase at Pon Top Grill in Kingston last weekend.
Commanding Officer of the Westmoreland Police Division, Senior Superintendent Wayne Josephs, says the lyrical content of artists and the character of the promoters booking them, are among the key factors that determine whether event applications are approved or denied in that parish.
Entertainment and Culture Minister Olivia “Babsy” Grange on Saturday added a location at the north side of Negril, reportedly with the capacity to accommodate large international music festivals, to the Government of Jamaica’s list of entertainment zones to be created across the island.
Dancehall artist Ishawna is over “toxic” men like rapper Future, and wants to see more male representations like Russell Wilson, the husband of Future’s ex-girlfriend and babymother Ciara.
British-Jamaican Reggae singer Maxi Priest has expressed delight with Kanye West’s Sunday Service Choir’s interpolation of his 1990 hit song Close To You.
Yesterday’s bombshell that the Privy Council had rejected Vybz Kartel’s efforts to introduce fresh evidence and additional grounds for appeal to overturn his murder conviction has left social media in a frenzy.
Dancehall producer and self-declared atheist Skatta Burrell is defending the visual direction of Ishawna’s latest single New Child, amidst criticism from some social media users that it is impious.
North Carolina artist Valiant says observing Beres Hammond’s “flawless” performance at the One Nation concert in Antigua has made him realize that he has a vast amount of work to do, to make his own onstage appearances even remotely good as that of the Lovers Rock Reggae icon.
Dancehall star Vybz Kartel‘s application to introduce ‘fresh evidence’ in his long-running legal battle to overturn his murder conviction has been denied by the United Kingdom-based Privy Council, Jamaica’s final court.
For the second year in a row, Nigerian singer Tems has won the NAACP Image Award for Oustanding International Song, this time for her cover of Bob Marley’s No Woman, No Cry.
Long before she became the sole female deejay on Vybz Kartel’s Portmore Empire roster, Lisa Hyper was stealing the spotlight as a dancer among hotshots like John Hype and Shelly Belly.