Short Ghad Says ‘Dancehall Is Back’ In Sweden
Sweden-based Jamaican dancehall artist Short Ghad is relishing his new-found role as a trailblazer on the dancehall scene in the European country.
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Foota Hype Rejoices After Sizzla Denounces LGBTQ At ‘Good Times’
Foota Hype has expressed delight at Sizzla Kalonji’s performance at the “Good Times” retro party at Mas Camp on Saturday night, in which the firebrand Reggae/Dancehall artiste denounced homosexual acts and reaffirmed that he will never apologize to the LGBTQ community.
Macka Diamond Believes OnlyFans Was Leaked By Member Of Music Fraternity
Dye Dye singer Macka Diamond believes that rival interests in the world of dancehall are perpetrating a malicious campaign of leaking her OnlyFans videos online.
Skeng’s Guitar Smashing In Trinidad Sparks Debate
Skeng’s onstage stunt, in which he took a guitar from a musician during a performance in Trinidad and smashed it Jimi Hendrix-style, has left tongues wagging.
Producer Jon FX Attributes Int’l Success To Learning From Jamaican Master Producers
Platinum-selling music producer Jon FX has attributed his successes, including his net worth, to the techniques he learned as a youngster from Jamaican music producers, whom he describes as “the masters.”
Bounty Killer Invokes Peter Tosh’s Song ‘Burial’ To Counteract Critics In Merciless Saga
Drawing for Peter Tosh’s hit song Burial, from the Reggae icon’s 1976 album Legalize It, Bounty Killer insisted that he would not be intimidated by persons who are still berating him for not attending Merciless’ funeral and for the “drug addict” comments he made about the late deejay.
Vybz Kartel Engaged To Turkish Woman Sidem Ozturk; Former Wife ‘Shorty’ Is Unbothered
Vybz Kartel, the King of Dancehall who is serving a life sentence for murdering an associate, is engaged to Turkish social worker Sidem Ozturk.
Producer JonFX Says New Dancehall Lacks Basic Elements Of Music Structure
Award-winning music producer JonFX says new-day Jamaican Dancehall songs are failing to rack up numbers on streaming platforms such as Spotify, as the majority are improperly produced, and lack “the basic rudiments of music structure”, particularly melodies.
Producer Lenoi Bentley Looks To Give Back To Young Artists
Before Lenoi Bentley would produce songs for Masicka’s Billboard-charting 438 album, he played music in church as the band’s drummer and made beats as a hobby to entertain schoolmates.
Protoje Says Weed Essential To Creating Music, But He Avoids Being “High All The Time”
Reggae Revival artist Protoje says even though ganja-smoking helps in the creative process for his music, he tries not to be totally dependent on the herb, nor be “high all the time.”
Sizzla Revives Buju Banton’s ‘Boom Bye Bye’: ‘They Afraid To Sing It’
Reggae/Dancehall star Sizzla sought to revive Buju Banton’s three-decade-old song Boom Bye Bye at Saturday’s staging of the retro party “Good Times”, in Kingston.
Nicki Minaj Blasts YouTube Over ‘Likkle Miss’ Video With Skeng: “This Is What They Do To Keep You From Winning”
Nicki Minaj has slammed YouTube after the platform placed an age-restriction on the video for her Likkle Miss Remix with Dancehall star Skeng.
Dancehall Professor Says Silk Boss Having A “Rising Tide Moment” In Music
Dancehall Professor Donna P. Hope has weighed in on the series of incidences that have led to Montego Bay’s Silk Boss becoming a household name in Jamaica and his latest song, Sorry, now YouTube’s most streamed video in Jamaica over the last three weeks.
Chris Gayle Says Music Now His Number One Priority
The Universe Boss Chris Gayle is insisting that it is music, which will be his number one priority going forward, seemingly not cricket as many expected.
Shane O Responds To Claims That He’s One Of The Most Underrated Dancehall Artists
Shane O has weighed in on his reputation as one of the most underrated Dancehall artists in Jamaica.
Beenie Man Joins Dancehall Campaign To Teach Children Math
Beenie Man is among several artists who will be voicing Dancehall songs about Mathematics, aimed at helping primary school students to master their multiplication tables.
Mavado Hails Skeng In Trinidad
Mavado gave new-gen artist Skeng the stamp of approval when they met up in Trinidad over the weekend for their performances at the Life the Concert.
Marcia Griffiths’ ‘Electric Boogie’ Featured In ‘She-Hulk’
Marcia Griffiths and Bunny Wailer’s Electric Boogie and the Electric Slide line dance are staples at wedding receptions across the world, so it was fitting that the song appeared in the “self-contained wedding episode” of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, aired on Disney+.
Bounty Killer Claims Merciless Died From An Overdose And They Weren’t Friends
Dancehall artist Bounty Killer has again defended his absence from Merciless’ funeral, this time asserting that he was not friends with the late veteran deejay, and that he did not owe Merciless or his family anything other than condolences.
Kenyan Radio Host Kamene Goro Under Fire After Dissing Reggae, Rastas
A popular Kenyan radio presenter who made disparaging remarks about Jamaican Reggae artists, claimed that she threw up several times after attending a Reggae concert, and declared that she “could never date a man who listens Reggae”, is feeling the heat from fans of the genre.