Konshens revealed that he had to “negotiate legally” with Grammy Award-winning group SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army) to use the stage name Sojah (Sons of Jah) when he and his late brother Delus started out in Reggae as a duo in 2005.
As a trained paramedic in the United States, Kingston-born singer Jimi D is a three-time survivor of COVID-19, having contracted the virus several times as a result of the demanding nature of his job.
Some Trinidadian artists have reminded Guyanese fans that their lyrical content is strictly for entertainment, and is by no means a reflection of their personal lives.
Dancehall producer Linval “Shabba” Thompson Jr., popularly known as Shab Don, walked out of the Home Circuit Court a free man today when all firearm-related charges were dropped against him.
So, Koffee‘s early 2020 tease that she would be collaborating with American rapper Kendrick Lamar has materialized into Defend, a 57-second track off her debut album Gifted, which was released late last month.
Music executive Nolan Baynes says the Grammy Awards are not necessarily curated for Reggae and Dancehall music and insists that Jamaican music professionals either band together to support local entertainment award shows or fully participate in the American system by becoming members of the Recording Academy.
Skillibeng has sought to explain the strategy behind his ongoing recording of Nonsense Songs, as opposed to more substantial songs such as Mr.
English Pop superstar Ed Sheeran has won a High Court copyright battle in the United Kingdom over his 2017 hit Shape of You, a song with Dancehall sensibilities that went No.
Naw Sell Out singer Khago and Macka Diamond have shared the same sentiments that Jamaican artists have taken the island’s indigenous music for granted, to their own detriment.
Dancehall star Elephant Man celebrated his hard-won legal victory as a two-year-old charge of making a false declaration to Jamaican immigration officers was dropped when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court in Half-Way-Tree on Tuesday.
Lisa Hanna, Miss World 1993 titleholder turned politician is the latest public figure to add her voice to the call for Reggae legend Bob Marley to be named a National Hero.
Scores of patrons, eager to celebrate their newfound freedom after the end of the Disaster Risk Management Act restrictions on movement, flocked to the ‘Acoustic Live’ show at the Bamboo Splash Lawn at 90 Barbican Road on March 31.
Jamaican singer Diana King’s announcement that they have established a GoFundMe campaign to help finance top surgery, to remove their breast tissue, in keeping with them being “genderless”, has been met with mixed reactions by their fans.
Reggae stars Chronixx, Etana, and Gramps Morgan have declared their support and offered their congratulations to Virginia-based Reggae band SOJA on their 2022 Grammy win for the Best Reggae Album.
Dutch prosecutors are still gunning for Jah Cure as the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service has now lodged an appeal against the Reggae star’s acquittal for attempted murder.
While Koffee‘s Gifted has failed to dethrone Reggae King Bob Marley on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart, the Jamaican sensation has already sold over 188,000 units of her debut album in the United States.
Veteran Dancehall singer Eek-A-Mouse says he is pleased with the 25 percent share in royalties that will come from Shaggy’s Mi Nuh Know, which interpolated lyrics from his 1981 hit song Wa-Do-Dem.
The slang “Nawmal, a lie?”, made popular by Dancehall artist Jahshii, appears to have taken on a life of its own among Gen-Z Jamaicans.
Music producer Cordell “Skatta” Burrell has called for more public figures, in entertainment and other spheres, to help in supporting and uplifting Jamaica’s youth.
It is perhaps portentous that the same week that the reggae industry tragically lost two founding members of The Mighty Diamonds, a predominantly white Reggae band won the Reggae Grammy.