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.
Dancehall artist Jahmiel will release his sophomore album Legend, on Good Friday, April 15. The Patriotz Boss made the big announcement on Saturday, and also unveiled the list of songs on the 16-track compilation, including the accompanying collaborations.
On March 29, under the cloak of nightfall, the darkness which the Mighty Diamonds spent over half a century rallying their voices against struck back.
It might have been a disappointing evening for some of the Grammy’s Best Reggae Album nominees after Virginia-based Reggae band SOJA copped the category’s golden gramophone but we’re still reeling from their red carpet looks.
There has been a flurry of accusations aimed at the Recording Academy—including those of bias and race-based favoritism—after American band SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army) upstaged Jamaican artists Spice, Jesse Royal, Sean Paul, Gramps Morgan, and Etana, to win the Best Reggae Album Grammy Award for their album Beauty In The Silence.
Skillibeng turned up the heat at the O2 Forum in London last night. The Dancehall artist, 25, was well received by a horde of eager British ‘Eastsyde’ fans when he hit the O2 stage.
Virginia-based Reggae band SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army) has won the 2022 ‘Best Reggae Album’ Grammy Award for Beauty in the Silence, eclipsing the five Jamaican nominees and leaving many Jamaican pundits who were predicting that one of their compatriots would have won, speechless.
Updates: SOJA has won the Grammy Award for ‘Best Reggae Album’ Here’s Why SOJA Won The Reggae Grammy Against Five Jamaicans Grammy Awards 2022: Spice, Sean Paul, Jesse Royal, Gramps Morgan Hit The Red Carpet The Grammy Awards are here again after a three-month delay, and back Live for its 64th staging—for the first time at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas tomorrow, April 3.
Steady on her quest to prove she’s in fact in a ‘different category’ from her contemporaries, Spice shines in new visuals for her previously released Troyton Music-produced song.
Almost two years after British-Guyanese superstar Eddy Grant, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against former US president Donald Trump, over the use of his Reggae-fusion song Electric Avenue, both parties have now been directed to testify under oath by June 21.
It’s that time again when the Reggae and Dancehall music mill churns out brand new releases for music fans.
Shenseea has put a blogger on blast for spewing lies at her expense just for views.
Mighty Diamonds singer Fitzroy ‘Bunny Diamond’ Simpson passed away this morning at an undisclosed hospital after a long battle with diabetes, four days after the Reggae group’s lead singer, Donald ‘Tabby Diamond’ Shaw, was killed.
Days after Beenie Man reprimanded music selector Boom Boom and imputed that he had joined forces with Trap artists to “mash-up” Dancehall and Reggae, Vybz Kartel has responded with a stinging rebuke, seemingly aimed at the Old Dog deejay.
Koffee‘s debut album Gifted has opened at No. 9 on the UK Official Albums Chart making her the first female Jamaican-born artist in the Top 10, and the first woman from the island on the chart in 27 years.