Sleng Teng, the legendary Dancehall riddim masterminded by singer Wayne Smith for his mega-hit song Under Mi Sleng Teng, has been used by Meta, the new parent company name for Facebook, in its first video advertisement.
Following the release of the Jeymes Samuels directed western The Harder They Fall on Netflix, two of the songs that appeared in the movie, namely Dennis Brown’s Promised Land and Barrington Levy’s Here I Come, have made it into the top five on the Reggae iTunes Chart.
Dancehall star Shenseea has issued an early holiday treat for music lovers by covering Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah for Apple Music’s, Carols Covered – a collection of popular Christmas songs sung by contemporary artists.
Queen of the Dancehall Spice is urging eligible voters to consider her debut 10 for Best Reggae Album, as the first round of voting at the 64th annual Grammy Awards ends tomorrow (November 5).
Mr. Lexx has been released after he was detained upon arrival in Panama City yesterday. The Full Hundred deejay thanked Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, Judith Edwards from the consulate for Panama, and his fans for their help after he was detained by Panamanian Immigration officials at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama City.
Reggae veteran Freddie McGregor is overwhelmed with grief, following the death of Ernest Wilson, his longtime friend and parish compatriot with whom he recorded his first hit single, and a founding member of the Clarendonians.
Dancehall star Dexta Daps has announced that the dates for his United Kingdom (UK) performances have been pushed to February 2022 due to circumstances beyond the promoter’s control.
Dancehall entertainer Popcaan was slapped with a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to several road traffic violations in the Yallahs Traffic Court in St Thomas on Thursday.
Former Wailers’ percussionist Alvin ‘Seeco’ Patterson, Bob Marley’s long-time friend, has died at age 90. Bob Marley’s Twitter account wrote on Tuesday, “Good friends we’ve had, oh good friends we’ve lost , along the way .
Three weeks and 3.5 million YouTube views later, Grammy kid Koffee has shared some behind-the-scenes photos from her West Indies music video shoot.
Dancehall deejay Devin Di Dakta has made it clear that he remains unimpressed with persons in Jamaica, who are referring to themselves as music producers, without even knowing or understanding even the basics of music production.
Dancehall artist Lisa Hyper debuted her new visibly thicker physique in a new music video for her single Sculpture.
The decision by Jamaica’s Spectrum Management Authority to offer free Kentucky Fried Chicken meals and $100 phone cards, as incentives to get people living in the Downtown Kingston area to be vaccinated, has been met with jeering and disdain by members of the Dancehall fraternity.
Following conflicting media reports about a witness statement given in the Klansman-One Don trial, I-Octane has sought to repudiate claims made by one radio station, that he was canoodling amongst and driving around with members of the reputed Spanish Town-based gang.
Following the revelation made on Tuesday by a prosecution witness in the Clansman-One Don gang trial that Vybz Kartel had reportedly ordered hits on three people, including an entertainer, many Dancehall fans are now praising Politricks Watch vlogger Sir P, for having first made the allegations, more than a year ago.
Dancehall artist Skeng continues to dominate the YouTube Music Charts as the most-streamed Jamaican artist for the October 26 to November 1 tracking period.
Dancehall singjay Ijahmar is walking the road less traveled when it comes to dancehall music. He has refrained from doing trigger-pulling songs that glorify violence, get-money anthems that celebrate the ‘choppa lifestyle’ and sidestepped lyrics that degrade black women.
Music icon Lieutenant Stitchie has reminded his younger fans of the role he played in developing Dancehall music, by pioneering some of the most acclaimed deejaying styles that now form the foundation of the genre.
Abihail Myrie, Buju Banton’s daughter, today shared several photos of what appeared to be a baptismal ceremony at an undisclosed church.
It was Halloween over the weekend and we caught some creepy and not-so creepy costumes from some of our favorite celebs.