Veteran Dancehall Artiste Purpleman Is Dead
Veteran Jamaican deejay Purpleman, one of the famous trio of albino deejays from the 1980s has died at the age of 58-years-old.
Veteran Jamaican deejay Purpleman, one of the famous trio of albino deejays from the 1980s has died at the age of 58-years-old.
As Jamaican music icon Toots Hibbert moves to secure unpaid royalties for Bam Bam, a plethora of famous solo artists and groups have been found on record to have sampled or covered in full, the song, which has the distinction of being Jamaica’s first National Festival Song winner back in 1966.
Dancehall singer Denyque may not be joining the rat race for political dubplates, but she sure is dubbing it for BOJ (Bank Of Jamaica).
Jamaican starlet Naomi Cowan says she’s collaborating on a black beauty campaign for Mielle Organics LLC, one of the world’s largest natural hair product companies.
It was a great couple of days in the Dancehall fraternity this week, today saw the releases of Vybz Kartel’s epic gun tune Yami Bolo, Protoje’s new album with hot Koffee and Lila Iké collabs, and Tarrus Riley’s new album with a new Shenseea track.
Protoje’s new ten-track album, titled In Search Of Lost Time, from all indications, appears poised to be a big reggae Grammy contender.
In a clever marketing strategy, dancehall superstar, Spice, released her latest song, Inches, selling both her music and hair and beauty line, Faces and Laces.
One of dancehall’s most influential musical icons, Popcaan, continues to be a trendsetter among the youths.
After his identity was revealed as the “Craft Man” in Alkaline’s Cree music video last week, Dancehall titan, Vybz Kartel has returned with a new blood-splattering short movie of equivalent morbidity.
Reggae music lovers across the globe are having a hard time deciding whose music to listen to first today, as three of the top modern Reggae artistes released new collections at midnight.
The very bodacious Jada Kingdom, aka Mumma Heavy has once again put her ‘budum’ on display for all eyes to see and in a brand new music video.
As Foota Hype continues to find fault with Koffee’s style of dress and interactions on social media, more of his peers in Dancehall are distancing themselves from him.
Artiste manager Andrew ‘Boysie’ Campbell has vehemently denied claims that he was plotting the demise of his former artistes Intence and I Waata.
Are Skip Marley and H.E.R. a couple? Many fans of both musicians have raised their suspicions that the two have been dating since their mega-hit Slow Down.
Dancehall and reggae veteran Busy Signal has released a new song called Turn Up The Sound, on the Sensation Riddim. The
Vybz Kartel’s appeal is not the only loss that Queen’s Counsel Valerie Neita-Robinson seems to be suffering this year.
UK-based Dancehall artiste Stylo G was quite impressed with two youngsters who were pretending to be selectors at what seemed to their ‘verandah’ party in Jamaica.
Shenseea finally gave her son Rajeiro his first haircut today. The cutting starts in what appears to be the Dancehall singer’s home, where a nervous Shenseea (who by the way does a pretty good job at keeping it together) strokes a hair trimmer through his curly mane.
Just call him the ‘chosen one’ – Reggae lyricist and singer Kabaka Pyramid was an easy pick for producer Jeremy Harding of VP Records to appear in the studio’s forthcoming Dancehall Anthems Project.
The entertainment industry in Jamaica is once again in distress. Last Friday, August 21st, Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced that due to the recent spike in Covid-19 cases on the island, the Government made the difficult decision to tighten the curfew hours for a few parishes.