Life/Style
Fashion and lifestyle news from Dancehall celebs and entertainers.
Excellence in Music Ceremony 2026 to Honor Jamaican Music Contributors
The ceremony formerly known as the Grammy Certificate Ceremony is getting a new name and a packed guest list this…
The Dancehall Drum Pattern, Explained (With Notation)
If you have ever felt a riddim pull your body toward the dance floor before your brain had time to…
The Best VSTs & Plugins for Dancehall Producers in 2026
If you have been searching for the best VST for dancehall, the short answer is this: no single plugin does…
Trap Dancehall Explained: How Drill and Trap Rewired the Genre in 2026
Trap dancehall is a fusion subgenre in which the rhythmic framework and atmospheric production tools of Atlanta trap and Chicago…
The 20 Best Reggae Festivals in the World
The best reggae festivals on the planet span six continents, unite hundreds of thousands of fans, and carry a genre…
Reggae Sumfest: Complete Guide to Tickets, Lineup History, and Insider Tips
The reggae sumfest guide you need before booking your flight to Jamaica starts here. Reggae Sumfest is the largest music…
What Is Dub Music? Reggae’s Studio Science Explained
Dub music is one of recorded music's most consequential inventions, and yet it remains one of the least understood. At…
‘Gaza Tussain’ reportedly Killed in Portmore Police
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Shane “Gaza Tussain” Williams was reportedly killed during an alleged confrontation with police in Portmore, St Catherine,…
Ramona Samuels Finds Her Voice in Battle to Protect 16-Year-Old Brand, The Voicebox
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A good name can take years to build and moments to borrow. Jamaican creative entrepreneur Ramona Samuels has learned that lesson the hard way after a bruising…
40 Dancehall Dance Moves Everyone Should Know
Dancehall dance moves are not mere party tricks. They are a living archive of Jamaican culture, a coded language developed in the yards and sound-system dances of Kingston and broadcast…
Dem Bow: How One Dancehall Riddim Built Reggaeton
The dancehall influence on reggaeton is not a matter of stylistic borrowing or vague cultural osmosis. It is the story of a single percussion loop, a two-bar drum pattern born…
Grammy Best Reggae Album History: Every Winner, Ranked
The Grammy Best Reggae Album history spans more than four decades, forty-plus trophies, and a staggering cast of musicians who collectively define what reggae means to the world. The Grammy…
Women in Dancehall History: From Sister Nancy to Shenseea
The history of women in dancehall is a story of persistence against structural resistance, of voices that carved space where none was offered, and of a lineage that stretches from…
Gully vs Gaza: The Feud That Split Dancehall in Two
Few rivalries in the history of popular music have cut as deeply into a nation's social fabric as the gully vs gaza conflict that consumed Jamaican dancehall from roughly 2006…
Jamaican Sound System Culture, Explained: History, Pioneers, and Global Legacy
Sound system culture is one of the most consequential musical movements the modern world has produced. What began as a practical solution to poverty and limited entertainment access in post-war…
Dancehall’s Fingerprints on Afrobeats: A Complete Guide to the Genre’s Caribbean Blueprint
Ask any serious musicologist where Afrobeats comes from, and you will hear the expected answers: Fela Kuti's percussive legacy, the Lagos street hustle, the highlife traditions of Ghana. What gets…
