Grammy award-winning Jamaican music pioneer, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry is dead. He died on Sunday morning (August 29) at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover after he had been battling hypertension for years. Perry was 85 years old. “He had been battling high blood pressure for years. I have been trying to get to […]
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One Drop streaming and audio app curator Norman Williams is confident that his reggae-dancehall focussed app believes that reggae-loving Jamaicans will love his new One Drop app. One of those reasons, he believes, is that it has the slickest, snappiest user interface for Jamaicans looking to stream reggae music. “One Drop […]
In the sequel of an exclusive interview with FOX 5 NY’s Lisa Evers, Dancehall star Vybz Kartel, outlined what it takes to be the King of the Dancehall. “In dancehall, it is the influence that you have, the dominance that you have, the power that you have to put people […]
Incarcerated dancehall artist Vybz Kartel engaged in a bit of jeering and one-upmanship at the expense of one of his perceived enemies, former Jamaican cop and producer Milla 9, in a series of Instagram Story posts over the weekend.“All you Milla9, weh a tell mon bout Kartel fi stay a […]
Ninjaman is mourning the loss of one of his sons, Jammar Ballentine, who was murdered along Olympic Way in Kingston 11 two days ago. “We’re grieving, but holding on. He was 31, he had a daughter, who is only two years old, so she ah grow up without a daddy. Ninjaman […]
The Jamaican government has launched a multi-agency probe into the circumstances surrounding how a voice purported to be that of convicted murderer and incarcerated dancehall superstar, Vybz Kartel, was broadcast during an exclusive interview aired last night on Fox-5 in the United States.The artiste, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, […]
US-based independent label Manatee Records will be rolling out the Satta Massagana rhythm project later this month. The project features Don Yute, Fidel, Jah Art, Driva and Basic , Teardrops, Ishmael Mcanuff, Kmino, Jah Defender , Jah Myrakle, Mikey Lion, Ras Ash, Sgt. Remo, and Winston McAnuff. “I’m getting a […]
Former Main Street recording artiste Red Rat is currently a part of a writing and production team with fellow artist/producer and songwriter Pascalli called ‘Mogul Beatz’. “We’ve been working heavily in the Spanish market for a few years now and just started doing dancehall juggling since this pandemic started,” Red […]
The police have confirmed that recording artiste Delus, brother of recording artiste Konshens, has committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. He reportedly committed the act in a house on East Riverside Drive in Havendale, St. Andrew.
Rumours have been spreading online that dancehall artiste No Face Unknown was in a serious car accident on Highway 2000 that totalled his car, and left him unconscious. But it is a lie, the artiste said he had just been informed of the rumour on Saturday night.