She made history in 2015 by becoming the first female artist to close Reggae Sumfest. This year, Minister Marion Hall will again do the unprecedented, giving away thousands of Bibles at the… Read More
Popcaan’s fifth album Great Is He has re-entered the Billboard Reggae Albums chart dated April 15 at No. 8, after the release of a deluxe edition on March 31 Read More
Sweet/I Thought You Wanted To Dance, a standout track on Tyler, The Creator’s Grammy Award-winning album, Call Me If You Get Lost, is now certified Gold in the US, two years after its… Read More
Over the course of his career, Chicago-born rapper Kanye West has pushed the boundaries of hip-hop, blending disparate genres and sounds into something entirely new Read More
Dancehall fusion artist Mezmo Roc One soared to No. 1 on the UK iTunes Reggae Charts last weekend with his latest single, “Go Baby Go,” an Afrobeat-infused track with a feel-good… Read More
Lloyd “King Jammy” James, the man regarded as the undisputed king of computerized, digital Reggae/Dancehall music, will be honored in a special tribute during Reggae Sumfest&rsqu… Read More
It appears as though Fire King Fantan Mojah’s fervent pleas to be added to this year’s staging of Reggae Sumfest have come to nought, even after catching the attention of the fes… Read More
Reggae legend Peter Tosh‘s Live and Dangerous: Boston 1976 album has now reached No. 4 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart, beating its previous peak of No Read More
Ghanaian singer Stonebwoy’s 5th Dimension album has debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard Reggae Albums Chart, a weekly listing that ranks the most popular Reggae albums in the U… Read More
Following a near decade-long stint at Pandora as its Reggae and Caribbean music curator, Diego Herrera will continue to move the region’s music forward as the newly appointed Director… Read More
Minister Marion Hall is clapping back at reggae singer Queen Ifrica who, last week, called her confused, following a weekend sermon where Hall embraced her “titty dem” in the mid… Read More
Veteran Reggae singer Junior Reid claims the organizers of Reggae Sumfest are depriving fans of quality, conscious music by excluding them from the lineups each year Read More
Dancehall and Reggae singer Tanya Stephens is urging Jamaicans to join a protest today against the restructured salaries of Jamaica’s political directorate. Read More
Alaine and Dexta Daps deliver all the feels and then some in their unexpected yet serene collaboration – See It Ya, a Reggae ballad that blurs the lines between R&B and Soul, which… Read More
Reggae/Dancehall superstar Chronixx has added another international accolade his repertoire, this time the Ivors Academy’s Novello Awards for his contribution to the 11 album by Britis… Read More
Reggae Sumfest Marketing Strategist Skatta Burrell has sought to refute claims by One Blood singer Junior Reid that veteran artists are being shunned year in and year out by the festival org… Read More
Jamaican icons Sister Nancy and Grace Jones are expected to help Janelle Monáe nail her artistic vision for her upcoming Reggae-leaning album titled, The Age of Pleasure Read More
Jamaican-Italian Reggae artist Alborosie has released a new album titled Destiny, with a feature list that includes Buju Banton, Kabaka Pyramid, and Jaz Elise Read More
Veteran Dancehall deejay Sister Carol — the first female Dancehall artist to be nominated for a Grammy — says the announcement of her Lyrically Potent album as one of the Recordi… Read More
Like many of his fellow Reggae/Dancehall producers have been lamenting over the last few years, Dropleaf producer Don Corleon has agreed that songwriting, and not necessarily the beats or ge… Read More
In an enchanting intersection of the postapocalyptic and the timeless, the 1963 Ska hit I’ll Never Grow Old by Reggae band Toots & The Maytals is one of the “biggest songs&rd… Read More
The Corporate Communication Unit, the information unit of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, has confirmed that Dancehall-reggae artist Ruffi-Ann was remanded when she appeared in the St Cathe… Read More
In the wake of her uncle Carlton Livingston’s death, Reggae singer Miracle Dash née Ngeri Livingston, aka Cen’C Love, has moved to clear the air and discredit serious alle… Read More
Members of the legendary rap group Wu-Tang Clan expressed a great desire to visit and revisit (in some cases) Trinidad and Tobago, while also paying homage to West Indian culture and creativ… Read More
Jamaican-Italian artist Alborosie’s latest album Destiny did not debut on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart following its first week of release Read More
British singer Dua Lipa and Warner Records have emerged victorious in a copyright infringement lawsuit against South Florida-based Reggae band, Artikal Sound System, who accused her of pirat… Read More
With less than two months until her return to the Reggae Sumfest stage, Minister Marion Hall has gotten one-third of the 3,000 Bibles she wants to giveaway when she performs at Catherine Hal… Read More
Rohan Marley, the fourth son of Reggae legend Bob Marley, has vowed to vigorously defend himself against a multi-million dollar lawsuit filed in a US federal court by a former employee and C… Read More
Claudette Kemp, the long-time manager of Reggae and Dancehall star Capleton, died at 1 p.m. yesterday (June 9) after a prolonged battle with kidney ailments Read More
Janelle Monaé’s The Age Of Pleasure debuted last Friday, June 9, and the American singer’s fourth studio album hits the mark on all its Reggae and Dancehall aspi… Read More
Every week our writers at DancehallMag highlight new Jamaican songs and videos you should add to your Reggae, Dancehall, Trap, and R&B playlists Read More
Minister Marion Hall has given a sneak peek into her upcoming Reggae Sumfest performance, and it’s giving Sunday service meets clean Dancehall. Read More
Len Brown, Senior Manager of Hip-Hop, R&B, and Reggae at the Recording Academy, is imploring more Jamaican musicians to register with the organisation Read More
Dancehall and reggae artists have been known for immortalizing their mothers in songs. However, songs expressing love to fathers in the dancehall space, have been few and far between and it… Read More
Reggae veteran Max Romeo says he was reluctant to record Wet Dreams, a risqué 1969 UK chart hit, but decided to do so after much coercion from legendary music producer Bunny ‘St… Read More
Len Brown, senior manager for Hip Hop, R&B, and Reggae at the Recording Academy, disagrees with the notion that Dancehall and Reggae are losing ground to Afrobeats Read More
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Reggae singer Jo Mersa Marley died of an “acute asthma exacerbation” after being infected with rhinovirus or enterovirus, according to documents obtained by Rolling Stone on… Read More
Reggae and Dancehall music producers Mikey Bennett and Kirk “Koolface” Ford were featured in the Positive Vibrations: Country Goes Reggae (Mini Documentary), which is aimed at sh… Read More
Reggae Gospel singer Kevin Downswell has revealed that he has had to shun many highly lucrative offers to “go secular” during his music career, but that he would not have been as… Read More
While the BBC made much of what it described as Ghana’s “love affair with Reggae” earlier this year, there has seemingly been love lost in Nigeria, where other reports are… Read More
Cedella Marley has admitted that the success of the upcoming Bob Marley: One Love biopic, which covers the life of her father spanning 1976 and 1978, rests heavily on lead actor Kingsley Ben… Read More
Tuff Gong International has announced a new Bob Marley Reggae/Afrobeats fusion album titled Africa Unite, set for release on August 4, with several collaborations featuring popular Nigerian… Read More
A slew of Dancehall artists, producers, and sound systems who ruled the 1990s, are being celebrated on International Reggae Day, which is commemorated July 1 each year Read More
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Legendary Nigerian producer and singer,Samuel Oguachuba, popularly known as Samklef, has claimed that he and his erstwhile collaborator, Wizkid, created afrobeats.
He said Nigerian contempor… Read More
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