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Deejays Mavado and Vybz Kartel, two known rivals in dancehall, may have put their musical differences aside (for the time being) to address a common cause. Both artistes have spoken out against the Broadcasting Commission through the medium they know best - music. Protest songs With the release of three new songs, A So Yuh Move by Mavado (Big Ship Productions), Dem Nuh Like We (Big Ship Productions) and A Nuh My Music (Fresh Ear Productions) by Kartel, the deejays […]

While dancehall is under immense pressure at home, it seems the rest of the world, well at least America for now, continues to embrace our music - edited or not. Mavado's video for his (edited) Billboard smash So Special will be a freshman's pick on MTVU the week of of February 16-20. This is a fan-voting opportunity, the video with the most votes automatically gets added to MTVU rotation the following week, so Jamaicans are being asked to support the […]

Lil Jon is known to the hip-hop world as the King of Crunk, a hit-making rapper and producer. What they probably don't know is that his musical journey began as a dancehall selector on the now disbanded Four Seasons sound system in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Now, the entertainer whose real name is Jonathan Smith, is coming full circle flirting with his love for Caribbean music by injecting his unique crunk flavour into this year's festivities at Trinidad Carnival. […]

The management team of dancehall artiste Mavado has issued an urgent release warning the public of persons who are not associated with either Mavado or his management team, and are attempting to collect money for Mavado dub plates. "Several people have contacted me saying someone with the email address jamaicandubplatestudio@hotmail.com or who goes by the name of Lawrence Cumberland or John has been sending out emails and IM's that he can get Mavado to voice on rhythms and/or dub plates […]