Mr. Vegas is on a mission to bring back fun to dancehall music. He's getting ready to drop a brand new single titled Dancehall DABB. The song was inspired by the hot new dance craze that is currently sweeping the United States called the DABB. "I know a lot of people might be wondering why I have recorded a song about an American dance move. American artistes have been doing videos that highlight Jamaican dance moves. Look at the dance […]
Grammy-award winning R&B singer Ashanti delivered a stellar set at the 2016 staging of Shaggy and Friends concert last night at Jamaica House in Kingston. The R&B superstar took patrons down memory lane to her earlier hits, which had them jamming to her soothing sounds. "I think I should have been born in Jamaica," she expressed her love while delivering a good set in order to raise funds for the Bustamante Children's Hospital. She also took the time to thank […]
Born in Portmore, Jamaica, Jamiel Foster recognized his passion for music at the tender age of 4. For as long as his family remembers, Jahmiel sang his own song making up his own lyrics. As his love for music grew, Jahmiel was inspired by legendary icons Bob Marley, Buju Banton, Junior, and Sizzla Kalonji just to name a few. There was no doubt in his mind that music was his destiny, and after high school, Jahmiel dedicated his life to […]
5 Weeks into the debut season of the Reality TV series The Hardweares, a distribution company has signed the series to a major distribution agreement that will see the show going to Africa and Europe. What began on CVM TV in Jamaica, the US (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut) and Canada (across the country) has grown into a widely respected Jamaican / American program attracting global attention. Adding more good news to the shows’ success comes the announcement that the […]
R&B singer Ashanti is the latest international act added to the line-up for Shaggy and Friends 2016 concert set for the lawns of Jamaica House on Saturday, January 2. “Right now, things are really falling into place. But you know how Jamaicans are: they are gonna wait for the last minute to actually purchase the tickets, but what you have is a lot of corporate companies buying the tickets as Christmas gifts for staff and we really appreciate that. We […]
"Every gal want a wuk offa Gully Bop"- except his fiancée Shauna Chin. Trouble seems to be brewing in the home of dancehall couple Gully Bop and Shauna Chin. A video circulating on social media, shows an angry Gully Bop pointing towards a car. A female assumed to be Shauna Chin screams from inside the car. "People, Lord Jesus help mi! Di man a get mad pon mi," the woman screams. In the video Gully Bop is seen walking around […]
It was a full house that turned up at the National Indoor Sports Centre in St Andrew on Thursday for Wray & Nephew Yush 90s Style. And they got their money’s worth, courtesy of top-shelf deejays Bounty Killer and Sizzla Kalonji. The evening’s tone was set by DJ Audley, who got things off to great start with a mix of ‘90s tracks hits that had the patrons singing along. Rory Gilligan, of the immortal Stone Love fame, joined him as […]
We saw a lot of ugly sweaters this Christmas, but we can't imagine anyone benefited more from jumping on the trend than 2 Chainz. According to Forbes, the rapper's holiday merch made him $2 million. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hct__Lu8TW0
Never one to shy away from controversy, Bounty Killer has hit out against Billboard Magazine for naming British singer Joss Stone Reggae Artiste of The Year. The fiery deejay also had some harsh words for Jamaica’s Government. He took to Instagram after reading a story published in the Jamaica Observer on December 22 about Stone’s latest accomplishment. Dear Government of Jamaica, Reggae/ Dancehall Artistes, What are you doing to preserve Reggae Music? What measures are implemented for A genre birthed […]
According to results published by TIME, incarcerated dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel earned the most-searched person in Jamaica and Guyana for the year 2015. Keeping Up with the Kardashians reality TV star Kim Kardashian and Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi, each earning the distinction of being the most-searched person in 26 different countries in 2015. Kardashian was the most-searched person everywhere from France to New Zealand to the U.S., while Messi topped the list in Cuba, Chad, the Congo and more. […]
