Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From the long lines for jerk chicken and other Caribbean fare to the waving flags during the islands’ roll calls, Best of the Best ...

“I would really like for the artists to come in and make connections and understand the game and not get fucked like the old ones did,” said Shaggy of the third annual confab. By Janeé Bolden Artists, ...

In this essay, writer AJ Morris explores the cultural history of Jamaican music, from reggae to dancehall, and examines how the medium works in tandem with Jamaican film as acts of protest and ...

If you’ve heard music, there’s a good chance you’ve heard Sister Nancy. That’s how much her song “Bam Bam” has saturated the globe over the past 43 years. The opening horns signal that for the next 3 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A few days later, Dezral made Lucian Carnival history with an unprecedented triple victory. “The Car,” his Jardel-assisted ...

This year’s Grammys have a chance to make history, albeit in a way that might get missed by most TV viewers watching music’s biggest night at home. For the first time in its 39-year existence, the ...

In Jamaican music’s immediate family, there are reggae, dancehall, ska, rocksteady, dub and mento and Nyabinghi. Close cousins? That would be hip-hop, reggaeton, EDM and Afrobeats. Learn about all the ...

Seductive songs about the pursuit of female pleasure have made the dancehall artist Shenseea a new face of girl power. Shenseea outside the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston, Jamaica, in September. Later ...

Dancehall artist Vybz Kartel had just made history as the first Caribbean artist to sell out New York’s Barclays Center two nights in a row after stepping onto a U.S. stage for the first time in two ...

While most love summer for sweaty fun, high temps, low discernment and carefree pleasures, Shenseea has spent this season steady working. With 2024 being the year of the Dragon in the Asian lunar ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Teejay flexes his vocal range on “Dip,” a brand new single from his forthcoming ...

The award-winning Jamaican dancehall star opens up about his first collection of new music since leaving Alligator Alcatraz. By Kyle Denis After kicking off the year with a 73-day stint in a U.S.