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Malie Donn’s debut album records reported Apple Music reggae chart successes across Caribbean and international markets, following its September 4 release.
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Jay-A reports more than 2.4 million cumulative streams for Quick7 tracks, led by Pain, as his team prepares the Ray Charles single and video.
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Yung Drilla’s mother concerned about Canadian rapper’s disappearance . Reports are that the Canadian drill rapper was staying at an Air b n b with two females in Kingston . “ABout 4 m, someone kept calling and calling and they called one of the females and they went to Taboo and went to an after […]
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DANCEHALL producer and US radio personality DJ Tygga Ty (pronounced Tiger Tie) has high hopes for his recently released Shining Star which features dancehall heavyweights like Charlie Black, Rytikal and Yaksta. Charlie Black leads out the project with ‘Mi Love’ with a singalong hook that floats over the instrumental. Yaksta shows up with ‘Whine Baby’ […]
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Madelaine has to be commended as a roots Reggae connoisseur. Her presence and essence on the track shines in an authentic way. Adding the living legend Luciano to the mix catapults this single to another level. Listening to the track brings a 90s recollection. The feel is early nineties meets now, and that makes the […]
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The fire is no longer just on the riddim. It has reached the pulpit. Gospel deejay Mr. Gallimore has launched a blistering musical response to reggae artiste Yaksta, accusing the Rastafarian firebrand of sowing spiritual doubt among young Jamaicans with his provocative declaration: “(expletive deleted) Jesus nah come save we.” Gallimore’s answer […]
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The urgency in Jay-A’s Quick7 wasn’t just in the name. Now, the numbers are moving quickly too. The Miami-based Jamaican dancehall artiste is celebrating after his new EP Quick7 debuted at No. 3 on the U.S. iTunes Reggae chart, giving the rising entertainer another reason to believe his moment is arriving. For Jay-A, born Tarik […]
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In the digital age, a name can be worth its weight in gold—and Jamaican creative entrepreneur Ramona Samuels has spent 16 years making sure hers has a voice. Samuels has emerged from a bruising behind-the-scenes battle to protect The Voicebox, the media and production brand she established in 2010, after another party began using the […]
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Dear Most Honourable Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness and Honourable Minister of Culture Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange I write to you as a writer and creator whose difficult experience with intellectual property has convinced me that a larger conversation is needed about how Jamaica protects the people whose ideas power its extraordinary creative industries. I recently […]
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A 37-year-old Jamaica Defence Force soldier was shot dead in a hail of bullets along Eve Lane in Kingston late Sunday night, leaving investigators with a firearm, spent shell casings and a vehicle to piece together the circumstances of his killing. The deceased has been identified in the report as Andrae Thompson, a member of […]
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