UK-based recording artiste Kenn Willis has teamed up with Predator to push the promotion of his latest single, Hustle in the streets of the Corporate Area. The Top Keys promotional team hit Boom Sundays and Uptown Mondays and shelled out a large sum of money to the resident dancers in both events . “The dancers […]
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Max Romeo is dead
Jamaican reggae and roots reggae star Max Romeo passed away today in the company of his family. He had been hospitalised over the past few days, but died earlier today (April 11). He was 80 years old. The Chase the Devil singer passed away from heart complications. Romeo achieved chart success in Jamaica and in […]
Read MoreSkeng robbed of chains in Paris
Dancehall star Skeng was robbed by men at gunpoint during a dancehall event dubbed All White Party held in Villiers-Le-Bel in Paris, France on March 14th. Villiers-Le-Bel is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris where several blacks and Arabs are trapped in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods where gangs are known to operate with […]
Read MoreDerrick Morgan is fighting to beat aggressive cancer
Now, more than ever, ska great Derrick Morgan will have to be “rougher than rough, tougher than tough” as the onetime rude boy who helped shape the sound of ska in the 1960s has been hit with a dire cancer diagnosis. Music sources have confirmed that ska great Derrick Morgan is currently undergoing treatment for […]
Read MoreStaceyAnn survives COVID-19 death scare, sings about ‘Life’
Just a few years ago, reggae singer StaceyAnn watched a woman take her last breath right next to her while hospitalised in Annotto Bay hospital. StaceyAnn had been suffering from breathing problems associated with COVOD-19 which she had caught three times. “There was nothing more the doctors could do. I cried and wondered is this […]
Read MoreQuino of Big Mountain band and Wesrok team up for ‘True Love’ single
Emerging reggae artiste Wesrok is pleased with the feedback to his country-influenced single ‘True Love’ featuring American reggae band Big Mountain that has generated quite a buzz in the reggae world. “The song says it all. Love is the answer to a world that is lost and full of hate. Only Jah love can save […]
Read MoreWho is Claude Mills? Contact: 8763951518
Claude Mills is a news journalist who writes articles for the Jamaica Observer, Loop and DancehallMag, publications based in Jamaica. In 1998, Claude Mills,who was at that time a reporter for the Jamaica Gleaner, won his first Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) award for an article he wrote about his experience flying into the eye […]
Read MoreKette Drum singer Determine is dead
Well-known reggae singer Determine, known for the iconic Kette Drum song, passed away today after a long battle with cancer. Paula Francis, one of his closest friends and mother of some of the singer’s children, confirmed his passing in a tearful conversation. “I cannot talk now, but it’s true, he had cancer,” she managed to […]
Read More‘Skippa’ stuck in police custody since last week
Dancehall artiste Skippa, real name Tahjay Clark, has been detained by the cops since turning himself to the authorities last week. “He went in with his lawyer on Thursday and the police dem bake him in de over the weekend,” one source told one876entertainment.com. Skippa released a song, 1DB4L, which pays tribute to slain Spanish […]
Read More‘Thickman’ dubplate lands Kiprich in hot water with cops
A violence-spewing dubplate done in memory of the late Othneil Lobban, also known as “Thickman,” the leader of the One Order Gang, may be the main reason that dancehall artiste Kiprich has been named among several individuals who have been listed as persons of interest by the St Catherine North police. “”Mi duh a dubplate fi a […]
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