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 ...

“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, ...

Fabian Wayne Edwards, better known by his stage name FyaVerse, is a Jamaican Dancehall fusion singer-songwriter who has quickly emerged as one of the most exciting and innovative voices in the genre.

The sensational sounds of Jamaica and Brazil join forces on DeeWunn and Leo Justi's new collaboration "Back It Up, Drop It", out now via the groundbreaking Waxploitation Records. "Back It Up, Drop It" ...

Rohan Da Great grew up in a Caribbean part of Brooklyn, in a first-generation-American family with deep roots in Jamaica and reggae. But he didn’t start getting serious about his own music until he ...

“It’s a hard-core explicit content. That is really the definition of dancehall,” said Spice, one of the reigning queens of the genre, which blossomed in Jamaica in the 1970s and is in the midst of a ...

On April 8, Jamaica Constabulary Force investigators searching for missing teacher Natalie Dawkins confirmed that they had found a body they believed was her. Dawkins was last seen by a neighbour on ...

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa in 2025, Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise returns to Jamaica with renewed purpose.

The iconic dancehall musician U-Roy has died at age 78. The DJ and vocalist known as "The Originator" had a massive impact on Jamaican music, and was also viewed as a crucial forebear to rap.

In 2011, Jamaican writer and activist Dutty Bookman coined the phrase “reggae revival” to describe artists like Protoje, Chronixx, Jah9, Kabaka Pyramid, Jesse Royal, and others who tended to favor ...