As a pop-culture-consuming whole, Americans have a strange relationship with Jamaican dancehall. Although it’s one of the most important and prolific music scenes in the world, we routinely ignore it ...
In indie circles, there’s a rekindled interest in ska, rocksteady, dub and digi dancehall happening as well, primarily in California. Noisy lo-fi acts like Sun Araw and Peaking Lights dabble heavily.
Jamaica’s young footballers are set to take centre stage this December when top international clubs travel to the island for ...
Jamaican dancehall deejay Danny English has reportedly died from a diabetes-related illness. He was 54. The musician was best known for the 2002 hit “Party Time” alongside Egg Nog, which sampled the ...
“There’s an art to having a good time,” Akeem Smith says. He would know. Even though he’s standing alone in Red Bull Arts, a cavernous gallery space on West 18th Street in New York, Smith is presiding ...
Look up “controversy” in the Jamaican dictionary and you might find a photo of Adidjah Palmer, a.k.a. dancehall star Vybz Kartel. The 35-year-old launched his career over a decade ago as a ghostwriter ...
It's hard to imagine Steven Gerrard listening to dancehall – but it happens. It's been revealed that when it's Raheem Sterling's turn to pick a track for the pre-match stereo on an Anfield matchday, ...
The hero image of Akeem Smith’s first solo exhibition, “No Gyal Can Test” at Red Bull Arts Detroit, embraces a striking contradiction: Carlene Smith, familiarly known as Jamaica’s first Dancehall ...
Vybz Kartel, the popular Jamaican dancehall artist, has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in the murder of an associate, according to the BBC. The 38-year-old singer, born Adidja ...