Sean Paul has been running reggae and dancehall since the early 2000s, charting with hits like “Get Busy” and “Temperature” while solidifying his spot as one of the best artists of his era. After ...

New York City’s biggest dancehall celebration is back! On Monday (June 15), Billboard confirms that Reggae Fest will return to Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Aug. 15. Jamaican dancehall ...

Mento is the name given to Jamaican folk music that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s. Similar to Calypso, which originated in ...

Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs by Nailah Blackman, Bunju Garlin, Fay-Ann Lyons and more. By Kyle Denis We finally made it, folks! 2024 is here. To kick off the new year, ...

Hip-hop and reggae have always gone hand in hand. These 25 collaborations prove why. Hip-hop and reggae have always been ...

What would dancehall reggae look like if it were G-rated — cleansed of all shout-outs to female anatomy, devoid of references to particular brands of ammunition, less invested in being hardcore than ...

"Women have gone through some very serious things in this industry." By Patricia Meschino As the opening act on Samoan-American reggae artist J Boog’s Love Over Everything tour, Jamaican singer Etana ...

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 ...

Reading the Jamaica Gleaner this week, I fell upon an article announcing the fact that six of the 10 records in the Billboard Reggae chart are by non-Jamaicans. Nothing against Matisyahu, but given ...

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