Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs by A!MS, Ding Dong and Collie Buddz. By Kyle Denis After several false starts, summer finally seems to have settled in. That means music ...

The category Reggae Recording of the Year has been renamed Reggae/Dancehall Recording of the Year. The reggae category was ...

Dancehall is a Jamaican genre of music with deep roots in reggae. Sean Paul, one of the world's most popular dancehall artists, breaks down some of his favorite tracks to ever come out of the genre.

Stop calling Ape Drums a moombahton producer. While you’re at it, stop calling his music trap, too. He’s kind of over genres altogether, but if you must call it something, call it what it is. “It’s ...

Ray Paul gives a critical assessment of the state of dancehall music in the UK and what action is needed to strengthen the influential music genre The impact of dancehall, reggae and music from the ...

We investigate how Jamaica’s dancehall became an important part of modern pop and hip-hop When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Sice ...

It's been 21 years since dancehall legend Shabba Ranks declared in an interview on The Word that gay men should be crucified. Unfortunately for Shabba, pop music had reached its full quota of bigoted ...

ACCORDING to Aristotle, “Music has the power of producing a certain effect on the moral character of the soul…” and so is the nature of dancehall music. Said differently, music can encourage and ...

In the cultural spaces from which dancehall music gets its name, women are usually the center of attention. The Jamaican genre’s digital rhythms are calibrated to inspire female bodies to wine, as the ...