Editors At Large

Shaggy’s ‘Boombastic’ Single Certified Platinum By The RIAA August 27, 1995

WMV continues to highlight of groundbreaking singles and albums from Jamaica’s reggae and dancehall culture that have climbed the international charts with record breaking success. One of the few Jamaican songs to

29/08/2022

Dancehall·Features·Hip Hop

Burna Boy's performance fee is north of US$500,000

Burna Boy’s Performance Fee Revealed: USD$500,000 Plus Private Jet

Former Sony Music executive Maxine Isis Stowe upon learning about Burna Boy's fees commented on facebook that, "He Would Have To Promote His Own Show In Jamaica."

29/08/2022

Afrofusion·Dancehall

Watch: Nicki Minaj Thanks Beenie Man, The Jamaican People & S/O Skeng As She Collects MTV Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

Nicki Minaj performed a slew of hits at the 2022 MTV Video Music Award, the Barbie Queen took to the stage to accept her Video Vanguard award. In her speech she said

28/08/2022

Dancehall·Hip Hop

Watch The MTV Video Music Awards Here

28/08/2022

Uncategorized

Exclusive Interview With Miss Patt, VP Records Founder

Patricia “Miss Pat” Chin has a hearty laugh at 84, her politics may be interpreted as a right leaning capitalist, evidenced by the way she recalls fond memories of former Prime minister

28/08/2022

Features

These Streets Know My Name Music Video: DJ Khaled, Skillibeng, Buju Banton, Sizzla, Bounty Killer, Capleton

Khaled’s dancehall music video for The Streets Know My Name is set in the inner cities of Kingston, Jamaica. The We The Best producer visited Jamaica earlier this year as he does

28/08/2022

Dancehall

Nicky Minaj And Skeng Release ‘Likkle Miss Remix’ On Her Queen Radio: Volume 1 Album

On Saturday sources close to Minaj’s team told World Music Views that the remix for ‘Likkle Miss’ had been recorded and will be added to her ‘Queen Radio : Volume 1’ album

28/08/2022

Dancehall·Hip Hop·Trap Dancehall

31 Years Since “Conscious Party” By Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers Was Certified Platinum

Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers’ third album Conscious Party released under the Virgin Record label was certified platinum by the RIAA 31 years ago. The group consisted of the children of reggae superstar,

27/08/2022

Reggae

Skillibeng Featured In DJ Khaled’s ‘It Ain’t Safe’ Music Video: Watch

DJ Khaled is representing for Jamaica every chance he gets and in his latest video “It Ain’t Safe” from his album God did he gives the Whap Whap DJ a cameo in

27/08/2022

Hip Hop

Rihanna at Savage Fenty launch on Amazon Prime

There are only 83 songs in history that have been certified diamond by the RIAA— here they all are

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) issues the Diamond award sparingly and only does so if a song has moved at least 10 million equivalent units by combining sales and streaming

27/08/2022

Certifications

Pictured (from left): Tammy Brook, French Montana, Sylvia Rhone, Sal Slaiby

French Montana’s Unforgettable Featuring Swae Lee Certified Diamond

Moroccan-US rapper French Montana joined the short list of songs to have gone Diamond with his hit Unforgettable featuring Swae Lee. The song was certified by the RIAA on Thursday August 8

27/08/2022

Hip Hop

Cecil “Skelly” Spence Of Reggae Group Isreal Vibration Is Dead At Age 70

The reggae community is this morning mourning the loss of singer Cecil “Skelly” Spence, founding member of Israel Vibration at the age of 70. Spence was a member of the band Hot

27/08/2022

Reggae

Donovan Watkis

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