Editors At Large

T.O.K.’s Controversial “Chi Chi Man” Surges to Top 3 on U.S. Reggae iTunes Chart After Parade and Reggae Fest Massive Revival

More than two decades after its release — and just two years after T.O.K. declared the song would be banished from their catalog — the group’s incendiary hit Chi Chi Man has

05/09/2025

News

Usher and Alicia Keys, wearing Dolce & Gabbana, perform during the halftime show at Super Bowl LVIII. Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports/Reuters

Usher and Alicia Keys’ “My Boo” Surpasses 1 Billion Streams on Spotify

21 years after its release, Usher and Alicia Keys’ Grammy-winning duet “My Boo” has officially joined the billion-streams club on Spotify. The song released august 29, 2004 via LaFace Records, now marks

04/09/2025

News

Vybz Kartel at the 02 Arena in the UK September 4, 2025 credit @abbxstudios

20,000 Pack the O2 Arena as Vybz Kartel Brings Out Wizkid in London

Vybz Kartel delivered the first of two sold-out nights at London’s O2 Arena, performing to 20,000 fans in one of the most significant dancehall events to ever take place in the UK.

04/09/2025

Concerts

Vybz Kartel at the Barclays Center Brooklyn April 2025-Photo by Devon Garcia

Goldman Sachs: “Live Music Shows Resilience” as Industry Set to Grow 7.2% Annually Through 2030

Goldman Sachs is betting big on concerts. In its newly released Music In The Air report, the bank’s researchers predict that the global live music industry will expand at a 7.2% compounded

04/09/2025

News

Global Music Revenues Forecast to Reach $200bn by 2035 According To Goldman Sachs Music In The Air Report

Global music revenues are projected to nearly double over the next decade despite slowing growth in 2024, according to Goldman Sachs Research’s latest Music in the Air report. The industry generated $105bn

03/09/2025

Music Report

Narcos at Ten: How Netflix’s Cocaine Epic Redefined Crime Drama

When Narcos premiered on August 28, 2015, Netflix was still carving out its identity as a home for original series. What followed was a gritty, bilingual epic that not only pushed the

03/09/2025

Films

John Malone Eyes Live Nation Spin-Off as Music Industry Consolidation Looms

When you buy a ticket to see Alice Cooper, Beyoncé, or Burna Boy on a Live Nation stage, chances are John Malone is somewhere in the background. The 84-year-old “cable cowboy” holds

03/09/2025

News

Sizzla Kalonji has more than 80 reggae albums

Sizzla to Headline Colorado Charity Event Supporting Jamaican Schoolchildren

Denver, Colorado – Entertainment promoter and cultural ambassador Eton Pearcy is set to make waves this September with a landmark event headlined by reggae icon Sizzla Kalonji. Organized through Pearcy’s Jamrock Events,

02/09/2025

Concerts

Mojo Morgan on Reggae’s Global Shift: “They Exist Because of Us — and That’s a Good Thing”

“Legends never die, right?” Mojo Morgan tells me, his voice steady but heavy with memory. “So, not because [Petah’s] no longer within this realm, the legacy that we built should fall by

02/09/2025

News

Sting vs. The Police: Why “Every Breath You Take” Royalties Are Frozen in Court

“Every Breath You Take” is the most streamed song from the 1980s on Spotify, and apparently, also the most resented. Forty-two years after the Police topped the charts with their creepy-but-romantic anthem,

02/09/2025

News

Debbie Bissoon Honored as Most Inspiring Woman in Media at We Inspire Women Awards

The Jamaica Pegasus Hotel was transformed into a sea of pink on Sunday, August 31, 2025, as more than 250 women gathered for the annual We Inspire Women awards luncheon. The event,

01/09/2025

Awards

Omi’s “Cheerleader” Becomes First Jamaican Song to Surpass 2 Billion Spotify Streams

On Saturday, August 30, 2025, the Jamaican singer OMI reached an unprecedented milestone: his breakout hit “Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)” surpassed 2 billion streams on Spotify, making it the first song by

30/08/2025

News

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