Editors At Large

YouTube Jamaica: Masicka Crashes the Party, Valiant Holds Steady, and Shatta Wale Invades the Top 10 With ‘Street Crown’

The YouTube Jamaica charts this week look like a dancehall soap opera: Masicka storming in like an “Autocrat,” Shatta Wale pulling up with a “Street Crown,” and jaame.sss still clutching the No.

24/08/2025

Charts·YouTube Jamaica Chart

MaXXXine Actor James W. Hunter Sues Rolling Stone, Penske Media, and Attorneys Over Alleged Defamation Campaign

LOS ANGELES, CA (August 23, 2025) — Actor James W. Hunter has filed a sweeping defamation lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against Rolling Stone Media LLC, its parent company Penske Media

23/08/2025

News

Eve Recalls Her First and Last Trip to the Church of Scientology In Memoir ‘Who’s That Girl?’

In her memoir Who’s That Girl?, rapper and actress Eve opens up about an experience few in hip-hop have ever spoken on: a surreal evening at the Church of Scientology in Los

23/08/2025

Books

Buju Banton’s Unchained Spirit Turns 25: Prophecy, Experimentation, and the Crossroads of a Legend

When Buju Banton released Unchained Spirit on August 22, 2000, the Jamaican dancehall icon was standing at a crossroads. Just three years earlier, his roots-conscious masterpieces Inna Heights (1997) had repositioned him from

22/08/2025

Anniversaries

Aliah Denae: “My Music Is Storytelling—Deeper Than It Seems at First. It’s Pop, R&B, Afropop, Afrodance—All Blended Together.”

Aliah Denae is a woman of many worlds. By day, she is a third-year medical student specializing in surgery. By night, she is carving out her place in music, blending genres into

21/08/2025

New Artists·New Music

OG Mateo Brings Kevin Lyttle to Brooklyn for Labor Day: A Celebration of Caribbean Culture

Matthew “OG Mateo” Mateo has never been content with simply throwing parties. As president of 5 Star Entertainment Group and founder of Mateo Productions, the promoter of Guyanese heritage has positioned himself

20/08/2025

Concerts

Glen “Titus” Campbell, Sharee Elise Indecent Proposal

Theater Review: Indecent Proposal Finds Comedy in Chaos, and Heart in the Margins of Jamaican Life

At the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston, playwright Patrick Brown’s Indecent Proposal is staged in the cramped, unkept apartment of Sarah, a waitress at a dilapidated restaurant who lives on the economic and

18/08/2025

News

Bad Bunny, Drake, and Music Giants Urge Court to Dismiss Dem Bow Copyright Claims

LOS ANGELES — The legal battle over the copyright status of the Dem Bow riddim — the drum-and-bass foundation of reggaeton — has intensified, with Bad Bunny (Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio), Drake

18/08/2025

News

BIA and Young Miko Drop Birthday Anthem “Birthday Behavior”

Every great artist needs a birthday anthem, and rapper BIA just delivered one with “Birthday Behavior,” her new collaboration with Puerto Rican star Young Miko. Released August 15 across streaming platforms, the

18/08/2025

News

Slightly Stoopid started off as a punk band but evolved into a reggae and ska band. Jeffrey Lamont Brown

Foreign Artists Tap Jamaica’s YouTube Charts as Launching Pad

Jamaica’s YouTube chart, tracked weekly by World Music Views since 2018 with data curated from Friday to Thursday across all official channels, has morphed into the industry’s open mic night for outsiders.

17/08/2025

News

Stefflon Don’s Secure At 7: The Only Mixtape In Dancehall History To Hit The UK Albums Chart

When Secure dropped on August 17, 2018, Stefflon Don was already riding a wave of momentum that most artists only dream of. She had just become the first UK artist to land

17/08/2025

Anniversaries

WMV Exclusive: Gaza Indu on Her Return to Music, Kartel’s Early Support, Working With Rvssian

When Dashia Muir, better known as Gaza Indu, first entered the dancehall spotlight, it was under the wing of Vybz Kartel. Her story? Not one of instant stardom but of chance encounters,

16/08/2025

Features

Donovan Watkis

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