Editors At Large

Spice’s ‘Emancipation’ Exits, Damian Marley’s ‘Welcome To Jamrock’ Re-Enters Billboard Reggae Chart

Spice’s sophomore album ‘Emancipated’ has exited the Billboard Reggae Album Chart this week after spending one week at no. 7. The album sold 700 copies and streamed 1.1 Million in the U.S

13/09/2022

Charts·Dancehall·Reggae

YouTube Paid Out $6 billion To The Music Industry In 2021

Lyor Cohen, Head Of Music at YouTube announced today that the company paid out $6 billion to rights holder and creators. Last year YouTube announced $4B was paid out to the music

13/09/2022

News

Tupac Shakur Died September 13, 1996, Six Days After Being Shot

September 7, 1996, remains a pivotal day in hip-hop history as the day Tupac Shakur was tragically shot in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was in town with his label boss, Suge Knight,

13/09/2022

Culture·Hip Hop

Burna Boy & Tems Nominated For BET Hip Hop Awards

The 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards nominations were released today and Drake, Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar leading the pack. BET released that Drake earned 14 nominations in categories such as Lyricist of the Year,

12/09/2022

Afrofusion·Hip Hop

Irv Gotti Says ‘The Government Stopped Me From Making Money’

Murder Inc. founder Irv Gotti says he went from being the man in the record business to fighting for his life when the feds raided his offices. Irv started at a deejay

12/09/2022

Hip Hop

Most Commercially Successful Grammy Winning Reggae Albums

September 30 2022 is the cut-off date for albums and singles to be eligible for the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. Since 1985, the Grammy for Best Reggae Album has been reggae’s most

12/09/2022

Grammy News·Reggae

Stick Figures: Fire & Stone (Prince Fatty Presents) Album Review

The American Reggae band released seven full-length albums and one instrumental album, all of which were written and produced by frontman and self-taught multi-instrumentalist Scott Woodruff. The band has been at the

12/09/2022

Album Reviews

Ziggy Marley Says Artists Must Open Their Minds Because The Music Business Has Changed

Ziggy Marley — the eldest son of Bob Marley — is an eight-time Grammy Award winner, Emmy winner, and philanthropist with multiple hit songs and world-class tours under his belt. He is

11/09/2022

Interview·Reggae

Chris Williams Of Proven Investments Tells How Dancehall/Reggae Artists Can Attract Investments And Capitalize On Jamaican Culture

Proven Wealth CEO Chris Williams manages over US$1Bn and his company, was the biggest shareholder In Dream Entertainment, the organizers of Dream Weekend before they offloaded the shares last September during the

10/09/2022

Features·Interview

“Last Last” by Burna Boy has now sold over 500,000 units in the US.

Burna Boy’s summer hit “Last Last” has now sold more than 500,000 units in the U.S. The breakup anthem, which exploded after he first performed it at the Billboard Music Awards in

10/09/2022

Afrofusion

Sean Paul has the most commercially successful dancehall songs of all time

Sean Paul Sends Heartfelt Message To U.K. Fans, “May Queen Elizabeth II Rest In Peace”

Dutty Cup artist Sean Paul has joined the millions of people around the world sending condolences to the British people on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II who died at age 96

10/09/2022

Dancehall

John Legend Releases Eighth Album “Legend” Featuring Dancehall Singer Jada Kingdom & Stephen Di Genius

John Legend has released his eighth album, LEGEND, via Republic Records. He executive produced it with Ryan Tedder(Beyoncé, Adele). Stephen Di Genius McGregor has writer’s and co-producer credit on disc 2 track 5

09/09/2022

Dancehall·R&B

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