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Record Label Founder Says Dancehall & Reggae Need Unity

Reggae and dancehall is lacking leadership and unity according to multi-instrumentalist Michael Goldwasser. Speaking exclusively with WMV the co-founder of New York based record label Easy Star said a lot of the issues

18/05/2023

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Billboard’s Power 100 Woman Sherrese Clarke Soares Has A Billion Dollars For Music Catalogues

An interview with Billboard’s 2022 Power 100 Woman Sherrese Clarke Soares took over five months. The certified boss lady with a billion dollar budget to buy music catalogues is the co-founder and CEO of HarbourView

28/04/2023

Exclusives·Finance and Investing

Chaka Demus Disheartened By The “Bad Deals” He Signed In The 80s & 90s

In an All Star interview at Devon House in Kingston for the launch of Murder She Wrote, the 30th anniversary concert set to take place on April 29 at the Plantation Cove

17/04/2023

Exclusives·Features

Why Afrobeats Had 217 Hits In the U.S. Last Year While Modern Dancehall Bubbles Under?

Dancehall and reggae’s peak year was 1993 when the genres occupied 3.9 % of the Billboard charts. In the last year, even reggae’s gifted child Koffee had a hard time charting and maintaining a

06/04/2023

African Hip Hop·Afrofusion·Dancehall·Exclusives·Features

Walshy Fire Says Every Artist Should Co-own Their Music Masters

Grammy Award-winning producer Walshy Fire has been at the forefront of many top hits. From Ellie Goulding to Koffee to Chronixx, he has been instrumental in the careers of music’s biggest superstars

01/04/2023

Exclusives·Features·Interview

Tony Rebel’s Lawyer Says He Hopes To Handle French Montana Copyright Case Quietly

‘On the case’ are the words from lawyers Stephen Drummond Esq. and JoAnn Squillace regarding the use of a sample from “Ghetto People Song” produced by Tony Rebel without permission by French Montana. Last year WMV first

29/03/2023

Exclusives·News·WMV Investigates

Meet William Richards, The Man Behind The Biggest Reggae & Dancehall Album Covers

William Richards is a university educated Jamaican photographer. He has captured almost every modern dancehall and reggae artist with timeless prestige and taste, “except Shabba” he says. His work has been featured

26/03/2023

Exclusives·Interview

Radio No Longer Breaking Artists, Major Labels Switching From “On Air” Promotions To Streams

Major Record labels are cutting back on radio airplay music campaigns as streaming becomes more integrated around the world. It is customary in the music industry for labels to use third party

23/03/2023

Exclusives·Features

Kareem "Biggs" Burke, Ye (Kanye), Buju Banton

We Have An Unfinished Song Ye (Kanye) Dedicated Buju Banton

Ye (formerly Kanye West) dedicated an unreleased dancehall-hip hop track to Buju that was leaked recently on social media. The track said to be recorded in Miami when Ye visited DJ Khaled

03/03/2023

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Reggae Music Is Black Protest Music Globally Says Billboard Writer Noel Cymone Walker

Noel Cymone Walker is a writer and host who started her career at Russel Simonds’ Globalgrind.com. She has written for Billboard and other music magazines like Fader and Ebony. She has now

03/03/2023

Culture·Exclusives

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