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Coachella 2024: YG Marley Represents For Traditional Reggae, 90s Dancehall On Display

YG Marley was the only reggae act billed for Coachella 2024 but the genre permeated the sets of other rap and R&B stars. Bursting onto the Coachella 2024 Stage at 5 p.m.,

15/04/2024

90s Dancehall·Concerts

How UB40 Sold 80 Million Records and Conquered The World With Reggae Music

Grammy nominated Reggae band UB40 sold 80 million records and ascended to fame in the United States in the 1980s. For years, the British reggae band had conquered charts worldwide with their

14/04/2024

Features

Apple Music Chart Data Shows Jamaicans Consume More Hip Hop/R&B Albums Than Other Genres

Apple Music Chart Data curated by WMV, Jamaican music enthusiasts are predominantly consuming albums released by artists from the United States. While Trap dancehall dominates the Apple Music Jamaica Singles chart, driven

12/04/2024

Album Sales·Billboard Reggae Albums Chart

Trap Dancehall: The New Sound Of The Jamaican Youth Takes Over Apple Music and YouTube

Trap Dancehall has emerged as the successor to the original Jamaican Dancehall that dominated the airwaves in the 1990s, with several artists laying claim to being the founder of the genre. Munga

12/04/2024

Dancehall·Trap Dancehall

Controversial New York Hot 97 Radio DJ Mister Cee Has Died At Age 57

Calvin LeBrun, widely known as New York radio DJ Mister Cee or DJ Mister Cee, passed away on April 10, 2024, at the age of 57. A cornerstone of the New York

10/04/2024

News

Spragga Benz Reflects on ‘Shottas’ Movie Message and Says Afrobeats Is Now Where Dancehall Was

Jamaican dancehall icon Spragga Benz in a recent interview with I Never Knew TV, he explained the message behind the Jamaican cult classic movie “Shottas,” in which he played the street thug Wayne,

10/04/2024

Afrobeats·Dancehall·Films

American Young People Are Listening To More Latin, K-Pop and Afrobeats Music

Latin, K-Pop, and Afrobeats and other World Music are among the fastest-growing genres in the U.S. since 2021, according to a report by Billboard Sales Tracker Luminate. In fact, the sales data

09/04/2024

Afrobeats·K-Pop·Latin

Beyoncé’s “COWBOY CARTER” Album Sales Are In

Beyoncé‘s 8th studio album, “COWBOY CARTER,” has sold 418,000 album equivalent units in the U.S. in its first week and will debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart dated April

06/04/2024

Album Sales·Billboard·Charts

50 Year Old Bob Marley, Reggae Archives Still On The Cards For Jamaica Says Joe Bogdanovich

Reggae Sumfest Boss, Josef Bogdanovich says that plans are still under way to acquire Roger Steffens’ extensive reggae archives, including rare Bob Marley images, concert materials, and memorabilia, which are currently domiciled

06/04/2024

Art·Lifestyle·Reggae

Latin singer Rosalía and Her Ex Puerto Rican Boyfriend Rauw Alejandro Hint At Bi-Sexuality

Rosalia is bi-sexual according to a recent interview with GQ magazine, where actress Hunter Schafer, known for her role in Euphoria, disclosed that she was in a romantic relationship with Latin singer

06/04/2024

Lifestyle

Shaggy Declares End Of An Era: Old School Dancehall Is Over, Trap Sound Finding Its Way

Grammy winning dancehall artist Shaggy Declares End Of An Era, says old school dancehall is over and it’s a new day for the genre as he acknowledges and embraces the new sound

04/04/2024

90s Dancehall·Dancehall News·Features·Trap Dancehall

Nicki Minaj’s ‘Red Ruby Da Sleeze’ Certified Platinum in the U.S. for Selling 1 Million Units

Nicki Minaj‘s “Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” is certified Platinum in the U.S. for selling 1 million units in streams and sales combined. The certification was issued by the Recoding Industry Association Of

02/04/2024

Certifications

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