Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A few days later, Dezral made Lucian Carnival history with an unprecedented triple victory. “The Car,” his Jardel-assisted ...

Jamaican dancehall star Konshens is known for making raucous party tunes that encourage female fans to deploy their bodies like a weapon. But, behind turn-up anthems like “Bruk Off Yuh Back” and “Do ...

A great reggae producer is a master of disguise: able to make listeners unaware that the 10 tunes they've just heard share a single beat. That's because the building block of dancehall and ...

Lenky's handclap-heavy groove soundtracked three major hits in the summer of '03 and helped dancehall cement its U.S. takeover. By J'na Jefferson Contributor This week, Billboard is publishing a ...

After weathering two globe-traversing clashes in January, dancehall spent much of February reeling from those showdowns. If January was focused on the global reach of some of the biggest stars across ...

Best-of collections are to music what Cliffs Notes are to literature. So? They’re still fun for dilettantes and music nerds alike. No one knows this like a reggae fan: Only the ultra-devoted (and ...

Out now, it is the sequel to Marvin Sparks’ first book, which looked at the global expansion of dancehall in the 90s A new book by Marvin Sparks tracing the history and culture of reggae and dancehall ...

In the dynamic world of music, where trends shift like the tides, Kemar McGregor stands as a guardian of the timeless essence of ’90s dancehall. His latest project, ‘The Recoup Riddim,’ is a testament ...

Jamaican record producer Rvssian added some much-needed energy to dancehall late last year when he re-released his hit 2009 rhythm Go Go Club, allowing a new generation of artistes to shine on a ...