Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That same self-determination, that instinct toward rebelling against the establishment, and of course, that inextricable tie to ...

Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs by Jimmy October, Elephant Man and DMP. By Kyle Denis Last month marked one year since Vybz Kartel‘s release from prison after serving 13 ...

The category Reggae Recording of the Year has been renamed Reggae/Dancehall Recording of the Year. The reggae category was ...

Sean Paul has been running reggae and dancehall since the early 2000s, charting with hits like "Get Busy" and "Temperature" while solidifying his spot as one of the best artists of his era. After ...

Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs by JussBussCamp, Capleton, Voice and more. By Kyle Denis Slowly but surely, summer is starting to make its presence felt. With warmer ...

Who belongs on reggae and dancehall's metaphorical mountaintop? Narrowing the genres' influence to just a handful of names feels nearly impossible, but these artists helped shape the sound, culture ...

Mr. Vegas is an award-winning reggae dancehall singer. The performers is a cultural ambassador known in the dancehall and reggae industry for his ability to blend “rapid-fire toasting with melodic ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — In 2016, the cover of the Yellow Pages brought Jamaica to a standstill. For the Kingston and St. Andrews editions of the directory, three artists were commissioned to create ...

As a pop-culture-consuming whole, Americans have a strange relationship with Jamaican dancehall. Although it’s one of the most important and prolific music scenes in the world, we routinely ignore it ...

Jamaica was a slave-operated plantation island for two centuries beginning in around the mid-1600s. The island then became a British colony until Jamaica gained its independence in the 1960s. Within ...

In the first week of May, the American music industry commenced a semi-annual tradition: singling out a lone piece of Jamaican music and sending it up the charts. 2018’s lucky winner is “Walking ...

In this essay, writer AJ Morris explores the cultural history of Jamaican music, from reggae to dancehall, and examines how the medium works in tandem with Jamaican film as acts of protest and ...