Dancehall star Skeng was robbed by men at gunpoint during a dancehall event dubbed All White Party held in Villiers-Le-Bel in Paris, France on March 14th. Villiers-Le-Bel is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris where several blacks and Arabs are trapped in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods where gangs are known to operate with […]
Read MoreCoco Tea has died of a cardiac arrest after battling lymphoma for six years
Reggae legend Colvin ‘Cocoa Tea’ Scott died this morning following a cardiac arrest. He was 65 His wife, Malvia Scott, confirmed to The Gleaner that the veteran singer passed away at 4:46 this morning at a hospital in Broward, Ft Lauderdale, Florida. He was initially diagnosed with lymphoma in 2019, but for the last six […]
Read MoreVYBZ KARTEL HIGH TICKET SALE PRICES LEAVE FANS PUZZLED
Vybz Kartel is set to make his return to the U.S. stage next month with a show taking place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Many may have to be ‘band their bellies” to afford the exorbitant cost of the tickets. They took to social media to express their shock and comparing his seat rates to another […]
Read MoreSquash to be deported to Jamaica
Dancehall star Squash may be deported to Jamaica as he is now in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The 33-year-old entertainer, whose real name is Andrae Maurice Whittaker, is being held at the Krome North Service Processing Center in Miami as of March 5. This development follows his February 24 arrest […]
Read MoreDerrick Morgan is fighting to beat aggressive cancer
Now, more than ever, ska great Derrick Morgan will have to be “rougher than rough, tougher than tough” as the onetime rude boy who helped shape the sound of ska in the 1960s has been hit with a dire cancer diagnosis. Music sources have confirmed that ska great Derrick Morgan is currently undergoing treatment for […]
Read MoreStaceyAnn survives COVID-19 death scare, sings about ‘Life’
Just a few years ago, reggae singer StaceyAnn watched a woman take her last breath right next to her while hospitalised in Annotto Bay hospital. StaceyAnn had been suffering from breathing problems associated with COVOD-19 which she had caught three times. “There was nothing more the doctors could do. I cried and wondered is this […]
Read MoreQuino of Big Mountain band and Wesrok team up for ‘True Love’ single
Emerging reggae artiste Wesrok is pleased with the feedback to his country-influenced single ‘True Love’ featuring American reggae band Big Mountain that has generated quite a buzz in the reggae world. “The song says it all. Love is the answer to a world that is lost and full of hate. Only Jah love can save […]
Read MoreWho is Claude Mills? Contact: 8763951518
Claude Mills is a news journalist who writes articles for the Jamaica Observer, Loop and DancehallMag, publications based in Jamaica. In 1998, Claude Mills,who was at that time a reporter for the Jamaica Gleaner, won his first Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) award for an article he wrote about his experience flying into the eye […]
Read MoreKette Drum singer Determine is dead
Well-known reggae singer Determine, known for the iconic Kette Drum song, passed away today after a long battle with cancer. Paula Francis, one of his closest friends and mother of some of the singer’s children, confirmed his passing in a tearful conversation. “I cannot talk now, but it’s true, he had cancer,” she managed to […]
Read MoreKiprich charged, set for court on February 21
Dancehall artiste Kiprich has been slapped with charges alleging the ‘use of audio, visual or audiovisual communication to promote criminal activity’ by the police on Monday night.
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