Dancehall News

The reggae music industry has been sent into a state of shock over the execution-style killing of the son of well-known reggae star Jah Mason.

Music executive Maxine Stowe is heading up a movement to push a month of activities to highlight the potency, cultural pull and international relevance of the dancehall genre.

Hundreds of sexy patrons descended on the Police Officer’s Club Course on Hope Road to ‘galang bad’ during a rip-roaring soca-dancehall session, ‘Brunch and Soca : Riddim and Rum’ last Friday.

Seymour Stewart, the attorney-at-law representing Queen Ifrica, real name Ventrice Morgan, has confirmed that there will be a case management session on May 8 in the defamation suit filed by ska singer Derrick Morgan against his daughter, Queen Ifrica.

Selector Ricky Trooper has got some measure of justice after a three-judge panel of the Superior Court convicted 43 year old Bronx resident Derrick Francis, of murder in the 2023 shooting death of his daughter.

Montego Bay-based dancehall artiste Rickey Teetz is eagerly anticipating yet another Caribbean show this year as he is one of the headliners at a dancehall show at the Ultra lounge in Guyana on May 2nd.

Veteran super-producer Clive Hunt has teamed up with French reggae artist Snight B and reggae icons Marcia Griffiths and Tarrus Riley, to produce ‘Make We Dance’, a powerful cross-genre collaboration.

Producer and founder of Real Quenga Records RayJohn Cameron has achieved another milestone in his career with the success of the track Money & Gyal by dancehall artiste Laden.

Renowned producer, DJ and A&R Richard ‘Shams’ Browne has added another impactful contribution to the reggae space with the release of the Tropical Breeze Riddim under B-Rich Records.

Dancehall star Lisa Hyper scored another legal victory this week when a judge dismissed her trespassing charges in a US court in Florida.