We hope everyone is enjoying Labor Day 2018! Whether you have the day off or not, the most important thing is to recognize the hard work we all put in day in and day out at our respective 9 to 5 ...

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 ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the first days of spring finally gracing New York City, the summer is just a few breaths away — which means dancehall riddims ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “We all know that it wasn’t a mistake — BET already contacted us to license the track for TV rights,” Bost stressed in a statement ...

Music studios here, low on frills and high on voltage, are the nerve centers of Jamaica. Anywhere on the island — even in Kingston, a car-loving city that scoffs at public domain — music blares. From ...

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 ...

COMPARED to Toronto, the Jamaican community in Montreal is a small one. But according to a top disc jockey in that city, Quebec’s largest city has quietly made strides as a leading reggae market in ...