"Women have gone through some very serious things in this industry." By Patricia Meschino As the opening act on Samoan-American reggae artist J Boog’s Love Over Everything tour, Jamaican singer Etana ...
Ghanaian artiste, Renner has expressed her dissatisfaction about the non-inclusion of female acts in the reggae/dancehall category in the 25th Telecel Ghana Music Awards. The reggae, dancehall and ...
Grammy® Award-Nominated, chart-topping, global superstar Spice, is lighting up the Summer with the arrival of her highly anticipated third studio album, ‘Mirror 25’ which released on Friday, August 9, ...
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Reading the Jamaica Gleaner this week, I fell upon an article announcing the fact that six of the 10 records in the Billboard Reggae chart are by non-Jamaicans. Nothing against Matisyahu, but given ...
Dancehall and reggae riddims filled the airwaves in the ’90s thanks to singers like Diana King, whose wildly popular music was featured in films like Bad Boys and My Best Friend’s Wedding, and “Queen ...
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Even though he migrated to Canada over three decades ago, reggae artiste Tony Anthony has always had a desire to see music from Jamaica being rewarded for its impact on the world stage. Last Sunday, ...
SO, WHAT’S IT LIKE for a female singer trying to break through in the male-dominated world of reggae? “As a solo artist, it’s horrible,” said Miss Linda, one of the four women in the reggae group Worl ...
She was an icon for her raw reggae lyrics and vulgar stage performances to match. The Queen of Dancehall reggae and “slackness” (raunch), she wrote trademark sexually explicit lyrics in a ...