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 ...

What would dancehall reggae look like if it were G-rated — cleansed of all shout-outs to female anatomy, devoid of references to particular brands of ammunition, less invested in being hardcore than ...

When Armanii took the stage at Webster Hall during Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players Week last summer, he won over the ...

The Kingston-born singer is visiting iconic venues on both coasts. Get all the details.

Nigerian artist Spydaman calls himself Africa's most underrated dancehall star. Read about his journey, new single, and views on the music industry.

On being a reggae-dancehall entertainment publicist in the digital age, he said, “I feel more empowered, to be honest. 10 years ago, when I got into the game the trends had already started to emerge ...

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 ...

Yachts are proving to be the hottest venues for reggae-dancehall events in New York. “When the boat starts moving, we play soca music,” said CJ Milan, organizer of the recurring Reggae Fest, which ...

Since the late nineteen-seventies, the streets of Jamaica’s capital city, Kingston, have been decorated with ad-hoc placards promising quick, transformative thrills. The signs—hand-painted on ...

The arrest this summer of elusive alleged drug kingpin — and Jamaican folk hero — Christopher “Dudus” Coke served as a dramatic reminder that when it comes to partying at the crossroad between ...