Dancehall, in its core spaces, is thriving socially and digitally. This is evident in the diverse range of contemporary and ...

In the cultural spaces from which dancehall music gets its name, women are usually the center of attention. The Jamaican genre’s digital rhythms are calibrated to inspire female bodies to wine, as the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — In 2016, the cover of the Yellow Pages brought Jamaica to a standstill. For the Kingston and St. Andrews editions of the directory, three artists were commissioned to create ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica–The announcement that dancehall artistes, Vybz Kartel and Shenseea were shortlisted for the 2025 Reggae Grammy Award rehashed a controversial decades-old argument among the masses.

When the Windrush Generation first arrived on the shores of Great Britain on the HMS Empire Windrush in 1948, they brought with a music that wouldn’t just leave an imprint on British music culture, ...

A decade after he defined the genre in the 2000s, the Jamaican artist is having another moment. He explains how he plans to take dancehall back to its roots I will have some of dat green juice.” Sean ...

“Top ranking” is a phrase so common in the lexicon of dancehall reggae, it could almost be punctuation. That’s not to mention related terms like “highly rated,” “strictly the best,” and “tougher than ...

The Jamaican singer Spice is the first female hard-core dancehall artist to be nominated for a Grammy in the best reggae album category. By Sandra E. Garcia When Grace Hamilton was 17, her best friend ...

“It’s a hard-core explicit content. That is really the definition of dancehall,” said Spice, one of the reigning queens of the genre, which blossomed in Jamaica in the 1970s and is in the midst of a ...

“Top ranking” is a phrase so common in the lexicon of dancehall reggae, it could almost be punctuation. That’s not to mention related terms like “highly rated,” “strictly the best,” and “tougher than ...