Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 20 years later, the veteran deejay and self-described “elder statesman in the business” admits he’s pivoted toward a more ...

Mento is the name given to Jamaican folk music that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s. Similar to Calypso, which originated in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ghanaian superstar Shatta Wale won two prestigious awards at the 43rd IRAWMA: Best African Dancehall Entertainer and Concert ...

Every year since 1926, Black History Month has been honored in February — but did you know that since 2008, February has also been officially designated Reggae Month in Jamaica? The history and ...

Stonebwoy has once again asserted his authority over the African reggae and dancehall landscape, clinching the Best ...

Stonebwoy made history at the 2026 Telecel Ghana Music Awards, winning Reggae Dancehall Artiste Of The Year for the 10th time ...

Ghanaian dancehall heavyweight Stonebwoy has once again proven why he remains the undisputed king of reggae and dancehall in ...