In 2022, Skillibeng made a major move in his career when he was signed by American record label, RCA Records, which falls under Sony Music Entertainment. Richard ‘Skane Dolla’ Ford, the senior vice-president of A...
In early 2013, a then 19-year-old dancehall artiste using the moniker Masicka, was referred to by keen observers in the music business as “The Future”. Fast forward 12 years later to 2025 and Masicka is definitely “The Now”. The dancehall mega...
Multi-hyphenate creative Craig Parks, better known as ‘Leftside’, or as his really good alter ego, ‘Dr Evil’, continues to live his best life, whether in or out of the studio. With music in his DNA, it’s not surprising that he became interested in...
With royalty embedded in their DNA, five of the children of ska, reggae and rocksteady great, Denroy Morgan, formed a band in 1994, and it’s no surprise that Morgan Heritage has stood the test of time, touring internationally and securing quite a...
As Jai Kingston himself said, “Winning four of six nominations is no joke”. Last Saturday night at the Sterling Gospel Music Awards, the music minister was awarded Male Artiste of the Year, Collab of the Year, Local Hit of the Year and Local Hit...
Mortimer McPherson is known to fans simply as Mortimer. The Rastafarian roots reggae message music minstrel has been on this journey for more than a decade, having released his first EP in 2014. The four-song project, via VP Records, was produced...
Mexican reggae artiste, Jah Fabio, while expressing his gratitude to reggae music for changing his life, is also embracing being a bridge between Jamaican artistes and Latin artistes rather than Reggaeton acts. “Reggae music change my life ... it...
Last Sunday, the Footprints Café on Belmont Road in Kingston played host to the launch of the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association’s (JaRIA) 2022 Honour Awards, at which the awardees and nominees were officially unveiled. The JaRIA executive had a...
In 2018, dancehall artiste and Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star, Spice, made a bold statement with the song Black Hypocrisy, in which she focused dramatically on the vexing issue of colourism. Spice, whose complexion is luscious, dark chocolate...
Attorney-at-law Maurice McCurdy this morning emphasised that he was retained by Lorna Strachan and Mark 'Buju Banton' Myrie to act in a matter pertaining to their daughter, Abihail Myrie. McCurdy, who informed the media and the police on Tuesday...
The funeral service for eccentric musical genius Lee 'Scratch' Perry is scheduled for today at 2 p.m. in his birth parish of Hanover. Minister of Culture, Gender Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange confirmed to The Gleaner that Perry's final...
A quick look at Trudy Bell’s social media pages shows that she is an actress, writer, producer, influencer and emcee, but in reality, she is all that and more. Bell is the tell-it-like-it-is churchgoer, Sister Passion, who has gained for herself a...
Actress Deon Silvera’s 60th birthday party turned out much bigger than originally conceptualised, not because there were more guests present than had been invited, but rather owing to the absence of one guest, theatre giant Volier Johnson. On the...
An alum of respected Seventh-Day Adventist institutions in Jamaica – Kingsway Prep, Kingsway High, and Northern Caribbean University – Yanique Barrett, dancehall’s best-loved ‘Curvy Diva’ has a record of raunchy antics that would certainly leave...
