Sean Paul reminds us why he is the best of the best when his comes to dancehall projects. Multiple Grammy award-winning artiste, Sean Paul, is reveling in the success of his new album Scorcha. For over two decades, the Jamaican artiste has kept the culture alive with numerous hit singles such as Temperature and Get Busy and countless hit collaborations with other famous musicians such as Beyonce, Dua Lipa, Shaggy, Keyshia Cole, and Sia. His latest project, Scorcha, is his second LP release in the last eight years. He released Live N Livin’ last yea ..read more

Above: Tabou Combo By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Tabou Combo and Jamaica’s Jah Cure are among the headliners for this year’s World Creole Music Festival in Dominica. The festival, which will take place from Oct. 24 to 26, will be hosted at the Windsor Park Stadium in Roseau, Dominica. Other acts include Puerto Rican merengue singer Elvis Crespo, who recently highlighted the St Kitts Music Festival, along with T-Vice and Destra and featuring a host of Zouk masters from Guadeloupe and Martinique. The latter will include Franky Vincent and Harry Soundourayen. This year will be the 18th ..read more

At more than five decades into his musical career with an untold number of recordings to show for it, Lowell “Sly” Dunbar sails into 70 today, May 10. The drummer and his creative partner, late bassist Robbie Shakespeare, first asserted themselves as a joint force when they shook up the de facto Reggae sound in 1975 with Right Time. Since then, the pair proved that the further they stretched their rhythmic palette, the closer these shifts in the Reggae landscape came to reaching seismic levels. Sly & Robbie’s shared viewpoint has always been music-oriented. Coupling a sterling work e ..read more

Bounty Killer has called for his one-time rival Super Cat to get his flowers as he noted that they have both buried the hatchet. Super Cat is regarded as one of Jamaica’s biggest artists in dancehall, gaining popularity in the late 1980s- 1990s. The artists’ beef started after Bounty Killer recorded a song in 1994 that seemed to insult Indians, which Super Cat took offense to. Supercat, who is half-Indian, recorded a diss track, “Scalp Him,” which set off a back and forth between the artists as Bounty Killer responded with “Ancient Days Killings.” It later died down but resurre ..read more

Introducing Caribbean artist Gianni Mae with her new single titled “Black Girl Magic” as she looks to close out 2021 with a big bang. “Black Girl Magic” is supposed to be an anthem for Black women of all ages, as well as a catchy rhythmic bop to twerk, dance and chant to. While the dancehall infused song is suitable for every moment, it unfolds its full power when Gianni performs it live as she did when she opened the show for Nigerian superstar Omah Lay at his sold out concert at Earth in London back in the summer. Speaking about the inspiration behind “Black Girl Magic”, Gianni Ma ..read more

By Remeka Washington-Wint  International reggae star Junior Reid is expected to be on a brand new feature with New Jersey rapper, Fetty Wap, this December 17. The reggae star teased the collaboration via his Instagram page this week uploading an audio snippet of the anticipated track titled “Milan”, which is the remix of an original track by the East Coast rapper from his latest album the Butterfly Effect. The track is produced by New Jersey native Great John, who is also the producer of the original recording. In the quick audio snippet, Junior Reid’s chart-topping vocals can be heard si ..read more

Social media influencer Kerry Ann Collins, better known as Chiney K, has landed an exciting new gig working with the marketing team of the hit Netflix series, Money Heist (originally titled La Casa de Papel) The influencer has been tapped to create content to accompany the vocals for Latin star Becky G’s Bella Ciao remix. which is featured in the season finale of the series.  According to Collins the collaboration with the team from Money Heist came about in the most organic way, sharing that she was simply posting videos with reference to the show on he ..read more

Ld Dontae, the reggae dancehall artist born Devon Smith, in the parish of Portland Jamaica, and who currently resides in the United Kingdom. Gangster Ras’s debut single is released by Nanimus Music LTD. Qauzar entertainment, the artist raps and DJ’s about his lifestyle and the type of women who throw shades at men who just sit at home too comfortable, eat, sleep and gain weight, and all too lazy to take care of themselves. The track is upbeat and catchy. Its genre falls between reggae dancehall and dancehall trap. Ld Dontae states that he is a ‘go-getter’, fully loaded which attracts the ladi ..read more

“Father God” by Fuzzy Termite   Known for sharing positive and uplifting messages through his music, Fuzzy Termite has yet again released a song entitled “Father God”, produced by Nanimus music and Quazar entertainment on the Whiteline riddim. This song in particular conveys a message of self-belief and determination. Moreover, it seeks to empower listeners to be self-motivated and to work hard to achieve success.   Taken from the “Whiteline compilation” by various artists, “Father God” was released in March 2021. The compilation consists of 6 tracks, which includes ..read more

A Humanitarian is someone “concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare” and the song ‘Bossy’ does just that. The up-tempo track has a deeper meaning of self-empowerment and achieving your goals but on the surface is all about having fun. “Live inna love, we no live inna hate” Humanitarian sings as he encourages his listeners to have a positive outlook on life. In classic Jamaican style Bossy is about living your best life and partying whilst the artist isn’t afraid to let you know you are not quite on his level. Whilst the song is about partying, it is essentially an homage to Nanimus ..read more