September 2026

Dancehall’s global reach has never been more measurable than it is in the streaming era, and the numbers are staggering.

Dancehall’s global footprint on YouTube is enormous, and tracking the most viewed dancehall videos reveals just how far the genre’s reach extends.

Jamaica is a tiny island nation with an outsized cultural footprint. From the tenement yards of Trench Town to the global streaming charts, Jamaican music has generated hundreds of millions of dollars across more than six decades.

Jamaican proverbs are among the most vivid, layered, and enduring expressions of folk wisdom in the Caribbean world.

Kabaka Pyramid did not start with the version of himself most people know today. Before the Grammy, before the melodies, before the fully formed reggae identity, there was a younger artist still figuring out how much of the rapper in him belonged on a reggae record.

Capleton just picked up a Lifetime Achievement Award, and he’s not shy about the gratitude. The King Shango himself took to Twitter to give thanks to CGJam Toronto and Soul Food Festival 416 for the honour, which went down on September 12, 2026 at the Improve Canada Centre in Vaughan, Ontario.

An FBI raid on a Detroit home turned up a hard drive full of unreleased Eminem recordings, and the man who allegedly sold them for Bitcoin is now heading toward a guilty plea.

Romain Virgo and Swiss selector-producer Skyscraper Stereo have connected on a new reggae track called “Run It Back,” and the recording location alone makes it worth paying attention to.

The biggest surprise out of the 2026 AFRIMMA Awards might be that BNXN and Sarz walked away with Song of the Year over Davido.

Finneas has pulled out of six South American tour dates with Ed Sheeran, citing the removal of Macklemore from the same tour after the rapper made a pair of “Free Palestine” speeches at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.