November 2026

Before reggae conquered the world and before dancehall rewired it, there was ska: brassy, jittery, impossible to stand still to.

Stand near any sound system long enough and you will hear it: a selector shouting “fiyah pon Babylon,” a crowd answering back, a roots tune swelling underneath.

Jackie Jackson knew exactly when his story began. Remembering the 1967 session for Alton Ellis’s “Girl I’ve Got a Date,” the bassist put it plainly: “That was the birth of Jackie Jackson.”

Anthony B isn’t picking a side. In a new Instagram post, the veteran reggae singer aimed the same blunt question at both of Jamaica’s top political figures at once: “Question To (MR.GOLDEN

“I am blessed” might be the most on-brand caption Mr. Vegas could have picked. The Jamaican dancehall veteran used the phrase, which is also the title of his 2011 hit, to sum up a night in Costa Rica where he played two shows back to back.

Cham isn’t billing his next South Florida date as just another show. “It’s going to be more than a Concert!!”

The claim was 37 billion streams, and a federal judge just decided there wasn’t enough behind it.

Patra almost missed the news entirely. The Queen of the Pack deejay was so wrapped up in prepping for interviews that she didn’t open the message from the Caribbean Music Awards until days after it landed in her inbox.

Chris Brown walked out of Southwark Crown Court a free man, but the judge made sure he knew the door to a cell is still open.

The photos that were supposed to help build the case against Rick Ross ended up at the center of his lawyer’s argument for knocking it down.