Dancehall News

Pop culture star Vybz Kartel has launched a YouTube channel with his Turkish fiancée Sidem Öztürk. 

Dancehall stars Bounty Killer and Beenie Man will be bestowed with Jamaica’s sixth-highest national honour, the Order of Distinction (Officer Class) come National Heroes Day (October 21).

The last few days have epitomized spectacle as several fans celebrate the release and acquittal of dancehall giant Vybz Kartel.

Queen of Dancehall Spice has responded to several criticisms hurled at her by Mr. Vegas regarding the trajectory of her career and her marketing strategies. 

Attorney-at-law Marc B. Laykind, the lawyer representing Dancehall artist known as Rygin King, is confident that the criminal gun possession charges will be dismissed soon.

Dancehall singer Wayne Wonder is urging young people to learn from Vybz Kartel’s experience and avoid a similar path.

As he made his exit from the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre, Dancehall star Vybz Kartel sounded a warning for young, wayward youths.

Several members of Vybz Kartel’s once-formidable Gaza/Portmore Empire are among those airing their thoughts on his release from a Kingston prison on Wednesday. 

It’s a running joke that Jamaica isn’t a real place, and that manifested in the strangest way about three hours after Vybz Kartel was released from prison on Wednesday. 

At the stroke of midnight on August 1, 1838, Reverend William Knibb declared “The negro is free” upon the full freedom of slaves in Jamaica.