Dancehall News

Capleton is back in the Grammy conversation, and this time he has a lot of company.

Lt. Stitchie’s family wants the send-off to be open to everyone. The announcement posted to his Instagram doesn’t stop at relatives and close friends.

Etana isn’t running the same show twice. The Jamaican singer has confirmed she’ll play Soul Mama in Islington on October 17 and October 18, with two different sets across the two nights.

Capleton didn’t bother with a long rollout for his latest. The veteran Jamaican deejay simply hit Facebook with a stack of siren and fire emojis and the news that “Si Mi Yah,” produced by Jazzwad, is “OUT NOW on iTunes and all digital platforms.”

A Buju Banton verse and a WondaGurl production credit don’t usually turn up on the same reggae track.

Two very different sides of Nigerian music are heading for the same Grammy race. Asake and Seun Kuti have submitted six entries between them for consideration at the 69th Grammy Awards, and both are chasing recognition in the Best African Music Performance category.

The highest ranked Jamaican album on Rolling Stone’s new list of the 76 Best Albums of 1976 isn’t by Bob Marley.

Less than a day after playing halftime at an NFL game in North London, Ayra Starr already had her next move lined up.

Jurors needed just three hours to decide a case that took nearly three decades to reach a courtroom.

Picture a single Wembley stage holding a Peckham rap heavyweight, a Yonkers trio that shaped New York street rap, and the self-styled King of the Dancehall.