Dancehall News

The 2000s were the decade dancehall stopped knocking on the door of global pop and simply walked in.

Ask ten selectors to name the best reggae songs of all time and you will get ten different answers, a few heated arguments and at least one demand for a rewind.

The 1990s were the decade when dancehall became digital, more international and impossible to ignore. Jamaican sound systems remained at the heart of the culture, but records made in Kingston increasingly found audiences far beyond the island.

DJ Tygga Ty is putting his dance-floor instincts to work on the Shining Star Riddim, a new compilation led by Charly Black, Yaksta and Rytikal that blends catchy hooks with sharp lyrical performances.

Before Dowayne J. Morrison became Ny-Robii, he was known as Priceless, and before pushing his own music to the forefront, his pen was already contributing to songs recorded by Pamputtae, including “Good Good”, “Drive Mi Good”, “Stop It” and “Good Gold”.

Ayra Starr waited months to give “Heaven Baby” its visuals, and the payoff is a moody, blue-lit world she shares with Zayn Malik.

A single tweet was all it took. On October 6, 2026, the account Infamous Sylvia posted that she had “just got some info that Diddy’s case has been overturned,” and within hours timelines were treating Sean Combs like a free man.

Shaggy isn’t precious about his own records. The dancehall veteran just handed “Boom Body” over to a shatta makeover from SHAZ and then went online to cheer it on.

Mr. Vegas has a cost-cutting plan for Jamaica’s anti-corruption watchdog, and it involves zinc. The dancehall veteran took to X with a sarcastic suggestion that the government move the Integrity Commission into one of the country’s old buildings and “just put all the documents and machines under some zinc, in case of rain.”

The cops who showed up at Trippie Redd’s door weren’t the ones running the show. Police from Davie, Florida helped serve a search warrant at the rapper’s $8 million all-black mansion on Tuesday (Oct.