Dancehall News

Ding Dong has spent close to twenty years getting dancehall crowds to lose their minds, and this October he gets to do it on the same stage as Cardi B.

Spotify didn’t just give Masicka a feature. It gave him a title. The streamer’s digital magazine Frequency has labeled the Jamaican deejay “The Future of Dancehall,” a tag most artists in the genre would spend a whole career chasing.

Kabaka Pyramid’s return to his rebel roots almost didn’t happen on purpose. The Kingston musician says the project that became his new lyrics tape started with his team simply tossing around ideas, and only took shape once his manager heard a few tracks and said they sounded like the Rebel Music days.

The meaning of “Tempted to Touch” is simple. Rupee’s narrator sees a woman dancing at a party and can barely hold back from touching her.

The meaning of “So Mi Like It” comes straight from Jamaican Patois. The phrase means “this is how I like it.”

The meaning of “Nobody Has to Know” is simple: it is a song about a secret affair.

Sean Paul isn’t giving away much, and that seems to be the point. The dancehall veteran hopped on Twitter with a quick clip and an even quicker caption: “Just a likkle tease of what’s cookin’ 👀.”

Megan Thee Stallion is calling it a dream come true, and she wants everybody to know it.

Drake just put a date on it, with a catch. The songs he debuted in his FOMO short film are coming to streaming services this Thursday (Oct.

Quavo didn’t hold a press conference or post a long caption to announce he’s a dad.