Dancehall News

“He saw a punching bag.” That was Jazzma Kendrick’s reply when a commenter told her they could see what Rick Ross saw in her, and it opened a string of Instagram Stories accusing the rapper of physically assaulting her.

Nobody had a country rap crossover with an Atlanta melody king on their VMAs bingo card, but that is exactly what viewers got tonight.

Drake’s videos have been passed around, memed and parodied for more than a decade, yet he owns a surprisingly light VMA shelf with exactly three Moonpersons.

It started like any celebrity get out the vote message. Nicki Minaj sat down with Lara Trump on Fox News, talked up local elections and told young people to do their homework.

Young Thug says a public jab from Rich Homie Quan once reached his own children. In a new Instagram comment, Thug revealed his sons called to ask if he was gay after Quan said it publicly, and he insists he never fired back.

Afro Nation isn’t wasting any time. The festival has already locked in the top of its 2027 Portugal bill, and the three names sitting up there will feel familiar to anyone who has made the pilgrimage to the Algarve coast: Davido, Rema and Fally Ipupa.

The “pon de river, pon de bank” meaning comes from Jamaican Patois and a dancehall dance.

T.O.K.’s “Footprints” is a song about faith when life falls apart. It takes the image from the well-known Christian “Footprints in the Sand” poem, where God carries a person through hard times, and sets it inside stories of violence and poverty.

“Girls Dem Sugar” is Beenie Man’s boast that he is the sweetness the women want. The song is a romantic, flirtatious brag from one of dancehall’s biggest crossover stars.

The meaning of Bounty Killer’s “Look Into My Eyes” comes down to one idea: it asks comfortable listeners to face the poor people they fear.