Dancehall News

The most eyebrow-raising name on Kizz Daniel’s new album might not be a Nigerian act at all.

Few recordings in the history of popular music carry the weight of a single repeated word the way Desmond Dekker’s “Israelites” does.

The question of what “54-46 Was My Number” means has a direct, verifiable answer: 54-46 was Frederick “Toots” Hibbert’s inmate identification number during a period of incarceration in the 1960s.

Few songs in the reggae canon carry the weight of a lived threat delivered with such irresistible joy.

Gramps Morgan just put Hawaii on notice. The reggae veteran took to Instagram to announce he’s heading to Blue Note Hawaii, and the message to fans was personal “it’s been a very long time” and “we have a lot to talk about.”

The number that stands out here is not 350,000, it is how fast it got there.

Sean Paul didn’t pick just any backdrop for his latest visual he went to Medellín, Colombia, and from the sound of his post, the city delivered exactly the energy he was looking for.

Blvk H3ro didn’t book a studio, a set, or a crew he just looked around at Reggae on the River and decided the universe had already done the work for him.

Lil Durk remains behind bars and is now heading toward a second major trial, this one a RICO case that carries a murder charge and, legal observers say, significantly longer odds than the first.

Bounty Killer is teasing a new track called “Badda Dan Dem” and, true to form, he’s not just announcing it he’s making a statement with it.