Time To Prioritize Jamaica’s Music Beyond Empty Talk

Time To Prioritize Jamaica's Music Beyond Empty Talk

Jamaica’s Reggae Music enjoys “Protected Status” and the City of Kingston, has been deemed a Creative City, two titles earned by our music, the sojourn into which began inauspiciously enough in July of 1947 when Jamaicans were encouraged to record their voices or instruments at 76 West Street in Kingston, for a small fee. In […]

10 Quotes by Jamaican Dub Poet Mutabaruka You Should Know

Mutabaruka

Born in 1952 in Rae Town, Kingston, Jamaica as Allan Hope, he’s better known by his fans as Mutabaruka. He’s a Jamaican Rastafari dub poet, actor, musician, educator, and talk show host. He developed two of Jamaica’s most highly rated radio shows, “The Cutting Edge” and “Steppin’ Razor.” He assumed the name Mutabaruka from the […]

Sean Paul Nabs GRAMMY Nomination Best Reggae Album For 7th Studio Album ‘Live N Livin’

Sean Paul Jamaican Dancehall Reggae Artist Grammy Winner

Multi-award-winning and Billboard chart topping, international recording artist Sean Paul has been nominated Best Reggae Album for the 64th annual GRAMMY Awards, set to take place on January 31. With the vision and undertone of ‘collaboration over confrontation’ Sean Paul ‘Live N Livin’ album is the 7th studio album and first album released on his […]

Billboard Names Bob Marley Album “Legend” 2021’s Best Selling Reggae Album

Bob Marley Appears Twice on Stacker List of 100 Best Albums by Black Artists

An album released by Bob Marley and The Wailers in 1984 has been named the top-selling reggae album in 2021 by Billboard magazine. “Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers” ranks at the top of Billboard’s 25 Best-Selling Reggae Albums of 2021 list. The 1984 vinyl recording was released on the Island Records […]

Kanye West Album Featuring Buju Banton and Shenseea on Time’s 2021 Top 10 Album List

Jamaicans Shenseea and Buju Banton Featured on New Kanye West Album

Time magazine has listed “Donda,” the 10th studio album from Kanye West, and a release that features Jamaican recording artists Buju Banton and Shenseea, as Number 7 of the Top 10 albums of 2021. Time noted that in the post-COVID-lockdown of 2021, Kanye West successfully brought large crowds back to in-person attendance at big stadium […]

Jamaica’s Shenseea Nominated for Multiple Grammys as Recording Academy Rules Change

Jamaica Shenseea Nominated for Multiple Grammys as Recording Academy Rules Change

Due to a change in the rules that govern the Grammy Awards, Jamaican dancehall artist Shenseea, 25, has been nominated for Grammy awards for songwriting and performing vocals on the songs “OK OK Part 2” and “Pure Souls,” which are included on Kanye West’s album, “Donda.” West’s album has been nominated in the Album of […]