The Top 10 Tessanne Chin Songs
Tessanne Amanda Chin, better known as Tessanne Chin, is a recording artist of Jamaican descent. Chin shot to fame after winning the fifth season of The Voice – National Broadcasting Network’s (NBC) reality TV singing competition. Starting her career in 2006, Chin’s work majorly relates to the R&B, soul, and Reggae genres as both, a […]
Skip Marley Song Caught in Pepsi “Protest” Ad Controversy – Video
Pepsi made a big mistake when it created an advertisement starring Kendall Jenner and featuring the song “Lions” by Skip Marley, grandson of the legendary activist and protest singer Bob Marley. The “lions” in Skip Marley’s song refer to those once displayed on the flag of Ethiopia. In the Rastafarian belief, the Lion of Judah […]
Jamaican Youth Become Pioneering Hip Hop DJs In Canada
Marcus Mosiah Garvey, in citing the legendary Fredrick Douglass, taught the Jamaican people, and by extension Garveyites worldwide, that there is no struggle without progress. Members of the African diaspora, whether as Nigerian merchants in China or as Jamaican cane cutters in Cuba, know struggle. In fact, the historical record shows Jamaican migrant labourers appealing […]
Photo highlights: Son of Mother Africa Embraces Reggae Music
Meta and The Cornerstones! What a performance. On February 17, Meta held an album release party for his 3rd studio album titled “Hira”. From the moment you walked into Le Possion Rouge, you could feel the anticipation in the building. Once Meta got on stage, he had the crowd jamming for about an hour and […]
Skip Marley First in Family to Make the Top 10
Skip Marley, the son of Cedella Marley and grandson of Bob and Rita Marley, is the first member of the legendary family of musicians to be ranked in Rolling Stone’s Top 10 recordings. Marley’s collaboration with Katy Perry “Chained to the Rhythm” hit the Top 100 chart at Number Four. Skip Marley says he is […]
Dancehall-inspired “One Dance” by Drake Ranks Number 23 on Billboard’s All-Time Greatest R&B/HipHop Song List
Drake’s dancehall-inspired “One Dance” recording has been ranked at Number 23 on Billboard’s list of Greatest of All Time Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The song by the Toronto-based hip-hop artist was featured on Drake’s fourth studio album released in 2010. The track includes guest vocals from Wizkid, a Nigerian Afrobeat musician and the British singer Kyla. […]
Zuri Marley, Bob Marley’s Granddaughter, Follows Her Own Path
While mementos of and references to the legendary reggae music icon Bob Marley are easy to find, his granddaughter Zuri Marley, 21, has been able to attend the Clive Davis Institute at New York University where she is currently in her fourth year of music study without attracting undue attention. The daughter of reggae singer […]
John Mayer Calls New Music by Frank Ocean “Future Reggae”
John Clayton Mayer, American singer/songwriter and Frank Ocean’s sometime collaborator, is calling Ocean’s new music “future reggae” and “space reggae.” In response to a question posed to him during an Instagram livestream session, Mayor said his favorite Frank Ocean song was “Sweet Life” and then went on to give his insight into Ocean’s new songs. […]
Love of Dancehall Energizes Russian Choreographer
Russian choreographer Katerina Troitskaya started out studying ballroom dance as a child, but after losing her dance partner at age 11, she abandoned dance for other pursuits. Then, in 2008, she discovered hip-hop, and in 2012, everything changed when she discovered her real love at a dancehall workshop with Laure Courtellemont, a French choreographer. Troitskaya […]
11 Reasons Why You Should Love Jamaican Dancehall Music
The musical landscape in Jamaica has changed radically over the years. Coming from the days of Mento and Ska, through to Rocksteady, the music has evolved in terms of composition and sound. Reggae, which was developed in the 1960s, saw the music growing and changing again. Today, Dancehall has surpassed Roots Rock Reggae and the […]