Shatta Wale has revealed a rarely seen side of himself in a viral video showing him playing basketball alone on a makeshift ...

Before becoming known as Gangsta, Pedro Juan de la Osa Medrano, born in Cartagena, wrote songs for artists like Maluma (“11 PM”) and the San Andrés duo Rayo y Toby (“Calor,” which still plays in ...

TORONTO — When Drake was a teenager, he’d stand outside Toronto’s long-gone Escape Nightclub handing out flyers just to get inside and lose himself in Vybz Kartel’s music. On Sunday night, he came ...

Jamaican dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel has had a whirlwind 15 months. After spending nearly 13 years behind bars in Jamaica, he was freed from prison in July 2024. By November he was nominated for a ...

A dancehall type beat, perfect for artists like Swae Lee & Post Malone. "Tsunami" instrumental produced by Dices. Trump wants to ‘end’ largest US infrastructure project, a tunnel between NY and NJ ‘We ...

Just days before an announced closure, the Coupland Dancehall has been saved as a Texas country music shrine. On Aug. 11, Abbey Road, owner of the Coupland Dancehall, located in a rural community in ...

A Texas dancehall that was set to close after more than 100 years of two-stepping will keep the lights on after an investor came through at the last second. Current owner Abbey Road said that after ...

If you were alive and clubbing in the boroughs in the 1980s and ‘90s, chances are you saw advertisements for a “sound clash.” If you were lucky—and near enough to Flatbush, Jamaica or Wakefield—you ...

On Monday, the owner of the Coupland Dancehall, located in Coupland, a rural community in southeastern Williamson County, announced that the historic watering hole will close on Oct. 11 after 119 ...

A new reissue marks the 40th anniversary of “Under Me Sleng Teng,” considered one of dancehall’s first digital songs and, with over 500 versions, among the most recycled. By Patricia Meschino In 1984, ...

For Black Music Month 2025, Billboard spoke with WCK Band's Cornell Phillip, Signal Band's Shelly and Asa Bantan to explore the story of Dominican bouyon music. By Kyle Denis Last summer — and, for ...

A debut book from Major Lazer MC and DJ Walshy Fire documents rare dancehall flyers and posters from around the world. Titled Art of Dancehall: Flyer and Poster Designs of Jamaican Dancehall Culture, ...