SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Jamaica have arrested a dancehall artist accused of recording and playing a song they say promotes criminal activity. Marlon Plunkett, best known as “KipRich,” ...

In this essay, writer AJ Morris explores the cultural history of Jamaican music, from reggae to dancehall, and examines how the medium works in tandem with Jamaican film as acts of protest and ...

Seductive songs about the pursuit of female pleasure have made the dancehall artist Shenseea a new face of girl power. Shenseea outside the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston, Jamaica, in September. Later ...

The Jamaican dancehall genre has grown from being an alternative expression of music to having massive mainstream appeal. Recognized as a celebration of Black culture and sensuality, dancehall singer ...

“I would really like for the artists to come in and make connections and understand the game and not get fucked like the old ones did,” said Shaggy of the third annual confab. By Janeé Bolden Artists, ...

Walshy Fire has long been involved in the dancehall scene. As a kid, he grew up near House of Leo, an iconic dancehall venue in Kingston, Jamaica. As a young adult, he joined Black Chiney, a Jamaican ...