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Davido Says He’d Charge $500K Per Show for a Joint Tour With Wizkid: ‘Every Venue Will Sell Out’
Davido has put a price on the Afrobeats tour fans have been dreaming about for years.
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Malie Donn’s Debut Album ‘The Golden Child’ Surpasses 11 Million Streams
Malie Donn is currently holding the top three spots on Apple Music Jamaica with three versions of the same idea.
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October Belonged to Popcaan: U.S. Visa, Drake Reunion and a Career Defining Month
Popcaan’s first performance on American soil didn’t happen at a festival or an arena. It happened at Drake’s 40th birthday party in New York on October 24, which feels about right for a friendship that has shaped so much of his last decade.
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J. Cole Responds to Cam’ron’s Lawsuit, Says He Never Promised Podcast Appearance
J. Cole’s legal team isn’t just denying Cam’ron’s claims. They’re accusing the Harlem veteran of filing his lawsuit without warning as a way to “publicly disparage” Cole and gain leverage over a song he once happily signed off on.
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Cardi B Says She Would Never Raise Her Kids in NYC After Bronx Teen’s Killing
Cardi B has a blunt piece of parenting advice for New Yorkers: pack up and head to Pennsylvania.
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Ye Brings Out Playboi Carti and North West at Houston Halloween Stadium Show
A Halloween concert where face paint was banned at the door sounds like a contradiction, but that was the reality for fans heading to Ye’s Houston show on October 31.
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SNL Spoofs Nicki Minaj’s Trump Support in Halloween Cold Open
“Trump’s out here killing it… and by it, I mean my career.” That was the line Saidah Belo-Osagie delivered as Nicki Minaj on the October 31 Halloween episode of “Saturday Night Live,” and it landed as one of the sharpest digs of the night.
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Beenie Man Previews ‘We Di Money Deh’, a Song for Jamaicans Still Waiting on Hurricane Help
Beenie Man is putting a question to music that plenty of Jamaicans have been asking out loud.
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Mr. Vegas Slams Mark Golding in Open Letter
Mr. Vegas has called Mark Golding “the modern day King Saul.” That line comes near the end of a long open letter the dancehall veteran posted to Facebook, and it’s far from the only shot he takes at the leader of the People’s National Party.
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Billboard Restores Reggae Albums Chart to 15 Positions as Legend Logs 355 Weeks at No. 1
Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Legend has now spent 355 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Reggae Albums chart, and this week it got more company underneath it.
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What Does “Babylon” Mean? Jamaican Patois Explained
Stand near any sound system long enough and you will hear it: a selector shouting “fiyah pon Babylon,” a crowd answering back, a roots tune swelling underneath.
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The History of Ska: Jamaica’s First Pop Music
Before reggae conquered the world and before dancehall rewired it, there was ska: brassy, jittery, impossible to stand still to.
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Rocksteady: The Short, Sweet Era That Changed Jamaican Music
Jackie Jackson knew exactly when his story began. Remembering the 1967 session for Alton Ellis’s “Girl I’ve Got a Date,” the bassist put it plainly: “That was the birth of Jackie Jackson.”
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Patra Gets Emotional Over Caribbean Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Honour: ‘Far From Finished’
Patra almost missed the news entirely. The Queen of the Pack deejay was so wrapped up in prepping for interviews that she didn’t open the message from the Caribbean Music Awards until days after it landed in her inbox.
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Judge Dismisses RBX Lawsuit Alleging Billions of Fake Drake Spotify Streams
The claim was 37 billion streams, and a federal judge just decided there wasn’t enough behind it.
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Baby Cham Promises “Classics After Classics” at Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival in Miramar
Cham isn’t billing his next South Florida date as just another show. “It’s going to be more than a Concert!!”
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Mr. Vegas Heads to Panama After Double-Show Night in Costa Rica
“I am blessed” might be the most on-brand caption Mr. Vegas could have picked. The Jamaican dancehall veteran used the phrase, which is also the title of his 2011 hit, to sum up a night in Costa Rica where he played two shows back to back.
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Anthony B Calls Out Jamaican Leaders: ‘How Do You Sleep?’
Anthony B isn’t picking a side. In a new Instagram post, the veteran reggae singer aimed the same blunt question at both of Jamaica’s top political figures at once: “Question To (MR.GOLDEN
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Shenseea Turns Heads as Mantis From ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ for Halloween
Of all the characters in the Marvel universe, Shenseea went with the soft-spoken empath with antennae.
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Rick Ross No Longer Faces Felony Charge in Miami Beach Domestic Violence Case
The photos that were supposed to help build the case against Rick Ross ended up at the center of his lawyer’s argument for knocking it down.