November 2018 Blog Posts (21)

The new queen of dancehall, Spice, has earned her first Billboard number one album after her new mixtape Captured debut at the top of the Billboard Reggae Album chart this past week. In an age where music streaming is dominating music sales, artists have to get creative in how they drew attention to their…

Vybz Kartel has been teasing the music videos with his two new female artists for the past couple of weeks. British-Jamaican rapper Ili Sanchea flew down to Jamaica last month to shoot the video for “Ochea” with Jay Will Films and…

Tommy Lee Sparta says he is confident he will be exonerated at the end of his lottery scam case.

The Guzu Musiq deejay is currently in Europe on tour as his lottery scam case adjourned until next month. In his recent interview with Winford Williams of OnStage, Tommy Lee Sparta…

Vybz Kartel continues to pour out hits from behind bars with his newest banger “Pretty Potion.” These days the incarcerated deejay is using his in-house producer at his newly formed label Vybz Kartel Muzik to produce his new music. For this single, his enlisted his go-to producer TJ Records. Since…

Alkaline is turning a new leaf for 2019 with a conscious new single “Never Lose Hope.”

The Vendetta deejay links with producer DJ Frass for the reggae anthem where he reflects on on his life and career since stepping into the dancehall arena. After dropping a slew of singles for the ladies and some gangsta anthems…

Famous dancehall dancer Samantha ‘Dog Rice’ Herle died in a car crash last week.

Samantha Herle, more popularly known inside dancehall circles as Dog Rice, died in car accident on the Dolphin Cove main road in St Ann on Saturday (November 4th). Details of the…

The Beenie Man killing Bogle conspiracy has been floating around in dancehall circles since 2005, and Elephant Man just revived the chatters in a new diss track. The Energy God attacked Beenie…

Reggae Ska legend Floyd Lloyd has died.

Floyd Lloyd, whose real name is Lloyd Seivright, passed away on Tuesday of an unknown illness. A rep for the singer told Urban Islandz that he has been sick for a while before passing away while undergoing treatment at the St. Ann’s Bay hospital. “He was sick for a while but didn’t make it public so the…

Tarrus Riley teams up with dancehall legend Mykal Rose for a new banger “Guess Who” and now we have the visual.

The single samples Mykal Rose classic “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner.” The cut was directed by I.D. Studios and kicks off with a female in the hood doing hair and selling products. She let it be clear that she is selling everything.…

Kahira Jones, who is a close friend Vybz Kartel, was one of the dancehall star’s three co-conspirators who was convicted of murder in March 2014 and sent to prison for life. Jones is now facing some serious legal…

Vybz Kartel has clapped back at Queen Ifrica over her request for an apology.

Vybz Kartel and Queen Ifrica beef go way back from years ago when she called him out for his skin bleaching. The incarcerated deejay then suggested that she also bleached her skin.…