Dancehall and reggae riddims filled the airwaves in the ’90s thanks to singers like Diana King, whose wildly popular music was featured in films like Bad Boys and My Best Friend’s Wedding, and “Queen ...

1996 – Shaggy sold platinum and received a Grammy Award for Boombastic.1996 – The Fugees released the R&B/Hip-Hop/Reggae infused album, The Score, with hits including a cover of Roberta Flack’s ...

‘THIS IS 90’s Dancehall’, heralds a golden age in Dancehall music. From artists to Sound Systems, Riddims to Radio, the decade saw the genre in full flight and it brought forward some of the most ...

The arrest this summer of elusive alleged drug kingpin — and Jamaican folk hero — Christopher “Dudus” Coke served as a dramatic reminder that when it comes to partying at the crossroad between ...

Anyone who has ever been to Miami’s biggest reggae concert, Best of the Best, knows that it trades on nostalgia, featuring such acts as Lady Saw, Wayne Wonder and Shabba Ranks. To hear them, was to ...

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The percussive rhythms of reggae and dancehall music can make anyone start moving toward the dance floor. Los Angeles has a small, yet passionate community of music lovers who cannot resist a night ...

In the cultural spaces from which dancehall music gets its name, women are usually the center of attention. The Jamaican genre’s digital rhythms are calibrated to inspire female bodies to wine, as the ...

Out now, it is the sequel to Marvin Sparks’ first book, which looked at the global expansion of dancehall in the 90s A new book by Marvin Sparks tracing the history and culture of reggae and dancehall ...

The next #Verzuz is taking us to Jamaica, with a classic 90s-style sound clash between two dancehall giants: Beenie Man and Bounty Killer. Both men are beloved in the dancehall community and are ...