Jamaican record producer Rvssian added some much-needed energy to dancehall late last year when he re-released his hit 2009 rhythm Go Go Club, allowing a new generation of artistes to shine on a ...

Compiling a guide to all of dancehall and picking only a few songs is a hard a task for mortal men, so I decided instead to focus on dancehall rhythms. A rhythm—or “riddim”—is an instrumental track ...

This year’s Grammys have a chance to make history, albeit in a way that might get missed by most TV viewers watching music’s biggest night at home. For the first time in its 39-year existence, the ...

Lenky's handclap-heavy groove soundtracked three major hits in the summer of '03 and helped dancehall cement its U.S. takeover. This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles ...

Last night (Oct. 19), Drake dropped the video for "Hotline Bling," the summer single that's climbed the Billboard charts to rest in the #2 spot. Here's the problem: not everyone is comfortable calling ...

Sice the 1960s, Jamaican music has consistently punched above its weight on a global scale. From ska to reggae, dub and beyond, the Caribbean island nation with a population of less than three million ...

Jamaican dancehall star Konshens is known for making raucous party tunes that encourage female fans to deploy their bodies like a weapon. But, behind turn-up anthems like “Bruk Off Yuh Back” and “Do ...

A great reggae producer is a master of disguise: able to make listeners unaware that the 10 tunes they've just heard share a single beat. That's because the building block of dancehall and ...

“Top ranking” is a phrase so common in the lexicon of dancehall reggae, it could almost be punctuation. That’s not to mention related terms like “highly rated,” “strictly the best,” and “tougher than ...

Jamaican-born dancehall recording artist, singer and songwriter Grace Hamilton (aka Spice) is set to headline Pride Toronto despite the protestations from people in the reggae community who often toe ...