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(Dancehall Mag) – Jamaican Reggae and Dancehall sensation Koffee was a big winner during night four of the NAACP Image Awards. The Spanish Town native came out on top in the Outstanding International Song category at the awards on Thursday night, March 25, for her 2020 summer hit Lockdown, which was produced by Dane Ray. The other nominated songs […]
(Dancehall Mag) – The Weeknd, apparently, isn’t the only artist to call out the Grammys this year. Dancehall superstar Sean Paul says he doesn’t believe that Reggae gets the respect it deserves at the annual award show run by the Recording Academy. During a recent interview with Claudia Jordon’s Out Loud on FOX Soul, Sean Paul said, […]
(Rolling Stone) – Bunny Wailer, a founding member of the Wailers and a reggae music giant whose career spanned seven decades, has died at the age of 73. Wailer’s manager, Maxine Stowe, confirmed that Wailer died on Tuesday at the Medical Associates Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica (via the Jamaica Observer). No cause of death was given, but Wailer […]
(Page Six) – Bobby Shmurda is a free man again. The 26-year-old rapper was released from Clinton Correctional Facility in New York at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to TMZ. Shmurda had been in custody since his 2014 arrest on conspiracy and weapons possession charges. In 2016, the “Hot Boy” rapper took a plea deal of seven years, and […]
(NEWSER) – Dolly Parton says she was twice offered the nation’s highest civilian honor by Donald Trump—but she had to turn down the then-president both times. “I couldn’t accept it because my husband was ill and then they asked me again about it and I wouldn’t travel because of the COVID,” the Nashville legend told the Today show […]
Laser 101 is proud to announce The Martin Garrix Show will be joining the Laser 101 lineup up on Friday, January 15th, 2020. The one hour show will be on every Friday at 8 pm. Here’s what you expect from Martin Garrix: Martijn Gerard Garritsen needs no introduction. In a matter of 10 years, he’s risen […]
(Billboard) – Teyana Taylor is doubling down on her recent comments about retiring from music. On Friday (Dec. 4), the nearly 30-year-old R&B singer-songwriter wrote on Instagram that she feels “super under appreciated” as an artist after receiving “little to no real push from the ‘machine,’” and announced that she’s “retiring this chapter of my story.” Her comments left many […]
(CNN) – It didn’t matter that Megan Thee Stallion couldn’t rap all the words during Sunday night’s American Music Awards (thanks, censors) — because she still killed it. She did not disappoint with her performance of her new single, “Body.” Megan Thee Stallion shook it, dropped it and reminded the world why she’s currently the hottest female […]
(NBC) – Tony Lewis, the singer of ’80s pop-rock band The Outfield, has died at 62. No cause of death was given. “Tony Lewis, singer of the ’80s rock band The Outfield, suddenly and unexpectedly passed away,” reads the statement. “Tony’s music touched people around the globe for decades. Lewis and the late John Spinks […]
(CNN) – It’s unclear whether The Flaming Lips are using jelly — or vaseline, for that matter — at their concerts these days. The rock band is, however, trying plastic bubbles. The rock musicians from Oklahoma City are literally blowing up in 2020, using inflatable human-sized bubbles to defend themselves and fans against Covid-19 while […]
