KINGSTON, Jamaica — In 2016, the cover of the Yellow Pages brought Jamaica to a standstill. For the Kingston and St. Andrews editions of the directory, three artists were commissioned to create ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Teejay flexes his vocal range on “Dip,” a brand new single from his forthcoming ...

Jamaican dancehall deejay Danny English has reportedly died from a diabetes-related illness. He was 54. The musician was best known for the 2002 hit “Party Time” alongside Egg Nog, which sampled the ...

Art exhibitions MCA Chicago show explores the power of Dancehall and Reggaeton Jamaican music has long been the sound of revolution, so it's perhaps no surprise that political upheaval is what sparked ...

At Selam International Mart & Cafe, a small Ethiopian restaurant and grocery tucked away in a North Austin strip mall, East African spices line the shelves and a picture of Ethiopian emperor and ...

The hero image of Akeem Smith’s first solo exhibition, “No Gyal Can Test” at Red Bull Arts Detroit, embraces a striking contradiction: Carlene Smith, familiarly known as Jamaica’s first Dancehall ...

In this essay, writer AJ Morris explores the cultural history of Jamaican music, from reggae to dancehall, and examines how the medium works in tandem with Jamaican film as acts of protest and ...

Although Jamaican dance-hall music exists as a subculture in the U.S., its rhythms, its outrageous and funky performances and its brash DJs rule much of the musical culture in Jamaica. As Cooper ...

Once a year, each of the two main Jamaican political parties holds a major conference at the National Stadium in Kingston, which is partly open to the general public and media. These events draw ...

Afrobeats superstar<strong> Yemi Alade </strong>and Jamaican Dancehall artist <strong>Spice</strong> have combined for a new Dancehall single called <strong><em ...

Ewart "U-Roy" Beckford, who transformed the Jamaican art of toasting, or deejaying, from a sound system phenomenon into a hit-making art form that deeply influenced generations of dancehall artists as ...