Diddy’s Prison Stay Extended by Two Months After Reported Rule Violations
Inmates at Fort Dix were reportedly getting paid to make Sean “Diddy” Combs’ bed, scrub his toilet and give him massages.[#item_full_content]
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Beenie Man and Snoop Dogg’s ‘For You’ Climbs to No. 33 on Billboard Rhythmic Airplay
Twenty years. That’s how long Beenie Man had gone without a song on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart before For You showed up three weeks ago.[#item_full_content]
Kemar McGregor Links Rick Ross on New Single ‘Loaded’
Rick Ross trading bars over a Jamaican producer’s beat was not on many bingo cards this fall.[#item_full_content]
Sean Paul Drops ‘Face Card’ Visuals Tomorrow
Sean Paul isn’t easing into this one. The dancehall veteran took to Facebook with a short, all-caps tease: “#FaceCard visuals dropping 2MORRO!!!”[#item_full_content]
Busy Signal Named Global Ambassador for Pay-As-You-Go Streaming Platform Tape Deck
Busy Signal has been named global ambassador for Tape Deck, a new music streaming platform built around direct sales to fans and an 80/20 revenue split in the artist’s favor.[#item_full_content]
Beenie Man Marks 40 Years With Eminence, Stands Firm Behind His Fiancée
Four decades into a career that helped carry dancehall around the world, Beenie Man has released a new album, Eminence, and he is not shy about where he believes it belongs.[#item_full_content]
Cardi B Pulls Out of BZR WKND Jamaica Headline Performance
Rap superstar Cardi B’s planned Kingston takeover is off. The rap superstar will no longer headline BZR WKND Jamaica on October 18, her representative told Billboard on Thursday.[#item_full_content]
Rihanna Says She Has at Least 170 Unreleased Songs in the Vault
Rihanna just measured her unreleased music in lip gloss. At a recent Fenty Beauty event, she was asked how many songs she’s sitting on, and she answered by pointing to the Gloss Bomb Vault on display.[#item_full_content]
Macka Diamond Says She Will Retire From Music at the End of the Year
Macka Diamond is walking away from dancehall, and she isn’t leaving quietly. The veteran deejay says the music business pushed her out because of her age, and she’s done fighting to stay in a room where she feels unwanted.[#item_full_content]
The 12 Best Dancehall Songs of the ’90s
The 1990s were the decade when dancehall became digital, more international and impossible to ignore. Jamaican sound systems remained at the heart of the culture, but records made in Kingston increasingly found audiences far beyond the island.[#item_full_content]