Kabaka Pyramid did not start with the version of himself most people know today. Before the Grammy, before the melodies, before the fully formed reggae identity, there was a younger artist still figuring out how much of the rapper in him belonged on a reggae record.[#item_full_content
Jamaica is a tiny island nation with an outsized cultural footprint. From the tenement yards of Trench Town to the global streaming charts, Jamaican music has generated hundreds of millions of dollars across more than six decades.[#item_full_content
Chicago rapper 600 Breezy has weighed in on the tension between Lil Durk’s OTF camp and O’Block, saying the animosity revealed in court transcripts makes complete sense to him given what was at stake after the death of King Von.[#item_full_content
Trap Lore Ross was present for every single day of the Lil Durk federal murder-for-hire trial, and the experience was unlike anything the veteran YouTube commentator had encountered in a decade of covering hip-hop.[#item_full_content
600 Breezy has weighed in on Lil Durk’s federal murder-for-hire trial, arguing that the prosecution lacks the concrete evidence needed for a conviction and that OTF Jam’s grievance over payment was directed at the wrong person.[#item_full_content
Cash. Moola. Guap. Cheese. Bread. Whatever you call it, money speaks a language the streets understand, and dancehall deejay Quick Cook is cashing in on that universal obsession with his bubbling single, “New Money.”[#item_full_content
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Songwriter Melissa Mais says she has received death threats since filing a federal copyright lawsuit against dancehall star Masicka, claiming the increasingly bitter fallout has left her family fearful for her safety.[#item_full_content
Sevana threw an intimate house party to celebrate her latest single “Jeans an Marina,” and the dress code was exactly what you’d expect.[#item_full_content
Poco Lee’s first public comments since being released on bail in the UK were not about clearing his name.[#item_full_content
Black Sherif has never been shy about wearing his heart on his sleeve, but with ‘Sun Sherif,’ he is doing something a little different.[#item_full_content